[HPforGrownups] Re: Reading; somewhat OT

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 3321

Have you tried Katherine Kurtz, The Deryni Series or Weis and Hickman, Dragonlance (Raistlin again, yes!)

Those are a bit more adult (although Deryni is multi-leveled--I started it at age 14, and still read it today, seeing the "other" things that weren't in it before!).  I still have to weed through my garden of books...

    

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joywitch 
  To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:50 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Reading; somewhat OT


  --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, voicelady at m... wrote:
  > On Wed, 11 October 2000, Peg Kerr wrote:
  > 
  > >And you know, the author of _The Artist's Way_ has a point.  
  Voicelady, I think, has uttered a gentle complaint that I'm not 
  working on my next book.  Part of the problem is that I spend too 
  much time reading this listserve!
  > 
  > Actually, I *wasn't* complaining, but now that you've mentioned 
  it...<g>
  > 
  > Really, people, if you haven't read her books yet, PLEASE do so!  
  Trust me - they're ab fab!
  > 
  > voicelady
  > 

  I am afraid that it was me, Peg, who uttered those *gentle 
  complaints*.  Actually, Im not afraid, (or all that gentle): Damnit, 
  Peg, get to work on that sequel to Emerald House Rising!!!! <g>.  
  Voicelady is absolutely right, you are a wonderful author.

  And while we are on the topic: While I read novels, mysteries and 
  everything else, I like sci-fi and fantasy the best.  The problem is 
  that so much of it is poorly written.  A lot of the fantasy is just 
  mawkish or dull medieval-ish fairy tales with an endless parade of 
  dragons and elves, LOTR rip-offs.  And a lot of the sci-fi, 
  especially by the male authors, is macho, get the girl, kill the 
  alien, Tom Clancy in space crap.  I find that sci-fi/fantasy by 
  female authors is the most likely to be good but that it is really 
  hard to find stuff I like.  We have discussed on this list many times 
  suggestions for other stuff to read in those endless, almost-a-full-
  year in between when you finish the third reading of the latest HP 
  book and when the next one comes out.  But the stuff we have 
  discussed so far is mostly kid or kid-oriented books.  I am tired of 
  Brian Jacques little mousies and the Chrestomanci books take about 5 
  minutes to read.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a 
  desperate adult sci-fi fan?  (Other than the standards like LeGuin, 
  Butler, McCaffrey...Ive read about the Oankali and the Pern Dragons 
  so many times I feel like they live next door.)

  -- Joywitch, who has run out of things to read


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