Exile's Song
1996 novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Adrienne Martine-Barnes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Exile’s Song[1] is a science fantasy novel by American writers Marion Zimmer Bradley and Adrienne Martine-Barnes, part of the Darkover series. It was first published in hardcover by DAW Books in 1996.[2] The book takes place during the era of Darkover's history known as the second age post-Comyn and after the coming of the Terrans.
Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley and Adrienne Martine-Barnes |
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Cover artist | Romas Kukalis |
Language | English |
Series | Darkover |
Genre | Science fantasy |
Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date | 1996 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 435 |
ISBN | 0886773954 |
Preceded by | Hastur Lord |
Followed by | The Shadow Matrix |
The book is part of a trilogy within the series comprising Exile's Song, The Shadow Matrix and Traitor's Sun. It takes place fifteen years before Traitor's Sun.
Exile's Song represents a dramatic alteration of Bradley's view of the masculine/feminine, technological/ecological, Terran/Darkover dichotomies that she has explored throughout the Darkover series. In her earliest Darkover writing (1960s), she portrayed the planet's semi-feudal culture as played-out and in need of saving by the technologically superior Terrans.[3] In the middle period (1970s-1980s), the books display a growing ambivalence to both views.[4] In Exile's Song, Bradley reverses direction exclusively in favor of the feminine/ecological/Darkover view, describing the Terran Federation as played-out. This makes Exile's Song a pivotal book in the development of the series.[5]