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The Door Through Space
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Binding: Kindle Edition
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
Manufacturer: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
Publication Date: July 06, 2008
Publisher: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
Studio: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
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Editorial Review:
An agent of Terran Intelligence on the planet Wolf is being transferred to Vainwal when he's dragged off the starship and sent out on a mission which proves to be a series of complicated traps, set by multiple enemies--some of whom have mistaken him for someone else entirely. Note: This is Marion Zimmer Bradley's first published novel, a precursor to the Darkover series.
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Rating:  - Darkover's first draft
It is interesting just how much of The Door Through Space Bradley cribbed for her Darkover series: The Terran Empire colonizing the universe, a world bound by compact rather than charter to the Terrans, culture clash, Dry Towns, The Ghost Wind, a hint of ESP, chains binding women, the red sun, catmen, and the exclamation of the word "Sharra". These are both superficial as well as deeply thematic similarities to Darkover. In truth, if The Door Through Space was only given minor edits, it could pass ... Read More
Rating:  - An Awful Book by and Excellent Author
Before she went on to write some of the greatest classics in science fiction and fantasy, Marion Zimmer Bradley, believe it or not, wrote some awful novels. This is one.
The "Door through Space" is an unremarkable (and almost unreadable) space-travel novel so like many others written at this time. It is pseudo-hard science fiction -- that is, a technologically-focused book with a little metaphysical nonsense thrown in. Marion Zimmer Bradley, when an editor, once said she would never ... Read More
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