Subject: Dropping off-topic.
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Posted on: 2013-08-06 15:11:00 UTC

My feeling about the difference between Anne and Todd is that Anne was a compulsive worldbuilder. It feels like she had a burning need to add something Big And New to each new book, and I actually think some of the later ones suffered from it - Dolphins and Skies in particular.

Todd, on the other hand, doesn't seem to want to add anything new - he just wants to explore what seems to be the entire lifespan of a handful of characters. Which isn't a bad notion - it's just not what we expect from Pern. This isn't helped by the fact that he writes the blessed things out of order.

Then there's the fact that fire lizards seem to pop up every book despite the fact that no-one ever knows they exist...

hS

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