Marion Zimmer Bradley

List of authors similar to Marion Zimmer Bradley provided by the staff at the LaPorte Branch Library.

	Poul Anderson. Mother of Kings and others Blending Norse historical and mythological characters, science fiction and fantasy grandmaster Poul Anderson has crafted a story of Gunhild, wife of Eirik Blood-Ax, the mother of sons who will each become kings.
	Piers Anthony. Xanth, the Quest for Magic and others Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Xanth, the first three books in the bestselling series were released together.  Xanth is a land where magic is everything.
	Terry Brooks. High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus and others Pen OHmsford, the faithful dwarf Tagwen, and the elf Ahren Elessidil go in rescue of the former IIse Witch, now reformed and dedicated to the good, in this first volume of a new series.
	Orson Scott Card. Seventh Son and others Using the lore and folk magic of the men and women who helped settle a continent and the beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Orson Scott Card has created an alternate frontier America where folk magic works, and has colored the entire history of the colonies. It is into this world, amid the deep wood where the Red Man still holds sway, that a very special child is born.
	Gordon R. Dickson. The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent and others Dickson has entertained readers for more than two decades with his tales of Jim Eckert, the young mathematician who travels to a parallel medieval world only to be transformed into a large, but none-too-bright, dragon named Gorbash. The Dragon Knight must confront the three disasters that lie in wait for any visitor to the English Middle Ages: war, plague, and Plantagenets.
	David Drake. Lord of the Isles and others In the Lord of the Isles, Drake returns to fantasy with an adventure set in an extraordinary world where the elemental forces that empower magic are rising to a thousand-year peak.
	David Eddings. Pawn of Prophecy and others First book, of five, the Belgariad series.
	Alan Dean Foster. Drowning World: a Novel of the Commonwealth and others In Foster's new saga set in the Commonwealth universe, the planet Fluva is called the Drowning World because of constant torrential rains. Here, Chief Administrator Lauren Matthias must keep Fluva's two species, the warlike Sakuntala and the timid but hardworking Deyzara, from annihilating one another.
	Terry Goodkind. Wizard's First Rule and others The story of Richard Cypher, a modest woodsman in a world achingly beautiful, alive with the joys of nature: a world the reader comes to love as fiercely as do Richard and those around him. Though a mere woodsman, he is the one destined to battle the ultimate adversary - Darken Rahl, an evil mage who bids to destroy all that Richard holds good and beautiful, dooming him and the rest of the people of Westland to a living Hell of subjugation and degradation.
	Robert Jordan. The Eye of the World and others The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hand in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
	Katherine Kurtz. Deryni Rising and others First book, of three, in the Chronicles of Deryni.
	Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris. The Adept and others The new adventure in the bestselling saga featuring Scottish nobleman Sir Adam Sinclair is set during World War II. Adam's courageous mother, Phillippa, a young American doctor, uses her magical gifts to thwart the Nazis.
	Ursula K. Le Guin. A Wizard of Earthsea and others Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.
	Morgan Llywelyn. The Horse Goddess and others Troy is in ruin and Athens is rising. In this world, a woman whose life is celebrated in legend, meets a Scythian warrior and prince. Their stormy love affair takes them through eighth-century Europe, pursued by a mysterious Druid priest known as the "Shapechanger".
	Anne McCaffrey. Dragonflight and others To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. Now the time has come for Lessa to take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, which falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world.
	Andre Norton. The Gates to Witch World and others Contains the first three books of the Witch World series: Witch World, Web of the Witch World, and Year of the Unicorn.
	Diana L. Paxson. The Book of the Sword and The Book of the Spear and others The initial two installments of "The Hallowed Isle, " a retelling of the legend of King Arthur and the four distinct tribal cultures that shaped Britain in the sixth century.
	Terry Pratchett. The Color of Magic and others This title, which launched the legendary Discworld series, introduces the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.
	Robert Silverberg. The Longest Way Home and others Visiting a noble house thousands of miles from home, Joseph, the young scion of the House Keilloran, finds himself in the middle of a rebel uprising. Rescued by a loyal slave who is then killed in the revolt, Joseph is caught in enemy territory. He must traverse a hostile land populated by alien creatures--some dangerous, other more sympathetic than the humans he meets.