Warrior Woman
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson
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They called her Zadieyek of Gyre, which meant dreaded woman. She was a fighter, dangerous to confront. Dreaded. The distant city of Gyre trained such women, so they thought she came from there. If she had a real name and a true birthplace, she could not remember them. Her life had apparently begun with her sale to the Arena for a short brief stardom fighting vicious men and savage beasts. Because she was a skilled gladiator, she became an object of value. Bids were made for her body, by show more those who wanted a winner, or a valued slave. For herself, she wanted freedom. show lessTags
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A really nice little book about a woman who has lost her memory and chooses to be a gladiator rather than a harlot. Some interesting themes of science, the rights of women, war, even democracy, but none of them go too deep. That's my central issue with this book: no depth. It's a delight to read, and I love the way the author keeps the first person sort of clipped, like you imagine the internal thoughts of the protagonist to be. The book ends far to quickly with very little resolution. Well, there's a half-hearted, sci-fi from nowhere resolution. Ok, it's not from nowhere, but it was still unsatisfying.
This was written alledged to be a response to a challenge to write a better Gor story than what was found in the publishers slush pile. I suspect it was well beyond the slush pile level of quality but it is not a Gor story either. But then the problem MZB was having with the Gor stories probably was inherent to the Gor story attirbutes and not the quality of unsolicited submissions that D.A.W.received
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Marion Zimmer Bradley is a science-fiction and fantasy writer, novelist, and editor. She was born in Albany, New York on June 3, 1930. Bradley attended the New York State College for Teachers from 1946 to 1948. She earned a B.A. from Hardin Simmons University in 1964. Bradley did graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley from 1965 show more to 1967. Bradley sold her first story to Fantastic Amazing Stories as part of an amateur fiction contest. She sold her first professional story to Vortex Science Fiction in 1952. Her novels include The Sword of Aldones and The Planet Savers. Both novels were set on Darkover, the setting for more than 20 subsequent Bradley novels. Bradley also wrote The Mists of Avalon, a reworking of the King Arthur legend with more emphasis on the female characters. She used the same approach with The Firebrand, which was based on The Iliad. In addition to writing more than 85 books, Bradley was the editor of an annual anthology for DAW Books, as well as the editor of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine. Bradley died in 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) Marion Zimmer Bradley was the bestselling author of "The Mists of Avalon", "Lady of Avalon", "The Forest House", & "The Firebrand", as well as the popular Darkover series of science fiction novels. She died in 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Diana L. Paxson, a noted fantasy author who collaborated with Marion Zimmer Bradley on much of her later work, lives in Berkeley, California. She has written twenty books including the Arthurian novel "Hallowed Isle". (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title*
- Das Schwert der Amazone
- Original title
- Warrior Woman
- Alternate titles
- La gladiatrice; Warrior Woman
- Original publication date
- 1985-09
- People/Characters
- Aris; Beizun; Hassim; Ifania (Lady); Kerrak; Marfa (show all 9); Mikhala; Reri; Zadieyek (Amber Leontas, Zad'yek)
- Important places
- Jemmok (city-state); Gyre (city-state); Rhadamuth (city-state)
- Dedication*
- For Kat, who washed dishes so I could write this book.
- First words
- Prologue:
In the days before man traveled space, there were those who sat in elegant control rooms, guiding satellites into orbit or giant robots to construct buildings or master computers to affect decisions across ... (show all)a continent or a world.
White fire explodes around me. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But good or bad, I will have to live with them both.
- Publisher's editor*
- Jacques Goimard
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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