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   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
      
   > "Derek Broughton"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:28fdl6-dh8.ln1@morgen.pointerstop.ca...   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>> And everything from Sheri Tepper.   
   >>   
   >> Skip the books of /The True Game/ (I think that's what she called it).   
   >> Very   
   >> juvenile.  Everything else is excellent.   SF or Fantasy is just her   
   >> setting   
   >> for investigations of social dynamics, and they could be set pretty well   
   >> anywhere.  I think if I must choose one, go for /The Family Tree/.   
   >   
   > Oops! You don't seem to like the Jinian series. I rather enjoyed it.   
      
   Actually, I did like them - I just don't think they're a good introduction   
   to her writing for an adult reader.  After reading all the books of the True   
   Game, I was pleasantly surprised later to find how deep her writing can be.   
      
   >   OTOH, I think I can safely warn people against the (IMO) awful writings   
   >   of Katherine Kurtz   
      
   I liked the first couple.  Unfortunately, the poor woman seems to have only   
   had one idea in her life.  Not that I should hold that against her, not ever   
   having had a publishable idea of my own...   
      
   >   and Catherine Kerr.   
      
   A suspiciously similar name...   
   --   
   derek   
      
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