A review by sigmamorrigan
The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.0

Marion Zimmer Bradley is one of the few fantasy authors of the old school that I truly enjoy. I must have read The Fall of Atlantis dozens of times. I love the way she creates relationships between her characters: at their worst, characterized by horrific co-dependency and, at times, abuse, at their best, filling personal needs and creating communities of mutual love and respect. She was also writing early enough in the 20th century to make some of her topics fairly racy for the times (a book including an obvious four-way sexual encounter between 2 women and 2 men? In 1977? You have to tip your hat). Her prose is dense, but somehow not overwritten; the world that she has created is fascinating to walk through. I will definitely read more in the Darkover series.