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Originally Posted by ATDrake
If you want to try Nina Coombs Pykare, then the most cost-efficient way to get her backlist works is via Fictionwise with the weekend discount coupons, which should take them down to below $3 if a good one is available.
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Darn, I should have thought of Fictionwise. I often use them for multiformat backlist.
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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Also, Marion Zimmer Bradley apparently tried her hand at writing gothic romances back in the day. If you are familiar with her sf/fantasy work, you may want to try them for the curiosity value, and they're fairly cheap at $2.99 each (less with coupon). Castle Terror & Bluebeard's Daughter |
I did buy at least one of those but still have to read it. Somewhere I have a paper copy of one of them. Probably a dinged up version, of course. The Gothics in used bookstores (those that haven't been hoarded by collectors or tossed out by Those Who Know Not What They Do) have all been around the block a few times.
From what I've read, MZB was proud of the fact that she did not end the Gothics in a traditional Gothic romance fashion. No, I don't think that means the heroines started a Darkover fanclub.
But I think they ended up without the prospect marrying the hero (or would-have-been hero) in at least one of the stories. In a lot of Gothics, that would have been a major improvement in the story.