The Sword of Aldones

The Sword of Aldones

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name = The Sword of Aldones
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image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author = Marion Zimmer Bradley
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country = United States
language = English
series = Darkover
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Ace Books
release_date = 1962
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 164 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 17399915
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"The Sword of Aldones" is a science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her Darkover book series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with Bradley's novel "The Planet Savers". Bradley revised and rewrote the novel publishing it as "Sharra's Exile" in 1981.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns involved intrigue on the planet Darkover.

Awards and nominations

*1963, Hugo Award for Best Novel nomination

Publication history

*1962, USA, Ace Books OCLC|17399915, Pub date September 1962, Paperback, dos-à-dos with "The Planet Savers"
*1963, Spain, Cenit, Pub date 1963, Paperback, in Spanish as Odio cósmico
*1977, USA, Gregg Press ISBN 0839823673, Pub date 1977, Hardcover
*1979, UK, Arrow Books ISBN 0099181002, Pub date 1979, Paperback
*1980, USA, Ace Books ISBN 044167027X, Pub date 1980, Paperback, with "The Planet Savers", an additional short story and an article

References

*cite book | last=Corrick | first=James A. | authorlink=James A. Corrick | title=Double Your Pleasure: The Ace SF Double | location=Brooklyn | publisher=Gryphon Books | pages=36-37 | date=1991|id=ISBN 0-936071-21-4
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=64-65 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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