--- "Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student)" <RuhlenR at missouri.edu> wrote: > I've only tried the Amber Chronicles. I just > couldn't get into the > story. It was depressing. Maybe Iain (husband) > can give more insight. He > encouraged me to try them, but acknowledged > that he didn't think they > were "my thing", whatever that means. > (Note: I don't like depressing books. They may > be necessary, but I go > out of my way to avoid them, including > _Teckla_!) > Now I'd agree with you about avoiding depressing books but we must have different values of depressing.....interesting. I've had to swear off JG Ballard since having a massive anxiety attack whilst reading The Kindness of Women and I've had a similar reaction to John Brunner, but I didn't find the Amber Chronicles depressing at all. I didn't even find Teckla depressing, though I can see why somebody could. ===== Ven __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com