Worst Books - A Meeting of Minds

ghyle · May 12 2005, 05:06 PM

We've looked at Anne's best books, but what about her worst? What titles prompt us to ask what she's been smoking? What makes us want to give up, and leave the book aside?

Or do we like everything, with no worst, only a best?

Larra Dragonrider · May 13 2005, 04:03 PM

renegades. uhhg

Anareth · May 13 2005, 11:40 PM

Renegades. Disordered, unappealing heros, idiotically cartoonish villain, and a last third that has almost squat to do with the first 2/3s.

Masterharper of Pern. Throws everything written about that time frame out the window with no concessions to logic, writing backstory that does not track with the character as written before, and a near-fan-ficcish need to shove a character into every important event previously mentioned.

**Cheryl** · May 14 2005, 12:11 AM

I love Renegades as does Hans - but that's the archivists in both of us enjoying all the details provided in the book.

My least favorites would have to be the Acorna series - which is just too juvenile in plot and character (and it didn't have to be just because it's written as a juvie series - look at the Harper Hall novels by contrast!) - and the two Dinosaur Planet books, because of the ridiculousness of Varien and Kai as "scientists" qualified to lead a planetary exploration mission.

granath · May 14 2005, 02:11 AM

Renegades and MHoP for the reasons Anareth mentioned.

I never got past the first Acorna book, possibly because I don't like Margaret Ball's writing at all; PartnerShip is my least fave BB book too.

**Cheryl** · May 14 2005, 08:44 AM

I too don't care for Margaret Ball's writing. PartnerShip shares much in common with the early Acorna books, in terms of one-dimensional characters and fairly cliche plot. I got through book 5 I think, and things don't improve once EA Scarborough took over for Ball.

McClance · May 14 2005, 08:11 PM

If there's a book that she has written that is not at all good, I have yet to read it.

Anareth · May 14 2005, 10:58 PM

Honestly, I like PartnerShip, both because it stays closer to TSWSang in the dripping sop department (ie not much) and has some interesting moral issues, plus it was the first Ship book I read. It's one of the few books in which Anne has had a hand in which the villains aren't simplistically bad and the heros aren't self-righteously good. (To me, SwSearched suffers from Anne and Misty Lackey each reinforcing the other's worst tendencies towards sop. City Who Fought is good but not for Anne's typical readers, as Stirling's a bit grittier, if entertaining. The ones with and by Jody-Lyn Nye are just lacking something, I can't quite say what.)

Never read Acorna, didn't make it very far into the Freedom series, never made it past the short-story versions of Talent, never read Pegasus, read Crystal Singer but didn't make it more than halfway into Kilashandra...am I missing any series? I think Pern and the Brainships are the only ones where I made an effort to keep reading them.

geishagirl · May 14 2005, 11:17 PM

I liked Acorna especially for its young appearance. makes me feel like a twelve year old again. Riding my bike out to the middle of nowhere so that I could read without distraction. I love reliving days of innocense.

monkeysrule · May 22 2005, 04:22 PM

Worst of them all? Well, I've only read the Pern books, and since DBlood wasn't written by Anne, it would have to be Renegades. Not that I didn't enjoy the end, but it could have been two seperate books and I didn't like the whole Jayge/Aramina vs. Thella thing, since the chatacters were not done well at all IMO.

ghyle · May 22 2005, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by geishagirl

I love reliving days of innocense.

I used to be innocent too, but then the jury foreman stood up and said....

geishagirl · May 23 2005, 11:43 AM

hmmmm does our dearest Ghyle have a record??

Beisla · May 23 2005, 04:10 PM

I'm not too fond of the last Crystal Singer book.

I've only read most of the Pern books, the Crystal Singer books and Nimisha's Ship.

Sandi · Jun 2 2005, 04:08 PM

I've never read Acorna or Nimishi. I only got part way into Sassinak and Powers That Be. I don't think I'd say they were bad books, just not my cup of tea, at least at the time I picked them up.

Dux · Jun 16 2005, 12:48 PM

Like a few others, I also couldn't get through the first Acorna book. I didn't like the most recent Freedom book - a lot of what is in it makes the book seem like a place holder. The book itself didn't seem to go anywhere and it left me wondering about whether it was written just to introduce the next book.

In the Pern series there was much in AtWoP that was too openended for me. Anne does not usually write "cliffhanger" type books - but this one seemed a lot like one with so many questions left unanswered.

While Renegades did have parts I could have done without - I did like the background details given about many of the characters - especially the Piemer parts.

I'm in love with anything Piemer

ghyle · Jun 18 2005, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by geishagirl

hmmmm does our dearest Ghyle have a record??

Yes: it says "Jailhouse Rock" on one side.

Shelly · Jun 18 2005, 09:07 PM

MHoP was okay. Renegades is one of her worst, but i can not hate it because it was also one of the first Pern books that I read. Sorry

granath · Jun 19 2005, 02:44 AM

In Anne's more recent writing there have been quite a few cliffhanger books. Skies of Pern, Freedom's Ransom and The Tower and the Hive all left me with that inconclusive feeling you get from a placeholder.

McClance · Jun 19 2005, 04:56 PM

I didn't think Renegades was all that bad. I thought it was good.

Greenrider Tresa · Jun 20 2005, 06:02 PM

You know, I've not even been able to make myself start reading the last Acorna book. And gave up on Restoree, but then I'm not that big of a romantic.

Worst...which Acorna book had time-travel in it? I've blocked it out.

Tresa

Becky · Apr 19 2006, 01:24 AM

While I enjoy all of Anne's books the ones that I least enjoy are the Doona series. I really liked Decision at Doona and Crisis on Doona wasn't too bad, but Treaty Planet is just too hard for me to get thru. Too much politics for me, I think. I like the Grring, tho.

Kugai · May 4 2006, 04:40 PM

Never been able to get into the Acorna Series, I find it too juvinile for my tastes. Liked RoP and MHoP, found them interesting reads. 'Restoree' I reread occasionally, but I'm not really into the Romances. Like most of you, I find the final 'Freedom' book leaves me hanging, seems like there should be more!

***Pam*** · May 7 2006, 01:44 PM

I haven't been able to finish the third Doona book, I get about two chapters in and then have to stop. I also had to put down Changelings, but I'll give it another try later.

Menderofillusions · Jan 25 2007, 09:57 PM

Year of the lucy I could not stomach but finished. I am about to start Acorna through second wave. It may be juvenile but at least its not romance with weak heros and horses.

I have read all of these series:
PTB including Maelstorm.(waiting for the last)
Doona
Romances
Freedoms
Pern including dragonsblood
Pegasus
Rowan
Planet pirates
Body heir
Crystal singer

I only have Acorna series, B&B series, space opera and black horses for the king to read to have read them all. so far year of the Lucy was the only one I didn't like.

makenzie71 · Jan 25 2007, 10:39 PM

So far I've liked all the pern books...none of the others appealed to me long enough to remember much about them. I'm pretty sure the ship series is my least favorite as I don't remember a thing about it other than the plots being childish and sub-par.

Kath · Jan 26 2007, 08:29 AM

MasterHarper of Pern for the inconsistencies.

For the rest - the PTB series gets my vote. "Powers that be" got chucked against the wall several times. I borrowed the second in the series from a friend and concluded that it was getting worse, not better (a typical theme for non-Pern McCaffrey series) - at that point I bailed out with no regrets.

Sandi · Jan 26 2007, 03:35 PM

After reading through this I feel I need to post a correction. A couple of months ago I tackled Powers That Be again. I got all the way through and found I actually enjoyed it. Still wouldn't call it a favorite but not the worst either!

Allana · Jan 26 2007, 04:25 PM

MHoP- I barely got through it.
Acorna- didn't get through it.
I loved Renegades!
I also loved the Dino Planets!

PernesePhoenix · Jan 27 2007, 08:56 PM

I loved all the ones i have read. The freedom never appealed to me, but I started it and liked it so much I read them all in one sitting. I still have yet to read the romances tho.

Gwina · Apr 19 2007, 08:34 PM

Well, I'm glad I'm not alone. I couldn't finish the Acorna or Freedom series. I got through the first books and then somewhere along the way got totally lost. I actually kinda like the PTB ones ok, but haven't finished them yet.

caro39 · Apr 25 2007, 09:14 PM

Maybe it's just me, maybe it's because I'm a musician, but I really liked MHOP. I guess I didn't really see the inconsistencies, or else I was used to them in other books and expected them? Not sure, I thought I was a better Pern scholar than that. The only part I just can't "get" is the whole honeymoon trip from h*ll. It just doesn't seem to flow at all, although maybe it was meant to be that way to go along with what happened.

My least favorite are the Doona books, I just couldn't get into them at all.

Apr 26 2007, 05:25 PM

I loved MHOP, I could not get thru Acorna and never even tried book 2 or 3. Power To Be was ok as well as Freedom. Of course Pern is top of the list the the brain ships & cities. Its fun to go out shopping and while you take a brake and rest, watch the people and picture them as either dragon rider, lord holder or what ever. Make the whole trip interesting.
Mousie

Lady Maelin · Apr 26 2007, 07:27 PM

I think I am like McClance...I never read a McCaffrey book that I didn't like. I have read a few that I didn't like as well as others...but even those are a lot better than most every other writer's books that I have read before.

I also loved Renagades, and Masterharper of Pern...I don't mind the inconsistances...Ijust enjoy the story..every story!!!

Gwina · May 2 2007, 11:59 PM

True enough, Lady Maelin! Actually, too true. I have more Acorna books on my shelf, for instance, waiting for me to finish. And I will probably finish Freedom one day as well. I have nothing at all to pick about dramatically, when it comes to the McCaffrey household. I couldn't even pick my favorite out of them all!

sailorchk · Jun 6 2007, 11:13 PM

Skies was my least-fav Pern book. Everything fell together entirely too conveniently for me. I only read the first of the Petaybee series, and didn't finish Acorna, so I guess those would also be my least-favorites.

Bookjunkie · Oct 21 2007, 09:28 AM

I too really liked Renegades. I enjoyed the fact that Anne put much more detail into the book than she had in some of her previous books. I liked Master Harper as well. Maybe not as much as some of the others but: "I ain't throwin it away either!" I can't say anything good, or bad for that matter about any of her other titles. I never really had any interest in anything other than the Pern books.

Nov 1 2007, 07:56 PM

I think I would say that All the Weyrs and Dolphins I liked the least, and I found Tower and the Hive left me somewhat disappointed but I've always managed to read through. Just not my favs I guess

Bagpuss · Nov 4 2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Menderofillusions

Year of the lucy I could not stomach but finished.

I LOVE that book...I must re-read it at least 2-3 times a year.
The only series I can't "take to" is the PTB lot.
Not even bought past the first 3.

***Hans*** · Nov 5 2007, 02:20 PM

I just finished reading Changelings and if that's any measure for the rest... no, thanks.

Annie Scarborough would do better to start something new instead of keep on embroidering on the already existing pattern (as we Dutch say).

edith · Nov 5 2007, 02:28 PM

Maelstrom is actually worse

May 12 2005, 05:06 PM	#1
ghyle Hrruban Eighth Hrruban Speaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: northeast New South Wales Fan of: Pern & Freedom Now Reading: The Umbrella Club / David Brooks	Worst Books We've looked at Anne's best books, but what about her worst? What titles prompt us to ask what she's been smoking? What makes us want to give up, and leave the book aside? Or do we like everything, with no worst, only a best? __________________ "Poetry is, in sober truth, the birth of new worlds." Christopher Brennan "There is a world elsewhere; its speech is called Poetry." Arthur Machen Visit me: http://www.geocities.com/phillipellis01/ Author of 21 Sonnets and Strange Gardens Editor of AustralianReader.com Calenture: a Journal of Studies in Speculative Verse Similax: a Poetry Blog

May 13 2005, 04:03 PM	#2
Larra Dragonrider Inactive Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On PERN...	Re: Worst Books renegades. uhhg __________________ I dropped. I stay. What if the hokey pokey really IS what it's all about?!? When life hands you lemons, say "Yeah, I like lemons. What else have you got?" I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell. One by one, the penguins steal my sanity. I dropped. I stay. Visit Me Please, check out my new site, more stuff will come soon...

May 13 2005, 11:40 PM	#3
Anareth Journeywoman Healer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Here and There Fan of: Pern, Ship Series Now Reading: Girl Genius (read it!)	Re: Worst Books Renegades. Disordered, unappealing heros, idiotically cartoonish villain, and a last third that has almost squat to do with the first 2/3s. Masterharper of Pern. Throws everything written about that time frame out the window with no concessions to logic, writing backstory that does not track with the character as written before, and a near-fan-ficcish need to shove a character into every important event previously mentioned. __________________ Read "Strange Roads" Keep the Heat on for Book 3

May 14 2005, 12:11 AM	#4
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Pronouns: She/her Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Relentless Moon by MRKowal	Re: Worst Books I love Renegades as does Hans - but that's the archivists in both of us enjoying all the details provided in the book. My least favorites would have to be the Acorna series - which is just too juvenile in plot and character (and it didn't have to be just because it's written as a juvie series - look at the Harper Hall novels by contrast!) - and the two Dinosaur Planet books, because of the ridiculousness of Varien and Kai as "scientists" qualified to lead a planetary exploration mission. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 14 2005, 02:11 AM	#5
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Re: Worst Books Renegades and MHoP for the reasons Anareth mentioned. I never got past the first Acorna book, possibly because I don't like Margaret Ball's writing at all; PartnerShip is my least fave BB book too. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 14 2005, 08:44 AM	#6
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Pronouns: She/her Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Relentless Moon by MRKowal	Re: Worst Books I too don't care for Margaret Ball's writing. PartnerShip shares much in common with the early Acorna books, in terms of one-dimensional characters and fairly cliche plot. I got through book 5 I think, and things don't improve once EA Scarborough took over for Ball. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 14 2005, 08:11 PM	#7
McClance Dragon Ambassador Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Draconia, Alpha Quadrant, Milky Way Galaxy Fan of: Pern & Doona Now Reading: Final Frontier (mine)	Re: Worst Books If there's a book that she has written that is not at all good, I have yet to read it. __________________ Friendship is powerful. It spans great distances and endures adversity.

May 14 2005, 10:58 PM	#8
Anareth Journeywoman Healer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Here and There Fan of: Pern, Ship Series Now Reading: Girl Genius (read it!)	Re: Worst Books Honestly, I like PartnerShip, both because it stays closer to TSWSang in the dripping sop department (ie not much) and has some interesting moral issues, plus it was the first Ship book I read. It's one of the few books in which Anne has had a hand in which the villains aren't simplistically bad and the heros aren't self-righteously good. (To me, SwSearched suffers from Anne and Misty Lackey each reinforcing the other's worst tendencies towards sop. City Who Fought is good but not for Anne's typical readers, as Stirling's a bit grittier, if entertaining. The ones with and by Jody-Lyn Nye are just lacking something, I can't quite say what.) Never read Acorna, didn't make it very far into the Freedom series, never made it past the short-story versions of Talent, never read Pegasus, read Crystal Singer but didn't make it more than halfway into Kilashandra...am I missing any series? I think Pern and the Brainships are the only ones where I made an effort to keep reading them. __________________ Read "Strange Roads" Keep the Heat on for Book 3

May 14 2005, 11:17 PM	#9
geishagirl Inactive Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan	Re: Worst Books I liked Acorna especially for its young appearance. makes me feel like a twelve year old again. Riding my bike out to the middle of nowhere so that I could read without distraction. I love reliving days of innocense. __________________ If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life is without blame, and he will succeed in his calling. Hagajure Book of the Samurai

May 22 2005, 04:22 PM	#10
monkeysrule Firelizard Hatchling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: High up a tree somewhere Fan of: Monkeys Now Reading: expensive textbooks!	Re: Worst Books Worst of them all? Well, I've only read the Pern books, and since DBlood wasn't written by Anne, it would have to be Renegades. Not that I didn't enjoy the end, but it could have been two seperate books and I didn't like the whole Jayge/Aramina vs. Thella thing, since the chatacters were not done well at all IMO. __________________ Ook!

May 23 2005, 11:43 AM	#12
geishagirl Inactive Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan	Re: Worst Books hmmmm does our dearest Ghyle have a record?? __________________ If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life is without blame, and he will succeed in his calling. Hagajure Book of the Samurai

May 23 2005, 04:10 PM	#13
Beisla Northblue Spirit Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland	Re: Worst Books I'm not too fond of the last Crystal Singer book. I've only read most of the Pern books, the Crystal Singer books and Nimisha's Ship. __________________ So many books, so little time.

Jun 2 2005, 04:08 PM	#14
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: Worst Books I've never read Acorna or Nimishi. I only got part way into Sassinak and Powers That Be. I don't think I'd say they were bad books, just not my cup of tea, at least at the time I picked them up.

Jun 16 2005, 12:48 PM	#15
Dux Inactive Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: Worst Books Like a few others, I also couldn't get through the first Acorna book. I didn't like the most recent Freedom book - a lot of what is in it makes the book seem like a place holder. The book itself didn't seem to go anywhere and it left me wondering about whether it was written just to introduce the next book. In the Pern series there was much in AtWoP that was too openended for me. Anne does not usually write "cliffhanger" type books - but this one seemed a lot like one with so many questions left unanswered. While Renegades did have parts I could have done without - I did like the background details given about many of the characters - especially the Piemer parts. I'm in love with anything Piemer

Jun 18 2005, 09:07 PM	#17
Shelly Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Location: In my own world. Now Reading: Eldest and Eragon, again.	Re: Worst Books MHoP was okay. Renegades is one of her worst, but i can not hate it because it was also one of the first Pern books that I read. Sorry __________________ Everybody is Crazy in their own way, some are just crazier than others

Jun 19 2005, 02:44 AM	#18
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Re: Worst Books In Anne's more recent writing there have been quite a few cliffhanger books. Skies of Pern, Freedom's Ransom and The Tower and the Hive all left me with that inconclusive feeling you get from a placeholder. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Jun 19 2005, 04:56 PM	#19
McClance Dragon Ambassador Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Draconia, Alpha Quadrant, Milky Way Galaxy Fan of: Pern & Doona Now Reading: Final Frontier (mine)	Re: Worst Books I didn't think Renegades was all that bad. I thought it was good. __________________ Friendship is powerful. It spans great distances and endures adversity.

Jun 20 2005, 06:02 PM	#20
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Fan of: The Ship Who Searched Now Reading: The Calhoun Collection, Nora Roberts	Re: Worst Books You know, I've not even been able to make myself start reading the last Acorna book. And gave up on Restoree, but then I'm not that big of a romantic. Worst...which Acorna book had time-travel in it? I've blocked it out. Tresa __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

Apr 19 2006, 01:24 AM	#21
Becky Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: Worst Books While I enjoy all of Anne's books the ones that I least enjoy are the Doona series. I really liked Decision at Doona and Crisis on Doona wasn't too bad, but Treaty Planet is just too hard for me to get thru. Too much politics for me, I think. I like the Grring, tho. __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

May 4 2006, 04:40 PM	#22
Kugai Crazy Kiwi Shoujo-Ai Fan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington NEW ZEALAND Fan of: Tower and Hive Series Now Reading: Whatever takes my fancy at the moment	Re: Worst Books Never been able to get into the Acorna Series, I find it too juvinile for my tastes. Liked RoP and MHoP, found them interesting reads. 'Restoree' I reread occasionally, but I'm not really into the Romances. Like most of you, I find the final 'Freedom' book leaves me hanging, seems like there should be more! __________________ JAMES THE You can never have too much Coffee FanFic Original Homepage FreeBabylon5 FreeBabylon5 Website

May 7 2006, 01:44 PM	#23
*Pam* Heptite Guildmaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Four Corners Fan of: Lars Dahl	Re: Worst Books I haven't been able to finish the third Doona book, I get about two chapters in and then have to stop. I also had to put down Changelings, but I'll give it another try later. __________________ You can take me down, you can show me your home. Not the place where you live, but the place where you belong. ~Toad the Wet Sprocket The Crystal Singer Continuum

Jan 25 2007, 09:57 PM	#24
Menderofillusions Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Washington, the state not the district Fan of: Freedom's, Doona, Petaybe Now Reading: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stien	Re: Worst Books Year of the lucy I could not stomach but finished. I am about to start Acorna through second wave. It may be juvenile but at least its not romance with weak heros and horses. I have read all of these series: PTB including Maelstorm.(waiting for the last) Doona Romances Freedoms Pern including dragonsblood Pegasus Rowan Planet pirates Body heir Crystal singer I only have Acorna series, B&B series, space opera and black horses for the king to read to have read them all. so far year of the Lucy was the only one I didn't like.

Jan 25 2007, 10:39 PM	#25
makenzie71 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: TX Fan of: Ruth... Now Reading: Writing The Fall of the Order	Re: Worst Books So far I've liked all the pern books...none of the others appealed to me long enough to remember much about them. I'm pretty sure the ship series is my least favorite as I don't remember a thing about it other than the plots being childish and sub-par. __________________ Some people are like slinkies: They're not really good for anything, but they do bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

Jan 26 2007, 08:29 AM	#26
Kath Starsmith Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oop North Fan of: Moreta	Re: Worst Books MasterHarper of Pern for the inconsistencies. For the rest - the PTB series gets my vote. "Powers that be" got chucked against the wall several times. I borrowed the second in the series from a friend and concluded that it was getting worse, not better (a typical theme for non-Pern McCaffrey series) - at that point I bailed out with no regrets.

Jan 26 2007, 03:35 PM	#27
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: Worst Books After reading through this I feel I need to post a correction. A couple of months ago I tackled Powers That Be again. I got all the way through and found I actually enjoyed it. Still wouldn't call it a favorite but not the worst either!

Jan 26 2007, 04:25 PM	#28
Allana Dragonrider Candidate Join Date: Nov 2006 Fan of: Crystal, Pern, Dino P.	Re: Worst Books MHoP- I barely got through it. Acorna- didn't get through it. I loved Renegades! I also loved the Dino Planets!

Jan 27 2007, 08:56 PM	#29
PernesePhoenix Holder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gainesville, Florida Fan of: Jaxom Now Reading: Materials & Methods	Re: Worst Books I loved all the ones i have read. The freedom never appealed to me, but I started it and liked it so much I read them all in one sitting. I still have yet to read the romances tho.

Apr 19 2007, 08:34 PM	#30
Gwina Talent Telempath-Healer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Small town Alabama! Fan of: white dragon, tower/hive Now Reading: Insurgent, The Last Apprentice, Damia (again)	Re: Worst Books Well, I'm glad I'm not alone. I couldn't finish the Acorna or Freedom series. I got through the first books and then somewhere along the way got totally lost. I actually kinda like the PTB ones ok, but haven't finished them yet. __________________ "There's no explainin' East or West as they say in Bree." - LOTR "The Answer to the Great Question . . . of Life, the Universe and Everything . . . Is . . . Forty-two."--Deep Thought "Whatever zapped me seems to have burned off the outlived dross and stupidities any human collects along the way. I don't mind being two hundred and fifteen years old. In fact, it's fun, in a bizarre fashion."

Apr 25 2007, 09:14 PM	#31
caro39 Inactive Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio Fan of: Freedom Series, Pern Now Reading: Stephanie Plum series	Re: Worst Books Maybe it's just me, maybe it's because I'm a musician, but I really liked MHOP. I guess I didn't really see the inconsistencies, or else I was used to them in other books and expected them? Not sure, I thought I was a better Pern scholar than that. The only part I just can't "get" is the whole honeymoon trip from h*ll. It just doesn't seem to flow at all, although maybe it was meant to be that way to go along with what happened. My least favorite are the Doona books, I just couldn't get into them at all. __________________ People who don't need people need people around to show that they don't need people. - Terry Pratchett

Apr 26 2007, 05:25 PM	#32
Mousie Guest	Re: Worst Books I loved MHOP, I could not get thru Acorna and never even tried book 2 or 3. Power To Be was ok as well as Freedom. Of course Pern is top of the list the the brain ships & cities. Its fun to go out shopping and while you take a brake and rest, watch the people and picture them as either dragon rider, lord holder or what ever. Make the whole trip interesting. Mousie

Apr 26 2007, 07:27 PM	#33
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Worst Books I think I am like McClance...I never read a McCaffrey book that I didn't like. I have read a few that I didn't like as well as others...but even those are a lot better than most every other writer's books that I have read before. I also loved Renagades, and Masterharper of Pern...I don't mind the inconsistances...Ijust enjoy the story..every story!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

May 2 2007, 11:59 PM	#34
Gwina Talent Telempath-Healer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Small town Alabama! Fan of: white dragon, tower/hive Now Reading: Insurgent, The Last Apprentice, Damia (again)	Re: Worst Books True enough, Lady Maelin! Actually, too true. I have more Acorna books on my shelf, for instance, waiting for me to finish. And I will probably finish Freedom one day as well. I have nothing at all to pick about dramatically, when it comes to the McCaffrey household. I couldn't even pick my favorite out of them all! __________________ "There's no explainin' East or West as they say in Bree." - LOTR "The Answer to the Great Question . . . of Life, the Universe and Everything . . . Is . . . Forty-two."--Deep Thought "Whatever zapped me seems to have burned off the outlived dross and stupidities any human collects along the way. I don't mind being two hundred and fifteen years old. In fact, it's fun, in a bizarre fashion."

Jun 6 2007, 11:13 PM	#35
sailorchk Inactive Join Date: Dec 2004 Fan of: Nerilka's Story Now Reading: Crown of Slaves by Weber/Flint	Re: Worst Books Skies was my least-fav Pern book. Everything fell together entirely too conveniently for me. I only read the first of the Petaybee series, and didn't finish Acorna, so I guess those would also be my least-favorites.

Oct 21 2007, 09:28 AM	#36
Bookjunkie Inactive Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NY Fan of: All the Weyrs of Pern Now Reading: Dragon Harper	Re: Worst Books I too really liked Renegades. I enjoyed the fact that Anne put much more detail into the book than she had in some of her previous books. I liked Master Harper as well. Maybe not as much as some of the others but: "I ain't throwin it away either!" I can't say anything good, or bad for that matter about any of her other titles. I never really had any interest in anything other than the Pern books.

Nov 1 2007, 07:56 PM	#37
Lise Guest	Re: Worst Books I think I would say that All the Weyrs and Dolphins I liked the least, and I found Tower and the Hive left me somewhat disappointed but I've always managed to read through. Just not my favs I guess