Some writers of the " realist " strain of modern Arthurian fiction have attempted a more sensible Camelot ; inspired by Alcock's Cadbury-Camelot excavation, writers Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mary Stewart, and Catherine Christian place their Camelots in that city and describe it accordingly.

Wollheim also helped develop Marion Zimmer Bradley, Robert Silverberg, Avram Davidson, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, Thomas Burnett Swann, Jack Vance, and Roger Zelazny, among others.

Most of the writers whom he had developed at Ace went with him to DAW: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton, Philip K. Dick, John Brunner, A. Bertram Chandler, Kenneth Bulmer, Gordon R. Dickson, A. E. van Vogt, and Jack Vance.

Marion Zimmer Bradley refers to him as " a second father ," Frederik Pohl calls him " a founder ," and Robert Silverberg says he was " seriously underrated " and " one of the great shapers of science-fiction publishing in the United States.

Ackerman was credited with nurturing and even inspiring the careers of several early contemporaries like Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Charles Beaumont, Marion Zimmer Bradley and L. Ron Hubbard.

Ackerman had 50 stories published, including collaborations with A. E. van Vogt, Francis Flagg, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Donald Wollheim and Catherine Moore and the world's shortest – one letter of the alphabet.

Marion Zimmer Bradley, who acknowledges the influence of Murray, uses the figure of the " horned god " in her feminist fantasy transformation of Arthurinian myth, Mists of Avalon ( 1984 ), and portrays ritualistic incest between King Arthur as the representative of the horned god and his sister Morgaine as the " spring maiden ".

Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon has the grail as one of four objects symbolizing the four Elements: the Grail itself ( water ), the sword Excalibur ( fire ), a dish ( earth ), and a spear or wand ( air ).

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In the latter half of the 20th century, the influence of the romance tradition of Arthur continued, through novels such as T. H. White's The Once and Future King ( 1958 ) and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon ( 1982 ) in addition to comic strips such as Prince Valiant ( from 1937 onward ).

Fantasy is closely associated with science fiction, and many writers have worked in both genres, while writers such as Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Marion Zimmer Bradley have written works that appear to blur the boundary between the two related genres.

The name " Society for Creative Anachronism " was coined by science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley, an early participant, when the nascent group needed an official name in order to reserve a park for a tournament.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress anthology series ( 1984 onwards ) attempted the reverse.

Darkover is the focus of the Darkover series of science fiction novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958.

The word " Darkover " is a registered trademark owned by the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust.

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* In The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Briseis fell in love with Achilles and chose to leave Troy to be with him.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's " The Firebrand " makes her an Amazon princess — Homer does name the Amazons among the Trojan allies, interpreting her name as ' she fights like a man.

* Darkover — Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series ( medieval culture and psi powers ).

* Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels contain references to Aldones, Camilla, Cassilda, Carcosa, the cloud Lake of Hali, Naotalba, and Hastur.

In Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon, Uther is the nephew of Aurelianus instead of his brother ; while Aurelianus is the son of a Roman Emperor, Uther has no Roman blood.

* The Alton family, telepathic nobility in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels

Some modern Arthurian works such as Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon replace Morgause as Mordred's mother with Morgan le Fay ( traditionally her sister ).

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley takes the tradition of multiple Ladies one step further.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, too, has a brooding Terran Empire maintaining a colonial enclave on the planet Darkover where the plot takes place, and on countless others.

* Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, some of the cultures and individuals of Darkover reject marriage.

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Some of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books represent just such a world, complete with technology-indistinguishable-from-magic.

This has led to Morgan's expanded role in feminist Arthurian literature such as Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon ( where she is called Morgaine ), which goes so far as to give her credit for the major events of the traditional story.

The triple goddess is referenced in Marion Zimmer Bradley's book " The Mists of Avalon.

* Hali, the name of a lake in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series

* In Marion Zimmer Bradley's " Saga of the Renunciates ", a character refers to a road that goes " across the Plateau of Leng " being " impassable and haunted by monsters "

* Banshees, large, flightless, blind, carnivorous birds from Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series

* Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover ( 1993 ), includes To Keep the Oath

The definitive lists, for both the order of publication of Mrs. Bradley's books and the book order within the Darkovan chronology can be found in the bibliography section of the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust web page.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels can also be classified as planetary romance, since the focus remains firmly on the planet Darkover, though the galactic setting is never entirely limited to background.

Maleagant appears in modern retellings like Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, T. H. White's The Once and Future King ( as Sir Meliagrance ), and the film First Knight.

* Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon included the fictional character Morgaine as the Duchess of Cornwall through inheritance.

The Mists of Avalon, a retelling of the King Arthur myth from a feminist point of view, is probably Marion Zimmer Bradley's most famous single novel.

* Marion Zimmer Bradley-The Mists of Avalon

One track, " MZB ", was written just after author Marion Zimmer Bradley ( of The Mists of Avalon ) died as a tribute to her works.

* Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon ( 1982 ): relates the relationship of King Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot as a ménage à trois.

The Mists of Avalon is a 1983 novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which she relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters.

* Marion Zimmer Bradley in her novel The Mists of Avalon made Morgause the sister of Igraine and Viviane and the aunt of Morgaine ( Morgan le Fay ).

Some modern authors, such as Marion Zimmer Bradley in The Mists of Avalon, combine or conflate her with Elaine of Corbenic, due to their shared name and the similarity of their fathers ' names.

Like Marion Zimmer Bradley in her novel The Mists of Avalon, Cornwell also presumes considerable friction still occurred between the old Druidic and other pagan religion and Christianity at this point in time ( as he admits in the afterword of the first book, this angle was determined more by personal preference rather than third-party historical assessments ).

In Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon ( a recent retelling of the legend ) Arthur simply retrieves the sword from an altar on which it had been placed after Uther's death in preparation of his funeral, astonishing priests with his ability to touch it.

This theme also appears in books such as Marion Zimmer-Bradley's epic The Mists of Avalon and Rosalind Miles ' Guenivere trilogy, as well as in the 2004 movie " King Arthur ".

Cornwall is featured heavily in the beginning of The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley * as the home of Igraine, wife of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall.

The scene of Accolon's battle with Arthur is included in Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, though with the role of Nimue omitted.

In modern novels, he appears in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon ; but as Morgan Le Fay's foster son, not her biological son.