Huh. I actually don't mind Cherryh, though I will admit that her style is not my favorite. I think it's because she uses actual sentences and not fragments. So Cyteen, huh? I've had good luck with her short stories ("Pots" and "The unshadowed land" were just... like being punched. But in a good way. I now have the Collected Stories, which vary greatly in quality, and I think I'd read all the best ones alrady) but bad luck with her novels. I think it's because (at least in Downbelow Station and Fortress of something-or-another) she tends to focus on relatively minor stories that you have to extrapolate for yourself have an actual impact on the bigger world-- you're not actually shown that impact. I'm not that smart :)
Yeah, I should've added that you ought to like Montgomery to start with, as she does write in a particular sort of style. But fortunately you do. Blue Castle is definitely on the fluff side, but romantic fluff! Oh, Possession is also exceedingly wonderful, if you haven't read it, though it really qualifies more as a romance in the archaic definition than the modern one.
You know, it's funny you say that about Lackey-- and great idea!-- because I've wondered, TSK being called "beguilement" and all, whether maybe some of the Fawn/Dag attraction isn't... externally imposed. By their, I don't know, essences mingling in the sharing knife or something, I haven't figured that out yet. And at some point they figure this out and have to deal with it.
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Date: 2007-04-20 03:28 pm (UTC)Yeah, I should've added that you ought to like Montgomery to start with, as she does write in a particular sort of style. But fortunately you do. Blue Castle is definitely on the fluff side, but romantic fluff! Oh, Possession is also exceedingly wonderful, if you haven't read it, though it really qualifies more as a romance in the archaic definition than the modern one.
You know, it's funny you say that about Lackey-- and great idea!-- because I've wondered, TSK being called "beguilement" and all, whether maybe some of the Fawn/Dag attraction isn't... externally imposed. By their, I don't know, essences mingling in the sharing knife or something, I haven't figured that out yet. And at some point they figure this out and have to deal with it.