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She was most famous for her ''[[Darkover]]'' series and the novel ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]''. She was a contributor to the ''[[Thieves' World]]'' setting, with a sequence of stories featuring Lythande, Mage of the Blue Star. She also dove into gay and lesbian [[Pulp Magazine|Pulp Fiction]] early in her career. |
She was most famous for her ''[[Darkover]]'' series and the novel ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]''. She was a contributor to the ''[[Thieves' World]]'' setting, with a sequence of stories featuring Lythande, Mage of the Blue Star. She also dove into gay and lesbian [[Pulp Magazine|Pulp Fiction]] early in her career. |
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| − | Oh, and in [[The New Tens|2014]] the broad public learned that |
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| − | * Her husband Walter Breen was a ''serial'' child molester and one of the very early members or co-founders of NAMBLA |
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| − | * This fact was known to many but not all fans in the early 1960s |
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| − | * In 1963, there was debate in the Berkeley, California fan community over whether or not to permanently ban Breen from Worldcon. |
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| − | * In 1954, Breen had been convicted of child molestation in Atlantic City and put on probation |
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| − | * Many prominent fans of the era, perhaps unaware of Breen's prior conviction, dismissed the allegations as hearsay and "character assassination," and the scandal blew over. |
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| − | * In 1985, Breen began grooming the eight-year-old stepson of author Stephen Goldin |
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| − | * Breen died in prison, serving a 12-year sentence regarding eight felony counts of child molestation involving a 13-year-old boy. |
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| − | * Moira Greyland, daughter of MZB and Walter Breen, stated: "I put Walter in jail for molesting one boy ... Walter was a serial rapist with many, many, many victims (I named 22 to the cops) but Marion was far, far worse." |
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| − | * Moira Greenland also stated: "The first time she molested me, I was three. The last time, I was twelve, and able to walk away." |
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| − | * Moira Greenland furthermore stated: "She was cruel and violent, as well as completely out of her mind sexually. I am not her only victim, nor were her only victims girls." |
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| − | Sources: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611112902/https://deirdre.net/marion-zimmer-bradley-its-worse-than-i-knew/ This archived blog], [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Walter_Breen these] [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Breendoggle Fanlore] [https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Great_Breen_Boondoggle,_Or_All_Berkeley_Is_Plunged_Into_War wiki] [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Marion_Zimmer_Bradley#Allegations:_MZB_Sexually_and_Physically_Abused_Her_Children pages], and [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/27/sff-community-marion-zimmer-bradley-daughter-accuses-abuse this Grauniad article]. Oh, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20181128172152/http://breendoggle.wikia.com/wiki/Breendoggle_Wiki this archived Wikia wiki]. |
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=== Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley with their own trope pages include: === |
=== Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley with their own trope pages include: === |
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* [[Atlantis]]: ''Web of Darkness'' and ''Web of Light'' |
* [[Atlantis]]: ''Web of Darkness'' and ''Web of Light'' |
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* [[Contemptible Cover]]: ''[http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/03/hunters-of-the-red-moon/ Hunters of the Red Moon]'' |
* [[Contemptible Cover]]: ''[http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/03/hunters-of-the-red-moon/ Hunters of the Red Moon]'' |
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| − | * [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: In ''Stormqueen!'', a man tries to rape Dorilys, who's just eleven years old. Fortunately, she can kill him with [[Shock and Awe|her power]]. If you think this proved MZB was a good person and a protector of girls everywhere, read immediately how she molested her own daughter Moira and didn't care that her husband had raped Moira since she was five (yes, 5) years old. Makes MZB rather look even more perfidious, hiding behind a facade of writing role models for girls and whatnot while doing this... |
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* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: ''Knives of Desire'' |
* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: ''Knives of Desire'' |
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** Bradley was also a target girl for a knife-thrower act herself in her younger days |
** Bradley was also a target girl for a knife-thrower act herself in her younger days |
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Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a prolific Speculative Fiction and Fantasy writer who was often regarded as having a feminist bent to her work. MZB, as she was known to fans, was a co-founder and the namer of The Society for Creative Anachronism.
She was most famous for her Darkover series and the novel The Mists of Avalon. She was a contributor to the Thieves' World setting, with a sequence of stories featuring Lythande, Mage of the Blue Star. She also dove into gay and lesbian Pulp Fiction early in her career.
Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley with their own trope pages include:
- Darkover series
- The Mists of Avalon
Other works by Marion Zimmer Bradley provide examples of:
- Atlantis: Web of Darkness and Web of Light
- Contemptible Cover: Hunters of the Red Moon
- Knife-Throwing Act: Knives of Desire
- Bradley was also a target girl for a knife-thrower act herself in her younger days
- Perspective Flip: The Firebrand retells The Iliad from the perspective of Kassandra.