What they ought to have been called

[cahn]

Perhaps y'all have seen these (and here and here, though I think the first is the best) before, but I hadn't. Hysterically funny especially if you, like me, grew up reading bad 80's SF/fantasy novels (Dragonlance! Xanth! Valdemar! ...hey, why are you running away? Wait, did I actually admit to reading those?)

I'll add
Katherine Kerr: People Make the Same Dumb Mistakes When Reincarnated
Patricia McKillip: Riddles in the Welsh Tradition Kinda Suck
Diane Duane: The Door Into Alternative Lifestyles
Rosemary Kirstein: Wouldn't It Be Cool If People Revered Their Scientists?
Susan Cooper: The Search for Plot Coupons (okay, that one was not original)

(and yes, I adore McKillip and Cooper, and have a certain fondness for the others; I mock because I love!)

Any other suggestions? Especially for 80's stuff? (Most of the really bad 80's stuff I read has completely escaped my memory...)

Comments

[ase.livejournal.com]

Rosemary Kirstein: Wouldn't It Be Cool If People Revered Their Scientists?

YES IT WOULD BE. And then I'd be some lay alcolyte, in addition to the rest of the awesome in my life. [/silly]

I'll come up with cooler comments when I sober up. (Ha.)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Quite a lot of McCaffrey, esp. later books: Strong, Independent Women Find True Happiness in Love and Family