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Storie Fantastiche di draghi, maghi e cavalieri
Chi meglio di altri può guidarvi attraverso magici regni pieni di avventura e meraviglia, di ardimentose imprese e drammatici duelli, di principesse sognanti e intrepidi cavalieri, se non la mano sicura di Marion Zimmer Bradley, autrice degli appassionanti romanzi del ciclo di Darkover e di grandi successi quali Le nebbie di Avalon? Infatti, ella ha scelto personalmente per questo volume i migliori attori e le migliori opere dell'heroic fantasy moderna, regalando ai suoi lettori un nuovo affascinante viaggio fra guerrieri e sacerdotesse, draghi e stregoni, indomite spadaccine e terribili incantesimi, ladri astuti e perfidi assassini, tenebrose creature e fulgide dee, dove unica e incontrastata protagonista è l'avventura.
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Codice ISBN assegnato a giugno 1993
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Indice:
p. 1 - L'ambra del drago di Deborah WHEELER
p. 24 - L'occhio del lupo di A. D. OVERSTREET
p. 37 - La valle delle ombre di Jennifer ROBERSON
p. 43 - La canzone e il flauto di Dorothy J. HEYDT
p. 54 - Il viaggio di Dana KRAMER-ROLLS
p. 78 - Orfeo di Mary Frances ZAMBRENO
p. 84 - Occhi scarlatti di Millea KENIN
p. 99 - Il fiume di lacrime di Anodea JUDITH
p. 108 - Sangue nuovo di Polly B. JOHNSON
p. 140 - La bruma sulla brughiera di Diana L. PAXSON
p. 157 - Affari di Elizabeth MOON
p. 162 - Privilegio di donna di Elisabeth WATERS
p. 176 - Talla di J. Edwin ANDREWS
p. 182 - Tupilak di Terry TAFOYA
p. 192 - Consacrata alla spada di Mercedes LACKEY
p. 218 - Un racconto da Hendry's Mill di Melissa CARPENTER
p. 226 - S.R.A. di Patricia B. CIRONE
p. 241 - Purtroppo di L. D. WOELTJEN
p. 248 - La foresta di Marwe di Charles R. SAUNDERS
p. 260 - I cacciatori di Mavis J. ANDREWS
p. 263 - Un racconto di eroi di Mercedes LACKEY
p. 284 - La foresta di Zarad-Thra di Robin W. BAILEY
p. 306 - La quercia piangente di Charles DE LINT
p. 319 - Cavaliere di Gabbiani di Dave SMEDS
p. 337 - La danza del sangue di Diana L. PAXSON
p. 352 - Il fuoco di Kayli di Paula Helm MURRAY
p. 368 - L'anello di Lifari di Josepha SHERMAN
p. 382 - Rito di iniziazione di Jennifer ROBERSON
p. 404 - Gli occhi degli dèi di Richard CORWIN
p. 412 - Il fato e il sogno di Millea KENIN
p. 422 - La strega di mezzogiorno di Dorothy J. HEYDT
p. 442 - L'enigma della redenzione di Stephen L. BURNS
p. 464 - La driade di Arketh di Syn FERGUSON
p. 476 - Incantesimo legante di Richard CORNELL
p. 492 - Il dio della tempesta di Deborah WHEELER
p. 501 - Muori da uomo di L. D. WOELTJEN
p. 516 - La morte e la donna brutta di Bruce D. ARTHURS
p. 525 - Pietre di sangue di Deborah M. VOGEL
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Codice ISBN assegnato a giugno 1993
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Indice:
p. 1 - L'ambra del drago di Deborah WHEELER
p. 24 - L'occhio del lupo di A. D. OVERSTREET
p. 37 - La valle delle ombre di Jennifer ROBERSON
p. 43 - La canzone e il flauto di Dorothy J. HEYDT
p. 54 - Il viaggio di Dana KRAMER-ROLLS
p. 78 - Orfeo di Mary Frances ZAMBRENO
p. 84 - Occhi scarlatti di Millea KENIN
p. 99 - Il fiume di lacrime di Anodea JUDITH
p. 108 - Sangue nuovo di Polly B. JOHNSON
p. 140 - La bruma sulla brughiera di Diana L. PAXSON
p. 157 - Affari di Elizabeth MOON
p. 162 - Privilegio di donna di Elisabeth WATERS
p. 176 - Talla di J. Edwin ANDREWS
p. 182 - Tupilak di Terry TAFOYA
p. 192 - Consacrata alla spada di Mercedes LACKEY
p. 218 - Un racconto da Hendry's Mill di Melissa CARPENTER
p. 226 - S.R.A. di Patricia B. CIRONE
p. 241 - Purtroppo di L. D. WOELTJEN
p. 248 - La foresta di Marwe di Charles R. SAUNDERS
p. 260 - I cacciatori di Mavis J. ANDREWS
p. 263 - Un racconto di eroi di Mercedes LACKEY
p. 284 - La foresta di Zarad-Thra di Robin W. BAILEY
p. 306 - La quercia piangente di Charles DE LINT
p. 319 - Cavaliere di Gabbiani di Dave SMEDS
p. 337 - La danza del sangue di Diana L. PAXSON
p. 352 - Il fuoco di Kayli di Paula Helm MURRAY
p. 368 - L'anello di Lifari di Josepha SHERMAN
p. 382 - Rito di iniziazione di Jennifer ROBERSON
p. 404 - Gli occhi degli dèi di Richard CORWIN
p. 412 - Il fato e il sogno di Millea KENIN
p. 422 - La strega di mezzogiorno di Dorothy J. HEYDT
p. 442 - L'enigma della redenzione di Stephen L. BURNS
p. 464 - La driade di Arketh di Syn FERGUSON
p. 476 - Incantesimo legante di Richard CORNELL
p. 492 - Il dio della tempesta di Deborah WHEELER
p. 501 - Muori da uomo di L. D. WOELTJEN
p. 516 - La morte e la donna brutta di Bruce D. ARTHURS
p. 525 - Pietre di sangue di Deborah M. VOGEL
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528 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1990
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About the author
Marion Zimmer Bradley
801 books4,893 followersMarion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, often with a feminist outlook.
Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, especially when they wrote about "the glint of strange suns on worlds that never were and never would be." Her first novel and much of her subsequent work show their influence strongly.
Early in her career, writing as Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, and Lee Chapman, Marion Zimmer Bradley produced several works outside the speculative fiction genre, including some gay and lesbian pulp fiction novels. For example, I Am a Lesbian was published in 1962. Though relatively tame by today's standards, they were considered pornographic when published, and for a long time she refused to disclose the titles she wrote under these pseudonyms.
Her 1958 story The Planet Savers introduced the planet of Darkover, which became the setting of a popular series by Bradley and other authors. The Darkover milieu may be considered as either fantasy with science fiction overtones or as science fiction with fantasy overtones, as Darkover is a lost earth colony where psi powers developed to an unusual degree. Bradley wrote many Darkover novels by herself, but in her later years collaborated with other authors for publication; her literary collaborators have continued the series since her death.
Bradley took an active role in science-fiction and fantasy fandom, promoting interaction with professional authors and publishers and making several important contributions to the subculture.
For many years, Bradley actively encouraged Darkover fan fiction and reprinted some of it in commercial Darkover anthologies, continuing to encourage submissions from unpublished authors, but this ended after a dispute with a fan over an unpublished Darkover novel of Bradley's that had similarities to some of the fan's stories. As a result, the novel remained unpublished, and Bradley demanded the cessation of all Darkover fan fiction.
Bradley was also the editor of the long-running Sword and Sorceress anthology series, which encouraged submissions of fantasy stories featuring original and non-traditional heroines from young and upcoming authors. Although she particularly encouraged young female authors, she was not averse to including male authors in her anthologies. Mercedes Lackey was just one of many authors who first appeared in the anthologies. She also maintained a large family of writers at her home in Berkeley. Ms Bradley was editing the final Sword and Sorceress manuscript up until the week of her death in September of 1999.
Probably her most famous single novel is The Mists of Avalon. A retelling of the Camelot legend from the point of view of Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar, it grew into a series of books; like the Darkover series, the later novels are written with or by other authors and have continued to appear after Bradley's death.
Her reputation has been posthumously marred by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse by her daughter Moira Greyland, and for allegedly assisting her second husband, convicted child abuser Walter Breen, in sexually abusing multiple unrelated children.
(from Wikipedia)
Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, especially when they wrote about "the glint of strange suns on worlds that never were and never would be." Her first novel and much of her subsequent work show their influence strongly.
Early in her career, writing as Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, and Lee Chapman, Marion Zimmer Bradley produced several works outside the speculative fiction genre, including some gay and lesbian pulp fiction novels. For example, I Am a Lesbian was published in 1962. Though relatively tame by today's standards, they were considered pornographic when published, and for a long time she refused to disclose the titles she wrote under these pseudonyms.
Her 1958 story The Planet Savers introduced the planet of Darkover, which became the setting of a popular series by Bradley and other authors. The Darkover milieu may be considered as either fantasy with science fiction overtones or as science fiction with fantasy overtones, as Darkover is a lost earth colony where psi powers developed to an unusual degree. Bradley wrote many Darkover novels by herself, but in her later years collaborated with other authors for publication; her literary collaborators have continued the series since her death.
Bradley took an active role in science-fiction and fantasy fandom, promoting interaction with professional authors and publishers and making several important contributions to the subculture.
For many years, Bradley actively encouraged Darkover fan fiction and reprinted some of it in commercial Darkover anthologies, continuing to encourage submissions from unpublished authors, but this ended after a dispute with a fan over an unpublished Darkover novel of Bradley's that had similarities to some of the fan's stories. As a result, the novel remained unpublished, and Bradley demanded the cessation of all Darkover fan fiction.
Bradley was also the editor of the long-running Sword and Sorceress anthology series, which encouraged submissions of fantasy stories featuring original and non-traditional heroines from young and upcoming authors. Although she particularly encouraged young female authors, she was not averse to including male authors in her anthologies. Mercedes Lackey was just one of many authors who first appeared in the anthologies. She also maintained a large family of writers at her home in Berkeley. Ms Bradley was editing the final Sword and Sorceress manuscript up until the week of her death in September of 1999.
Probably her most famous single novel is The Mists of Avalon. A retelling of the Camelot legend from the point of view of Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar, it grew into a series of books; like the Darkover series, the later novels are written with or by other authors and have continued to appear after Bradley's death.
Her reputation has been posthumously marred by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse by her daughter Moira Greyland, and for allegedly assisting her second husband, convicted child abuser Walter Breen, in sexually abusing multiple unrelated children.
(from Wikipedia)
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May 9, 2023
In sè l'antologia sarebbe anche interessante ma - al netto di un paio di storie veramente gustose - è guastata da una tara di fondo: ci sono solo protagoniste donne, che sono in gamba e riescono in tutto per il semplice fatto di essere donne.
Ok, avrei dovuto aspettarmelo data la curatrice, ma è stato ugualmente irritante non poter fare a meno di notare che ogni singolo personaggio di sesso maschile (sempre con le eccezioni di cui sopra, che non per nulla sono state scritte da Mercedes Lackie) è o un inetto completo o un criminale sadico e violento. O una combinazione delle due cose.
E quindi le storie non mi hanno particolarmente colpito, perché un protagonista che vince "perché sì" è irritante a prescindere dal sesso. E perlomeno di solito il protagonista maschile vince perché gli viene dato un aiuto magico, qui l'aiuto magico "se lo dà da sola" la protagonista in quanto "spirito femminile".
Effettivamente in inglese il titolo era proprio "Sword and Sorceress", e non mi sarei fatto aspettative di incontrare maghi e cavalieri. E draghi, se è per quello.
Ok, avrei dovuto aspettarmelo data la curatrice, ma è stato ugualmente irritante non poter fare a meno di notare che ogni singolo personaggio di sesso maschile (sempre con le eccezioni di cui sopra, che non per nulla sono state scritte da Mercedes Lackie) è o un inetto completo o un criminale sadico e violento. O una combinazione delle due cose.
E quindi le storie non mi hanno particolarmente colpito, perché un protagonista che vince "perché sì" è irritante a prescindere dal sesso. E perlomeno di solito il protagonista maschile vince perché gli viene dato un aiuto magico, qui l'aiuto magico "se lo dà da sola" la protagonista in quanto "spirito femminile".
Effettivamente in inglese il titolo era proprio "Sword and Sorceress", e non mi sarei fatto aspettative di incontrare maghi e cavalieri. E draghi, se è per quello.
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