Year of the Big Thaw
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley is the creator of the popular Darkover universe, as well as the critically acclaimed author of the bestselling ‘The Mists of Avalon’ and its sequel, ‘The Forest House’. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This story is really short, but very atmospheric and funny. The report of a simple farmer who explains an official why his son doesn't have a birthplace in his certificates is written in such a laconic and dry voice that it's a delight. Not sure if and how this fits into the Darkover universe, though.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Superman. That’s what I thought about as soon as I finished this short story. A boy is found and raised by a caring farmer and his wife who tell no one about the boy’s appearance and let everyone guess as to where he came from and how he came to live with them.This is an interesting little story and if you’re a fan of Marion Zimmer Bradley, I suggest giving this very brief story a try; it’s only about 25 pages. I always forget that she wrote more than fantasy along the lines of The Mists of Avalon, that being my favorite of her works. But I know she’s written a lot of science fiction, most of which I haven’t touched. I should read more of her science fiction and thanks to the Gutenberg Project, where I found this little beauty, I’m going to make that happen.If you’ve read some of Zimmer Bradley’s science fiction, suggestions on where I should start?
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Title: Year of the Big Thaw
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Release Date: May 1, 2009 [EBook #28650]
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In this warm and fanciful story of a Connecticut farmer, Marion Zimmer Bradley has caught some of the glory that is man's love for man—no matter who he is nor whence he's from. By heck, you'll like little Matt.
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Mr. Emmett did his duty by the visitor from another world—never doubting the right of it.
You say that Matthew is your own son, Mr. Emmett?
Yes, Rev'rend Doane, and a better boy never stepped, if I do say it as shouldn't. I've trusted him to drive team for me since he was eleven, and you can't say more than that for a farm boy. Way back when he was a little shaver so high, when the war came on, he was bounden he was going to sail with this Admiral Farragut. You know boys that age—like runaway colts. I couldn't see no good in his being cabin boy on some tarnation Navy ship and I told him so. If he'd wanted to sail out on a whaling ship, I 'low I'd have let him go. But Marthy—that's the boy's Ma—took on so that Matt stayed home. Yes, he's a good