@Lynne B: maybe so, but her Maj has a point. Paolini’s work is really nothing more than fafic, with elements taken from others’ work. Terry Brooks for this generation.
Pern was classic, some of her others better, or not.Never heard of Paolini, sounds like I didn’t need to.I found Rouling derivative, though I can’t remember who wrote the previous wizards’ boarding school.
@Night-Gaunt, I read the Ship That Sang when it first was published, I too will miss Anne. I am glad to hear someone remember Keith Laumer; I still believe his A Trace of Memory was one of the finest SF stories ever…
Rowling was like using piles of potato chips to make a four-course meal. No depth. Like Dungeons and Dragons. Roll the dice to see what random magical creature shows up next.Tolkien was the ‘alpha and omega’ of the genre.
Iqeret about 13 years ago
Hou… Ouch.
Interestingly enough, my first McCaffrey wasn’t a Pern novel, but instead The Rowan.
Plods with ...™ about 13 years ago
I loved her work.
lbatik about 13 years ago
I don’t think Anne McCaffrey would approve of that. She was a very nice person.
librisleo about 13 years ago
@Lynne B: maybe so, but her Maj has a point. Paolini’s work is really nothing more than fafic, with elements taken from others’ work. Terry Brooks for this generation.
Michelle Morris about 13 years ago
The only book of hers I’ve read was “The Ship Who Sang”. Very sad to hear the news. I’m bracing myself for the day I hear about Ray Bradbury.
Christopher Shea about 13 years ago
I thought Paolini’s work was more ripped off from Star Wars …
celeconecca about 13 years ago
I didn’t know. The PERN series was the first I ever collected completely and read frequently. May the bards sing her home to her weyr.
shewith5 about 13 years ago
Aw I loved Anne McCaffrey’s Reads!!! Her Pern novels were my first rides in Sci-Fi. Just got done reading “The Ship Who Sang” series.
ChukLitl Premium Member about 13 years ago
Pern was classic, some of her others better, or not.Never heard of Paolini, sounds like I didn’t need to.I found Rouling derivative, though I can’t remember who wrote the previous wizards’ boarding school.
craigwestlake about 13 years ago
@Night-Gaunt, I read the Ship That Sang when it first was published, I too will miss Anne. I am glad to hear someone remember Keith Laumer; I still believe his A Trace of Memory was one of the finest SF stories ever…
corzak about 13 years ago
Rowling was like using piles of potato chips to make a four-course meal. No depth. Like Dungeons and Dragons. Roll the dice to see what random magical creature shows up next.Tolkien was the ‘alpha and omega’ of the genre.
corzak about 13 years ago
McCaffrey was very good however, in that she found a unique niche. Pern was both Science Fiction AND Fantasy.