Cover artist Jack Gaughan Language English Publication date 1972 Originally published 1972 Series Darkover | Country United States Publisher DAW Books Media type Print (Paperback) | |
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Characters Mr. Moray, Captain Harry Leicester, Heather Ross Genres Fiction, Fantasy, Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Followed by Stormqueen!, The Ages of Chaos Similar Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Darkover books, Science Fiction books | ||
Book vlog 1 darkover landfall
Darkover Landfall is a science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley in the Darkover series. It was originally published in 1972 by DAW Books. It has since been republished several times and is included as part of the Darkover: First Contact omnibus. According to Bradley's obituary, the events of this book take place at the end of the 21st century.
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Plot summary
Darkover Landfall concerns the crew and colonists of a spaceship that is forced to crash land on Cottman IV, an inhospitable planet in orbit around a red giant. The crew become accidental colonists when the ship loses contact with Earth and they realize rescue is impossible. The book introduces surnames, religious and cultural themes that echo throughout the Darkover series of books. This series spans millennia, as the ship's descendants populate the world and develop unique cultures and psi abilities. Though Darkover Landfall is not the first book written in the series, in the Darkover timeline its events are the beginning for all that follows.
Reception
Of this book, J. John Jones, writing for Amazing Stories, notes, "Landfall has been a disappointment for some women. I’ve read reviews by some feminist critics who have vilified the work, expecting something more radical, apparently, from a woman writer. I still find her ideas provocative. No doubt some women are offended by the roles of planned breeding that her women characters portrayed. Still, stimulating rage is one way to effect social change so you might suppose that her works still gave some impetus for social change even with the roles that her women characters portray in this imagined society."