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From: randy@bcsaic.UUCP (randy groves)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Jack Chalker
Message-ID: <178@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 22:19:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: bcsaic.178
Posted: Wed Jul 10 22:19:30 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:47:30 EDT
References: <472@mmintl.UUCP>
Reply-To: randy@bcsaic.UUCP (randy groves)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center
Lines: 25
Summary: 

In article <472@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>
>*** 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.

Not only that, but in the Lords of the Diamond tetralogy, he used almost
exactly the same *TEXT* for about thirty pages.  (... let's see, block 
copy from here to new passage, change the names ...)

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