I read this series many years ago and loved them. A recent reminder has me rereading from the beginning in the proper order (something I didn't do the first time). It's a bit dated but not enough to bother me. I still love this book.
A group of Terran colonists crashlands on a new planet and are forced to develop a new civilization based partly on where Earth standards but mostly on what they want in this new world. A large group of them are Scots who bring their culture in music and Gaelic tongue to Darkover.
"They lament, he thought, but they know life goes on. The Scots have been exiles for centuries, for millennia. This is just another exile, a little further than most, but they will sing the olds songs under the new stars and find new mountains and new seas..."
It's a great introduction to the series and I enjoyed it immensely. ( )

A note to English readers: the edition of names and also the sentence of Marco Zabal in Darkover Landfall (if you know what I mean) is awful for a Spanish reader. Furthermore, I hope that, in further editions, Camilla del Rey remains as Camilla del Rey, not Camilla del Roy (¿what?) or Camilla del Ray.

Le daría tres estrellas y media, si pudiera. Darkover Landfall es una historia sencilla, aunque creo que el epílogo no tiene mucho sentido con el resto de la novela... no sé, me parece un poco innecesario.
Sobre Two to Conquer (Dos para conquistar), la idea de la dualidad de Paul y Bard me ha parecido bien curiosa, aunque de este último hay escenas que se me han hecho bastante desagradables; me ha gustado descubrir también algo más sobre el origen de la Orden de las Renunciantes. ( )

A note to English readers: the edition of names and also the sentence of Marco Zabal in Darkover Landfall (if you know what I mean) is awful for a Spanish reader. Furthermore, I hope that, in further editions, Camilla del Rey remains as Camilla del Rey, not Camilla del Roy (¿what?) or Camilla del Ray.

Le daría tres estrellas y media, si pudiera. Darkover Landfall es una historia sencilla, aunque creo que el epílogo no tiene mucho sentido con el resto de la novela... no sé, me parece un poco innecesario.
Sobre Two to Conquer (Dos para conquistar), la idea de la dualidad de Paul y Bard me ha parecido bien curiosa, aunque de este último hay escenas que se me han hecho bastante desagradables; me ha gustado descubrir también algo más sobre el origen de la Orden de las Renunciantes. ( )

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