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Hastur Lord
AuthorMarion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross
Cover artistShutterstock
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDarkover
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherDAW Books
Publication date
2010
Publication placeUnited States
Published in English
Jan 2010
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages421pp
Preceded byThe World Wreckers 
Followed byExile's Song 

Hastur Lord is a science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross in the Darkover series. It was first published by in hardcover by DAW Books in 1996.[1] The book takes place during the era of Darkover's history known as the second age post-Comyn and after the coming of the Terrans.

Hastur Lord is an allegory, considering the consequences to a religiously puralistic planet, when a small group of monotheistic fundamentalists tries to impose their will on a larger society that doesn't share their views.

In terms of Darkover's timeline, the book takes place ten years after The World Wreckers.[2]

Publication History

  • Jan 2010, DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1497), 978-0-7564-0622-6, 421pp, hardcover [3]
  • Jan 2010, DAW Books / SFBC, #1294831, 421pp, hardcover
  • Mar 2011, DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1497), 978-0-7564-0649-3, $7.99, 482pp, paperback

References

  1. ^ http://www.mzbworks.com/ Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Trust
  2. ^ Author's note, Hastur Lord, DAW Books, 2011, paperback
  3. ^ Hastur Lord title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

See also