Marion Zimmer Bradley was a bestselling science fiction author, a feminist icon, and was awarded the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement. She was best known for the Arthurian fiction novel THE MISTS OF AVALON and for her very popular Darkover series.
She was also a monster.
THE LAST CLOSET: The Dark Side of Avalon is a brutal tale of a harrowing childhood. It is the true story of predatory adults preying on the innocence of children without shame, guilt, or remorse. It is an eyewitness account of how high-minded utopian intellectuals, unchecked by law, tradition, religion, or morality, can create a literal Hell on Earth.
THE LAST CLOSET is also an inspiring story of survival. It is a powerful testimony to courage, to hope, and to faith. It is the story of Moira Greyland, the only daughter of Marion Zimmer Bradley and convicted child molester Walter Breen, told in her own words.
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The above cover and link to Ann Barnhardt's post on her blog has been accessed more than any other of my posts, and also has received an amazing number of derogatory and threatening comments (which were not deemed worthy to pass on to readers and therefore deleted). My own experience with the SciFi/Fantasy community and its allied costuming subculture had alerted me to its role as a gateway to neopaganism and hence non-Christian sexual attitudes. Furthmore, Marion Zimmer Bradley was a founder of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Ann more that adequately defends this post in these follow-up posts:
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