Dark Satanic [Mass Market Paperback]

Marion Zimmer Bradley (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; 1st edition (January 1, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425022315
• ISBN-13: 978-0425022313
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,302,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marion Eleanor Zimmer 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.
She was a science fiction/fantasy fan from her middle teens. 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 VORTEX SCIENCE FICTION. She wrote everything from science fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels and for her Arthurian novel, THE MISTS OF AVALON.
In addition to her novels, Mrs. Bradley edited magazines, amateur and professional, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine, which she started in 1988. She also edited an annual anthology called SWORD AND SORCERESS, which is still published annually under the title MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S SWORD AND SORCERESS.
She died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good, engaging read, June 22, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Satanic (Paperback)

This book was quite good. I got it used for 20 cents, so it was definetely worth the price! It's one of Marion Zimmer Bradley's older works, and I seem to find them better than her newer ones. Dark Satanic is a dark-fantasy/occult horror story that follows pretty much the usual formula, however, the author tells the tale extremely well, making the characters very involving and I could feel their descents into maddness. It was quite chilling at times, and an easy read--not in that it was quick and light, but it was fast-paced and I read it straight through without being bored once. I am a big fan of Marion Zimmer Bradley, but I haven't really liked what I've read of her recent occult-type novels (Ghostlight was decent but not captivating, and Witchlight was dumb and boring). However, if this is what her 1970s period horror writing was like, I'll certainly try a few others

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Horror, January 9, 2009

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B. Tebbs "nickyb2" (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Satanic (Hardcover)

I recently "discovered" this old MZB title and bought a copy from eBay. I'm not sure if this book was intended to be a Gothic Romance or not. It might be thought of as "Rosemary's Baby" Lite, but even that is being too kind to this thin story. There is no mystery to the plot. It becomes obvious 1/4 into the plot who is involved in the "plot", which the author confirms 1/2 through the book. It was all downhill from there. Even in 1972 I don't see how this book could be considered "horror" by any means. If it was supposed to be a "Gothic Romance" it doesn't fit that category either. Hopefully this was written by MZB to fulfill a contract or at the suggestion of her publisher to try something different. Another reviewer paid twenty cents for their copy - that's how much this is worth. Unfortuantely, I "had to have it" and paid far more.