Huh

[james_davis_nicoll]

I somehow overlooked that New Darkover books are still being released.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Fond memories of the days when it was announced that Misty Lackey would carry MZB's torch as author of Darkover books. Then Rediscovery came out, which was so dire that Lackey got airbrushed out of the photo.

[naomikritzer]

Huh.

I immediately wondered who was publishing it. The publisher is listed as the "Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust." Apparently THUNDERLORD, published in 2016, was published by DAW.

[(Anonymous)]

The MZBLWT appears to be a house label for printed on demand Nouns of Darkover and Sword and Sorceress anthologies, as well as the occasional reprint of old stuff by MZB and associates. (They even reprinted stinkers like *Rediscovery* and *The Heirs of Hammerfell*.)

[julian]

Interesting. If I read in between the gaps of this blog post right, DAW dropped The Laran Gambit somewhere between 2020 and 2022. I suppose I could spelunk in trade publications to find out more precisely when, but I'm not *that* interested.

[jreynolds197]

So are these necrolaborations, working off an outline / incomplete novel, or authorized sequels?

[hrj]

I believe the outlines/notes for future works got used up a long time ago.

[(Anonymous)]

I think MZB ran out of gas long before she died - The Heirs of Hammerfell was an old trunk novel originally written as a mundane Gothic, which she pulled out, dusted off, and crammed some laran into when she needed to submit a Darkover novel.

[agharta75]

A Darkover book about psychologists dealing with child trauma. Yeah, right. Dare I think where this one is going?

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be interested to learn if it was a roman à clef, but not interested enough to actually read it.

Meanwhile, MZB's bio on the book's Big South American River page is amusing for whom it omits.