{"product_id":"to-save-a-world-darkover-omnibus-7-paperback-by-marion-zimmer-bradley","title":"To Save a World (Darkover Omnibus #7) Paperback by Marion Zimmer Bradley","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDAW\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2004-12-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780756402501\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e238.14\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e17.22 x 10.49 x 2.64\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn omnibus volume of two of Marion Zimmer Bradley's classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels, including the first Darkover novel ever written! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Save a World\u003c\/i\u003e includes \u003ci\u003eThe World Wreckers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethe Planet Savers\u003c\/i\u003e, plus the short story \"The Waterfall.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Planet Savers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Originally published in Amazing Stories in December 1958, The Planet Savers was the very firs Darkover novel to see print. It was here readers were first introduced to the now legendary world of Cottman IV, at a time when the Terrans are desperately seeking a cure to a disease of epidemic proportions that threatens the lives of Terrans and Darkovans alike. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e For every forty-eight years, Trailmen’s fever, a childhood illness among this native and venerable race, becomes pandemic, decimating the human population of this rustic planet. Now, one brave Terran doctor must join a Darkovan expedition into the wild mountainous terrain of the Trailmen in a desperate attempt to create a vaccine and eradicate this terrible plague once and for all.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe World Wreckers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Planetary Investments Unlimited—that was the company’s official name, but unofficially it was known as Worldwreckers, Inc. For a fee, its agent would infiltrate any world unwilling to give up its independence, and do enough damage that the natives would be forced to allow Terran investors to step in and salvage their planet. And now, once again, its agents were at work.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the 78 years since the planet Cottman IV—called Darkover by its natives—was rediscovered by the Terran Empire, all efforts to colonize and industrialize this exotic world had failed. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And the person in charge of Worldwreckers, Inc.—a centuries-old being who appeared to be a woman—had decided to take on this particular assignment herself. After all, she had special insight into this world, for long ago—lifetimes ago—she had called Darkover home….\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Zimmer\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was a science fiction\/fantasy fan from her middle teens, and made her first sale as an adjunct to an amateur fiction contest in \u003ci\u003eFantastic\/Amazing Stories\u003c\/i\u003e in 1949. She had written as long as she could remember, but wrote only for school magazines and fanzines until 1952, when she sold her first professional short story to \u003ci\u003eVortex Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote everything from science fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her novels, Mrs. Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional, including \u003ci\u003eMarion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, which she started in 1988. She also edited an annual anthology called \u003ci\u003eSword and Sorceress\u003c\/i\u003e for DAW Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years she turned more to fantasy; The House Between the Worlds, although a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, was \"fantasy undiluted\". She wrote a novel of the women in the Arthurian legends -- Morgan Le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and others -- entitled \u003ci\u003eMists of Avalon\u003c\/i\u003e, which made the NY Times best seller list both in hardcover and trade paperback, and she also wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Firebrand\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about the women of the Trojan War. Her historical fantasy novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLady of Avalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMists of Avalon\u003c\/i\u003e are prequels to\u003ci\u003e Priestess of Avalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack. She was survived by her brother, Leslie Zimmer; her sons, David Bradley and Patrick Breen; her daughter, Moira Stern; and her grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554567475361,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780756402501","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780756402501.jpg?v=1781773169","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/to-save-a-world-darkover-omnibus-7-paperback-by-marion-zimmer-bradley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}