The Darkover Concordance

The Darkover Concordance is a 164-page resource to Marion Zimmer Bradley's books. It has the subtitle, "A Reader's Guide." It was written by Walter Breen, and has a foreward by MZB. Jacqueline Lichtenberg also worked on earlier drafts.
The publication contains diagrams, art, and articles. 
It was first promised in 1976, ran into many obstacles and bottlenecks including T-K Graphics, and was finally published three years later.
==The Zine's Introduction==
Author likely Breen: 
==The Long Journey to Publication==
It was originally to be published by T-K Graphics. In 1976, Bradley wrote: "PROGRESS REPORT: The Darkover Concordance, currently being worked on by Walter Breen, Jacqueline Lichtenberg and myself, is nearly completed, with the only bottleneck being that Walter must first find time to type out the cards of his entries...even I, who have been married to him for twlve years, cannot read his handwriting when he is in a hurry. There is some notion now that the Concordance may possibly be published by T-K Graphics; nothing is settled." from Darkover Newsletter #1 
In January 1978, Bradley stuck up for T-K Graphics, saying that she has been hearing that the outfit is too slow in filling orders. Bradley addressed rumors of death and deception, scolded fans for relaying their experiences, threatened fans who dared complain, and generally told people to behave and not ask questions regarding what they pay for. Bradley also blurred the line between a truly amateur fan endeavor and a for-profit, legal business, as she utilized the "rules" of both... and did a bit of self-projecting. Bradley added a jab of her own at T-K Graphics in the last sentence: 
In October 1978, Bradley wrote that T-K Graphics had "bitten off more than he could chew," was in financial ruin, and had returned the manuscript to Walter Breen: 
In December 1978, there was this announcement: 
From a comment in the fall of 1979 by the editor of Darkover Newsletter #19/20: 
"The Darkover Concordance" was then published by Pennyfarthing Press in April 1979.
==Why Breen?==
In 1978, Bradley said Breen was a good choice to write the Concordance because he knew more about Darkover than she did, mainly because he didn't forget anything. a statement in Adventures in Reading Darkover Stories Without Having to Write Them First. (1978) 
==The Sequel/Revised Edition That Never Happened==
In 1988, there was mention of Breen publishing an updated version that covered more of the newer Darkover books. This sequel was never completed.
There were two mentions of it in Darkover Newsletter #40: " Walter is hard at work on the update of the Darkover Concordance, but I expect that to take at least a year -- he's got seven books to go through, not counting the anthologies." And "As for more Darkovan concerns [regarding genetics and genealogy]: probably some of the information [fans] want will appear in some form in the revised Darkover Concordance, which Walter Breen is working on. There is no formal (non-fiction) history of Darkover, but Walter's approach to the Concordance is very scholarly and he has the original source material on tap."
==Covers, Table of Contents, Flyers==
File:darkoverconcordance.jpg|front cover by Melisa Michaels
File:Darkoverconcordancetoc.jpg|table of contents
File:Darkover6-1.jpg|letter about the concordance from Darkover Newsletter
File:Darkoverflyer1979.jpg|flyer
Image:darkoverconcord.jpg|1979 ad in the magazine "Starship" #35
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==References==
 Category:Darkover Zines
Category:1979 Zines