Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Music in SF (& apologies to all) Message-ID: <348@baylor.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 10:47:35 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.348 Posted: Mon Aug 12 10:47:35 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 21:23:10 EDT References: <3170@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria Lines: 21 > >From: Paula_S._Sanch%Wayne-MTS%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MULTICS.ARPA > >May St. Patrick forgive you for the mortal insult to Erin. I will > >struggle to do the same. I concede that McCaffrey may be a 'low > >taste' writer, but she can at least imbue her characters with some > >personality--something at which Cherryh fails utterly. Pyanfar Chanur has no personality? Tully has no personality? I'd watch out for 6' tall Michael Whelan cats if I were you... And McCaffrey isn't an irish name, is it? Sounds more scottish. I know she lives in Ireland but I thought that was because of the tax breaks for creative artists. And gee, on the local bulletin boards we just had a discussion about how bad her male characters are. They all talk like a '50s western. I like her stuff, but to compare Cherryh unfavorably with her? Ick. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076