Re: SF Writers' Work You Find Unreadable

Bitstring <e59b8633-f58b-42c3-8ab7-b0bc1073fd80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful person Will in New Haven <bill.reich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said
On Feb 29, 8:01 am, Howard Brazee <how...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't feel that way about Vinge, no; but we've had long threads
> in the past discussing C.J. Cherryh, whose writing quite a few
> people bounce off of.  (I'm one of them.)

I understand how someone might not be able to read Vinge, although I'm a
huge fan.   And I understand how someone might love to read Cherryh,
although I can't finish her books.

And I can't finish her fantasy, at least none of it so far, although I
like her SF quite a lot. And this is despite the fact that I like
fantasy, in general, about as much as SF.

Wot, not even the (relatively short, dense) _Tree of Swords and Jewels_ ??

I do have trouble with her _Rusalka_ and _Fortress of X_ series..

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