Darkover Landfall
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Darkover Landfall is a science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley in the Darkover book series. Originally published in 1972. It was republished once in 1984 and a second time in 2004 as part of the Darkover: First Contact omnibus.
[edit] Plot summary
Darkover Landfall concerns the crew and colonists of a spaceship that is forced to crash land on an inhospitable planet which is in orbit around a red giant. The crew become accidental colonists when the ship loses contact with Earth and they realize rescue is impossible. The book introduces surnames, religious and cultural themes that echo throughout the Darkover series of books. This series spans millennia, as the ship's descendants populate the world and develop unique cultures and psi abilities. Though Darkover Landfall is not the first book written in the series, in the Darkover timeline its events are the beginning for all that follows.
[edit] International editions
This novel was published under different names in the following languages:
| Language | Title | Year | Publisher |
| French | La planète aux vents de folie | 1976 | Éditions Albin Michel |
| German | Landung auf Darkover | 1987 | Moewig |
| Italian | Naufragio sul Pianeta Darkover | 1985 | Editrice Nord |
| Japanese | Darkover Fujichaku | 1987 | Shogensha |
| Portuguese | A Chegada em Darkover | 1989 | Editora Imago |
| Croatian | Brodolom na Darkoveru | 2004 | Izvori |
| Dutch | Darkover - Wereld van Waanzin | 1978 | Elmar Science Fiction |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books |
| The Founding |
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| Darkover Landfall |
| The Ages of Chaos |
| Stormqueen! | Thunderlord! | The Fall of Neskaya | Zandru's Forge | Hawkmistress! | A Flame in Hali |
| The Hundred Kingdoms |
| Two To Conquer | The Heirs of Hammerfell |
| Recontact |
| Rediscovery | The Shattered Chain | The Spell Sword | The Forbidden Tower | Thendara House | City of Sorcery | Star of Danger | Winds of Darkover |
| After the Comyn |
| The Bloody Sun | The Heritage of Hastur | The Planet Savers | Sharra's Exile | The Reluctant King | The World Wreckers | The Shadow King | Exile's Song The Shadow Matrix | Traitor's Sun | The Alton Gift | The Children of Kings |
| Anthologies |
| The Keeper's Price | Sword of Chaos | Free Amazons of Darkover | Red Sun of Darkover | Four Moons of Darkover Renunciates of Darkover | Leroni of Darkover | Towers of Darkover | Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover | Snows of Darkover |
