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For the Hunters, the Hunt was a religion. The Sacred Prey, sentient beings collected from all over the galaxy, were literally given a fighting chance—they were allowed to choose weapons from an armory with every imaginable weapon and given time to train. Then they were taken to the place of the Hunt, where death awaited them. Those who survived until the eclipse of the red moon, however, were honored by the Hunters and rewarded with all the wealth they could desire. The trick, of course, show more was surviving. show lessTags
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Aliens kidnap individuals from various sentient species of different worlds to serve as challenging prey for their hunt--including in this book Dane of Earth. Think of a cross between an abducted by aliens fic and "The Most Dangerous Game." Or a pulp fiction Survivors including a bipedal saurian and feline. Only 176 pages, this is a fast-paced, adventure filled story, which no one will mistake for great literature. I don't think it's as good as the better of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books, but Hunters of the Red Moon is a fast and fun read. There's an equally diverting sequel, The Survivors.
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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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- Canonical title
- Hunters of the Red Moon
- Original title
- Hunters of the red moon
- Original publication date
- 1973-09
- People/Characters
- Aratak; Cliff-Climber; Dallith; Dane Marsh; Rianna; Roxon
- Important places
- Hunters' World (fictional); Red Moon (fictional)
- Dedication
- Grateful thanks and acknowledgements are due to
PAUL EDWIN ZIMMER
Marshal and Weapons Consultant of the Society for Creative Anachronism
who kindly supplied me with information about the nature and use of all the wea... (show all)pons used in the Hunt, and provided continuity for all the fighting scenes. However, the reader is urgently requested not to blame him for any feckless mistakes which I may have made in using the material which he supplied. Whatever is good or accurate in what I say of weapons is my good brother's; whatever is wrong or misinformed is my own. - M.Z.B. - First words
- That speck of light had been hanging in the same part of the sky, it seemed, for a long time.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He had mastered them both and come out alive, and he would keep learning about them until he mastered his own death someday.
- Publisher's editor*
- Jacques Goimard
- Disambiguation notice
- Paul Edwin Zimmer (Marion Zimmer Bradley's brother) was initially an uncredited co-author. Later editions of the book add him as a co-author; they are the same work. According to Bradley's comments in GREYHAVEN, Zimmer wrote ... (show all)approximately a third of the manuscript, particularly the fight scenes.
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