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%T Crisis on Doona
%A Anne McCaffrey
%A Jody Lynne Nye
%I Ace
%D March 1992
%O paperback, US$5.99
%P 327
%G ISBN 0-441-23194-2
The cover tells you most of what you need to know about this book; it
juxtaposes a fetching strawberry-blonde and a cat-man who's been not so subtly
detailed to look like Vincent from the Beauty And The Beast TV
series. Yes, it's yet another stone-boring romance for female adolescents of
all ages. The only surprise is that they aren't hot for each other but both
friends of the annoying, gung-ho Tom Corbett clone who's the book's actual
protagonist. Between the covers, a strictly business-as-usual plot. And it's
a sequel, too. Feh.
%T PartnerShip
%A Anne McCaffrey
%A Margaret Ball
%I Baen
%D March 1992
%O paperback, US$5.99
%P 323
%G ISBN 0-671-72109-7
Maybe there's hope for Anne McCaffrey yet. Or maybe Margaret Ball
(author of Flameweaver, RR166) is a good influence.
Whatever; this book is no masterpiece, but it's a big improvement on
the fluffy wish-fulfillment romances and poor-grade carno McCaffrey's
stamped her name on recently (RR#21, RR#75, RR#140, RR#164). This is historically appropriate, because
it's a sequel to The Ship Who Sang, McCaffrey's last
groundbreaking SF novel. It's two hundred years after Helva's time,
and the shellperson Nancia is beginning her career as a courier
ship. The technical challenges are nothing compared to the
perplexities of dealing with her passengers and the system that
produced them...
RECEIVED BUT NOT REVIEWED:
Spell Of Fate (Dance Of Gods #3) by Mayer Alan Brenner
Fire Sea (The Death Gate Cycle #3) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
The Elf Queen Of Shannara by Terry Brooks.
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