Great story, and even if you're not familiar with the Darkover world, it's an enjoyable read.

I love Marion Zimmer Bradley, ever since I read the Firebrand at the age of 13, and suddenly the whole Achilles-myth made sense (his un-herioc action of draging Hector's body around Troy was due to mental illness. Read the book, the whole Trojan war will make sense).

The Planet Savers is set on Darkover, a far-away planet and home to a whole lot of her stories.
I love how she's able to marry hard sci-fi (represented by the Terrans) and high fantasy (the Hasturs come to mind imediately), create an engaging story and raise a lot of (still-relevant) sociological questions at the same time...
Like most of her stories, it's also heavy on (para)psychology, bit in nice, bite-size elements. ( )

i don't know how many readers are "left" for this book - it & its author have not aged easily for anyone it seems - I "read" the audio book edition which may have made the dual personalities of the protagonist feel awfully contrived to support the rest ? Perhaps a story like this that hinges on notions of difference may need more than one voice actor to do its characters justice ? ( )

Early part of the Darkover series. I'm not the biggest fan of this kind of handwaving-sf that veers off into fantasy (for example, when it comes to the psychic faculties of the Hasturs), but I liked how MZB set up the main character here. The changes in POV are stylistically interesting, and the split personality theme was well done. Just a pity that in the short novella format so many other themes like racism and the hegemony of men was only touched upon, and the ending war far too rushed. I would've wanted a bit more struggle to reconcile those two personalities instead of that kitschy reunion with Kyla. ( )

The Planet Savers – Marion Zimmer Bradley
3 stars
This is, as far as I can tell, the only book from the Darkover series currently available for kindle. It is a public domain book, probably because it was first published in a magazine or part of an anthology. It is a typical MZB survival story of cultural conflict involving Terrans, Comyn and the primitive Trailmen species. It’s probably part of an earlier book and the characters are not very well developed. I was surprised to find it a mildly entertaining way to spend a 4 hour plane flight.
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Noted during my 1980's attempt to read every book in my small town library.