Trillium is a series of five fantasy novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley,

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, and Andre Norton, each with the word "trillium" in the title. They take place in a post-holocaust world that is hinted to be a colony of earth on another planet where magic works. The German literature agent

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in 1989 devised the concept of three fantasy authors coming together to collaborate to produce a novel: this would describe three different life stories bound together by a single A-Plot of a story of three princesses, who were robbed of their kingdom and try to survive in a hostile world. Norton, Bradley and May agreed to join in the project. May wrote her vision of the story, which

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agreed to publish and bought the rights for it. The three collaborated on the first novel, ''Black Trillium'': Bradley wrote Haramis' chapters, May authored Anigel's, and Norton contributed Kadiya's. May wrote two sequels, ''Blood Trillium'' and ''Sky Trillium'', and Norton and Bradley wrote one each - ''Golden Trillium'' and ''Lady of the Trillium'', respectively. ''Lady of the Trillium'' takes place many years after the first three novels in the series, and tells of the efforts of the only living sister to find and train a successor to lead the world. A review of ''Black Trillium'' in '' The Rotarian'' criticized, among other things, "the deadly dull characters, and a boring landscape"; ascribing the issues to the fact that there were "too many cooks". The series is described as having "shallow" characterization, but "intense imagery". Antonio Ballesteros González and Lucía Mora González wrote that while the main characters fell into typical archetypes in high fantasy, they applauded the fact that the main characters were women.

Novels

Black Trillium Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have of ...

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, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton) *

Blood Trillium Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the cir ...

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, by Julian May) *

Golden Trillium Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershir ...

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, by Andre Norton) *

Lady of the Trillium The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Inform ...

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, by Marion Zimmer Bradley) *

Sky Trillium The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

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, by Julian May)

References

{{reflist Fantasy novel series