Dragaera

Anne McCaffrey (was: If you like Robert Jordan)

Shannon Wimberly shannon3d at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 18 08:20:34 PDT 2004

--- wamydia <wamydia23 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Has anyone read her "Freedom" series?  It is pretty
> recent (I think the fourth book was released just
> last
> year) and quite a departure from the Pern novels.  I
> have read the first three books in the series and
> really enjoyed them.  Instead of dragonriders and
> singing ships, the Freedom series is about alien
> invasions, colonial survival on an alien planet, and
> a
> fight for liberation.  Much more sci-fi than
> fantasy. 
> I would agree that her earlier stuff was her best,
> but
> I think she can still tell a good story when she
> isn't
> trying to stretch the Pern world farther than it
> should ever have gone. 
>  
> Has anyone read "Pegasus in Space" and the related
> series?  I saw those at the bookstore recently and
> wasn't sure if I was up for giving them a try or
> not. 
> I believe some of the books in the series were
> written
> a number of years ago and then she released "Pegasus
> in Space" as a follow-up recently.  Does anyone have
> a
> recommendation one way or the other?
> 
> Amy


I've read the Freedom series.  Like most of her other
series, though I didn't like the last book.  It seems
to me that that happened with the Crystal series and
the Acorna series.  I think that's one of the points
already made in the thread.  She starts out strong
then proceeds to beat the idea until it's stretched
beyond it's limits.

I haven't read _Pegasus in Space_ so no
reccommendations there.  Although if it's a new world
and she follows her pattern, it might be worth
checking out at the library.

An interesting side note on libraries, My local
library system (I'm in a large suburb of a major city)
only has one Brust book to offer--  _Agyar_  Of
course, I buy my Brust book for the many re-reads, but
I did find that interesting.

Shannon 



		
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