Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mmintl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Jack Chalker Message-ID: <472@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 13:10:19 EDT Article-I.D.: mmintl.472 Posted: Sun Jun 30 13:10:19 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 04:57:43 EDT Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 22 Summary: Worse than that Expires: References: <2417@topaz.ARPA> Sender: Frank Adams Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Distribution: Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT. Keywords: *** mild spoiler warning *** > In many of >his stories [...] > a previously strong, likable female character is transformed into >some weird sort of mutant sex-creature for no adequately explored reason. As far as I can tell, Chalker uses the *same* two ideas in every book he writes: shape change and mind control/tyranny. He is reasonably inventive in coming up with variations on these, but as far as I am concerned, enough is enough.