| The Fall of Atlantis | 
 enlarge | Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Publisher: Baen
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 167122
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0671656155
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671656157
ASIN: 0671656155
Publication Date: February 1, 1987
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 The Fall Of Atlantis May 20, 2008
As always, Bradly never writes junk, and i will continue to read her book over and over again
Avalon starts here! September 11, 2007
This is where the Avalon series books start! I've read the series almost completely backward over the years for lack of a good defined starting place. When I read The Fall of Atlantis all the pieces from MZB's other Avalon books click. Though I would have better titled this book, "Sisters" or a "Dream of Avalon," or some such... there isn't as much "Atlantis" description as I would have hoped. Had MZB written it today it may have taken on more detail. As it stands, it is the essential foundation for the Avalon books in the series.... The fall of Atlantis, Ancestors of Avalon, The Ravens of Avalon, The Forest House, The Priestess of Avalon, The Lady of Avalon, The Mysts of Avalon.... etc. Absolutely wonderful books to awaken the senses!
Quite unexpected... June 10, 2007
but not altogether unpleasent! MZB had me somwhat confused by her choice to enter phrases such as 'hell' and 'the devil' into a book that I had assumed was set in a pre-Christian time. Her choice of names for the characters also was a bit of a jumble. In each family parents would name their children some combination of the names of their father and mother. Until I was familiarized with the characters I had a bit of a hard time keeping track. The Fall of Atlantis was a fast read and I found it easy to sit down and read 150 pages without tiring of the book. If you want a story of Atlantis, this is not for you, Atlantis isn't a setting until the last 50 pages or so. However, if you're looking for a quick book with a unique community setting and somewhat unusual characters, give Atlantis a try.
It all starts here July 9, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book is very important in the Mists of Avalon series, in that it starts everything. This book starts the tale of characters that incarnate through all the other books. The story given here immediately picks up again in the sequal "Ancestors of Avalon."
I found this original story to be very interesting, spiritual, and having the feeling of history--even though it's about a supposedly fictional place. It is clear that this is one of MZB's earlier works, but it is still enchanting.
I wish MZB could have kept her original titles for what she saw as a two part book, because the title "The Fall of Atlantis" is ill suited here. Most of the story doesn't even take place in Atlantis, but in a more ancient land. The part of the tale that does take place in Atlantis leaves the reader wanting more images and descriptions of this mysterious land. Also there is no "Falling" of Atlantis in this book, that doesn't happen until the next book "Ancestors of Avalon." The image on the front of the book is also misleading, as no scene even remotely like this occurs. I found it a bit of a distraction to the story to keep wondering when this scene of destruction and chaos would occur, only finding that it doesn't.
If you are at all interested in "The Mists of Avalon" series, this is a necessary start, just don't expect the destruction suggested by the cover.
 jacket summary February 21, 2006
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
from the back cover of the February 1987 Baen paperback edition
cover art by Alan Gutierrez
A wounded Atlantean prince...a deadly battle between Dark and Light...and the sisters Deoris and Domaris, whose lives are changed utterly by the magic involving them. These are the elements of "The Fall of Atlantis", Marion Zimmer Bradley's epic fantasy about that ancient and legendary realm.
On one side stand the Priests of the White Robe, guardians of powerful natural forces which could threaten the world if misused. Ranged against them are the Black Robes, sorcerers who secretly practice their dark arts in the labyrinthine caves beneath the very Temple of Light. Caught between are Domaris and Deoris, daughters of the Arch-priest Talannon, trapped in a web of deadly sorcery-the same forbidden sorcery that could bring about the fall of Atlantis.
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