Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bcsaic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!randy 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 ...) -- =========================================================================== ... only a hollygram, but one more is gone. =========================================================================== randy groves ...!uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!randy