Does anyone else not like Anne Mcaffery's books?

[Eboe]

I was just curious, I have tried and tried to read this so called famous authors books and I cant get into them. I just finished the second of the dragonrider books and during almost the whole book I didnt have a clue as to what the point was. Im debating on trying out Todds books and wondered whether they were any better?

 

[takyris]

I read them when I was much younger. The initial books were essentially romantic fantasy, and the Menolly books were much more obviously romantic fantasy.

Really... it's romantic fantasy. That's not good or bad. That's just what they are. Melanie Rawn and Mercedes Lackey are pretty similar, so if you like Pern, you might like those, and if you don't like Pern, chances are you won't like those.

Personally, I'm happy to read romantic fantasy, but I prefer quest fantasy to the more Cinderella-story versions Mcaffrey often writes. It's just not my thing. I do enjoy Kristen Britain, though, who writes romantic quest-fantasy (not romances, but strong focus on feelings and emotions, lots of underdog-giving-best-effort-and-surprising-people stuff, that kind of thing). Diana Pharaoh Francis wrote "Path of Honor" and "Path of Fate", and I don't remember which came first -- the first was decent but not wonderful, and the second suffered, in my opinion.

 

[kingpaul]

Its been quite some time since I've read any of the Pern books. I think, between my father and I, we have the entire set...at least those that were written up to about 6 or 7 years ago. I enjoyed the series when I read them. I'll probably have to go back to them at some point to see if my opinion's changed.

 

[Wystan]

Cannot stand them.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I liked them when I was youngr, though in retrospect the dragon rider series collaborated with peirs anthony in giving me some screwed up ideas of love and sex. Still like the Harper hall ones.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I enjoyed the first Pern novels when I was younger. Since then I've read a few other books by her. Some I like OK, others not at all.

I really like Melanie Rawn, but have never been able to get into Mercedes Lackey.

 

[Desdichado]

I read the original Dragonrider trilogy and the original harper trilogy some twenty years or so ago, and I enjoyed them well enough. I haven't been motivated to go back and read them again, though, if that means anything.

 

[Mad Hatter]

I liked her Pern novels. I enjoyed her Freedom, Talent, and Killashandra series much more though. I stopped reading her Pern novels after Robinton died and I stopped reading the Talent series after the second to last novel. I just feel that after a certain point a series ends and I don't read any subsequent novels because it feels like the author is just tacking them on, but that's just me.

 

[Richards]

I read the first Dragonriders of Pern trilogy way back in high school (it was a three-volumes-in-one deal through the Science Fiction Book Club). I didn't really like them much at all, and I've consciously avoided reading her stuff ever since.

Johnathan

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I read the first trilogy, and they didn't really grab me -- haven't read any Anne McCaffrey since. My wife's a big fan, though.

I've found, strangely, that I generally prefer male sci-fi/fantasy authors to female. Mercedes Lackey, Ursula LeGuin, and others I just haven't gone for (JK Rowling being the significant exception). Don't know why that is -- it may just be random coincidence.