Zimmer, Paul Edwin
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1943-1997) US author, brother of Marion Zimmer Bradley, with whom he wrote his first sf, the Survivors sequence comprising Hunters of the Red Moon (1973) [unacknowledged until 1992 printing], whose protagonist is abducted by Aliens to serve as gladiatorial prey on a game planet (see Games and Sports), and The Survivors (1979), a somewhat congested Space Opera featuring some of the same cast. A series by Zimmer alone, the Dark Border sequence – The Lost Prince (1982), King Chondo's Ride (1982) and A Gathering of Heroes (1987) and Ingulf the Mad (1989) – is fantasy, set in a world with some Planetary Romance trappings; his singletons, Woman of the Elfmounds (dated 1979 but 1980) and Blood of the Colyn Muir (1988) with Jon DeCles, are also fantasy. [JC]
Paul Edwin Zimmer
born Albany, New York: 16 October 1943
died Schenectady, New York: 18 October 1997
works
series
Survivors
- Hunters of the Red Moon (New York: DAW Books, 1973) with Marion Zimmer Bradley [Zimmer's collaboration not acknowledged until 1992 printing: pb/George Barr]
- Survivors (New York: DAW Books, 1979) with Marion Zimmer Bradley [pb/Enrich]
Dark Border
- The Lost Prince (New York: Playboy Paperbacks, 1982) [Dark Border: pb/Kirk Rienert]
- King Chondo's Ride (New York: Playboy Paperbacks, 1982) [Dark Border: pb/Kirk Rienert]
- A Gathering of Heroes (New York: Ace Books, 1987) [Dark Border: pb/Miro]
- Ingulf the Mad (New York: Ace Books, 1989) [Dark Border: pb/Keith Parkinson]
individual titles
- Woman of the Elfmounds (Ottawa, Ontario: Triskell Press, 1980) [novella: chap: book is dated 1979: pb/]
- Blood of the Colyn Muir (New York: Avon Books, 1988) with Jon DeCles [pb/]
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