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From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: MacAvoy's TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON
Message-ID: <1200@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 15:56:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 21 15:56:00 1985
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 >Why do people like TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON?  I just read
 >it recently, and to my mind, it's a mediocre mystery story,
 >with a not-terribly- interesting computer tie-in, and a
 >small amount of poorly explained mysticism to justify the
 >"fantasy" label.

I am not terribly fond of the book, but it was enjoyable.  The basic
plot could have been from a ROCKFORD FILES and the fantasy, albeit only
a minor part of the story, was well done.  The reason I liked it is the
writing style.  MacAvoy writes clear, simple prose.  She doesn't throw
in 35 weird names and concepts.  I will get around to reviewing JHEREG
soon.  It has some good prose too, but it requires too darn much memory
to keep straight what is happening in what ultimately turns out to be a
simple story.  MacAvoy is for me easy reading.

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper


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