Does anyone else not like Anne Mcaffery's books?

[PieAndDragon]

Loved Mcaffrey's books when younger. Still like them now, just not as much. Read and reread the Pern books and the crystal singer books. Read a lot of the others too, but liked the Pern books the most.
As someone else mentioned, she's more a romantic writer, which is fine by me.

 

[Endur]

I read the first seven or so books.

Of her early books, White Dragon was my favorite. That was followed closely by the Harper books.

For whatever reason, the first trilogy (DragonRiders of Pern, etc.) was sort of blah.

I have no idea whether her later books continue to improve or not.

 

[Elf Witch]

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.

I am the opposite I prefer female writers. McCaffrey, Kurtz, Huff, Lackey, Cherryh, Norton to name a few.

I read McCaffrey's pern novels when I was a 20 and I still read them today. I think she is a wonderful writer and I enjoy her characters.

 

[WmRAllen67]

I like McCaffrey in general, but only some of the work-- Dragonriders, Dinosaur Planet through the Sassinak/ World Pirates series, and the Pegasus/ Talents series. Never really got into any of her other series...

I tend to be a "completist" when I get into a series, but have found that the Pern series went from "Buy in paperback" to "buy in hardcover" to "get from the library, maybe buy in paperback" as I got older and my tastes changed...

But I still remember thinking it would be cool to have a dragon to ride around on...

 

[frankthedm]

who?

 

[WmRAllen67]

who?

Her: http://www.annemccaffrey.net/

 

[frankthedm]

UHG! Was that a dude at one time?

 

[kingpaul]

UHG! Was that a dude at one time?

Umm...not to my knowledge.

 

[WmRAllen67]

UHG! Was that a dude at one time?

You sir, are no gentleman...

Expect a visit from my second...

 

[Mad Hatter]

I think age plays a part of it, but I like her novels even today. I almost forgot about her Sassinak series. Her Brain/Brawn books were pretty good to me as well (Ship Who Sang, City Who Fought etc.)