On Apr 30, 7:55=A0am, Aaron Bergman <aberg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <67qpn1F2ps0b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0Dirk van den Boom <spamei...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Aaron Bergman schrieb:
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> > > _The Outback Stars_, Sandra McDonald
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> > > SF from an Aussie perspective? Doesn't mean it's not generic and
> > > unmemorable.
>
> > Can you be specific? I just bought that and now I'm considering about
> > its position in the read-pile.
>
> I can't say I remember terribly much about it. There was the damaged
> spacewoman with a new command she has to whip into shape. The damaged
> love interest falsely accused of assault. The mysterious alien
> artifacts. It wasn't actively bad at any point (unlike, say,
> _Grimspace_), but there was nothing to get overly interested in either.
>
> Aaron
It actually was interesting in that her command had to do with in-****p
stores, a novel venue that the author actually handled pretty well.
The first part of the book as the heroine settles in is competently
done a la Moon and Weber. The big problem is the insertion of Romance
tropes--immediate physical attraction without any real development of
a relation****p in the face of military prohibitions/penalties that
should have had more effect and a relation****p that interferes with
the story in the latter part of the book unless you are only reading
it for the romance. Interesting concept re: how we got into
interstellar spaceflight, combined with mysterious alien artifacts and
political currents--I expect book two to get much more into this if
the protagonists can get their emotions under control, but no
guarantees. I'll read the second book, but I'm waiting for the
paperback.
> > Aaron Bergman schrieb:,
> > Ann Aguirre
> > Uninteresting and boring.
Had potential in some interesting concepts, but handled it tritely and
also let the romance outweigh the story.
I never got past Poison Study--the second half of that plot left me
unconvinced of the value of reading any further. I'm a big Fan of
Robin McKinley like Aaron. _Dragonhaven_ was very different from what
I was expecting, not nearly as fantastical in many ways, but I ended
up liking it! I'd categorize it more as a YA, but solid for that
genre.
Rhonda
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