Ralif Redhammer
Legend
As one of the few women in Appendix N, I felt like it was important to give Andre Norton a shot.
Some of my childhood favorites still have a nostalgic charm for me, but I don't love them like I did back then. Some still hold up. And some I don't dare revisit, like the Xanth series.
Some of my childhood favorites still have a nostalgic charm for me, but I don't love them like I did back then. Some still hold up. And some I don't dare revisit, like the Xanth series.
When I was a pre-teenager ("tween" didn't exist yet) back in the early 80s I really liked her work, but that may have been a reflection of what was available in my town library back then. Zero Stone and it's sequel Uncharted Stars are the ones I remember. My first taste of psionics, and what was effectively an Ioun Stone.
But recently I tried to read one of her books and I couldn't finish it. Heck, I couldn't even middle it. Don't know if it was that book or just a more experienced palette and matured tastes. I do find that many of my childhood favorites don't carry as a adult.