Editing Marion Zimmer Bradley (section)

=== Encouraging fan interaction ===

Bradley took an active role in science fiction and fantasy [[fandom]], promoting interaction with professional authors and publishers and making several important contributions to the subculture. In her teens she wrote letters to the pulp magazines of the time, such as the above-mentioned ''Amazing Stories'' and ''[[Wonder Stories |Thrilling Wonder Stories]]''. Starting in the late 1940s and continuing in the 1950s and 1960s, she published her own fanzines, including ''Astra's Tower'', ''Day*Star'', and ''Anything Box''. She also co-edited fanzines, including ''Ugly Bird'' with [[Redd Boggs]], ''MEZRAB'' with her first husband Robert Bradley, and ''Allerlei'' with her second husband Walter Breen. Bradley contributed to several other fanzines, including ''The Gorgon'' and ''The Nekromantikon''.<ref name="Gotlieb archives"/> 

For many years, Bradley actively encouraged Darkover [[fan fiction]]. She encouraged submissions from unpublished authors and reprinted some of it in commercial Darkover anthologies. This ended after a dispute with a fan over an unpublished Darkover novel of Bradley's that had similarities to one of the fan's stories. As a result, the novel remained unpublished and Bradley demanded the cessation of all Darkover fan fiction.<ref>[http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/236/191 "The Contraband Incident: The Strange Case of Marion Zimmer Bradley."] Coker, Catherine. 2011. – ''Transformative Works and Cultures'', no. 6. doi:10.3983/twc.2011.0236. Texas A & M University, College Station, TX</ref>