Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Which people are you talking about? The main
> > complaint on UseNet has been
> > that nothing happens but sniffing and folding of
> > arms across one's bosom
> > for page after page after page. Winter's Heart has
> > as many pages (to with
> > 5) of Path of Daggers. The type set is slightly
> > larger (39 vs. 37 lines
> > per page), but that doesn't afford a factor of two.
> >
> > Dan M.
>
> And _nothing_ happened. It was ridiculous. I cannot
> think of a _single_ plot point of any significance
> that occurred in the entire book. Heck, I can't think
> of a single plot point from the entire book. I can't
> remember the last time I was so disappointed by a
> book.
See, that's the sort of comment that helped reinforce my being off
fantasy for a few years. :)
Thank goodness for Elizabeth Moon.... If you want a *fantasy*
recommendation, I recommend the books in the "Deed of Paksinarrion"
(sp?) trilogy, and the 2 prequels, as well.
For SF recommendations, can't really recommend anything *new*, as I'm
working through the backlog of paperbacks acquired before we moved last
year, but my mother has really been enjoying the James White Sector
General books I have. She read a few of the stories in the 1960s, and
now seems to be working hard to get caught up. It wouldn't surprise me
in the least if she had *all* of them finished before the end of the
weekend. (She stopped reading SF when I was born. I figure I at
*least* owe her helping her have access to a series she enjoyed a bit of
before then.)
Julia
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