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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
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Subject: Re: Re: Cherryh vs. McCaffrey
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 10:35:55 EDT
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> Give me McCaffrey any day, that way I won't have to think too much.
> 
> All this may have something to do with why I only have all 23 (24?)
> of CJ Cherryh's books sitting on my shelf, but have an entire three
> of Anne McCaffrey's.
> 
Sorry, McCaffrey may be simplistic but for the most part at least
I feel her characters and plots are much more interesting.  I always
read about Cherryh's books and think they sound like they should
be good.  Unfortunately, I am invariably disapointed.
While Cherryh's the worlds are fairly imaginative a societal description
doesn't carry the book for me.  My general feeling is that the characters
are if anything more simplistic than McCaffrey's and much less interesting.
The plots are usually dry and not gripping at all.  Characters evoke
very little empathy.
I have tried a number of Cherryh's and found them all disapointing so
now I generally give them a pass no matter how interesting the
description sounds.
This is, of course, all purely personal judgements and preference.

David Albrecht