From /tmp/sf.15145 Tue Jun 8 23:07:35 1993 Xref: lysator.liu.se sci.physics:15258 sci.space:14144 rec.arts.sf.written:12762 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.space,rec.arts.sf.written Path: lysator.liu.se!kth.se!sunic!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!dani From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig) Subject: Lackey and Sherman: Bard's Tale Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 06:04:42 GMT Lines: 21 I finally found "The Bard's Tale: Castle of Deception", by Mercedes Lackey and Josepha Sherman, in a used book store. It's not often that I fail to finish a book, but in this case I couldn't get past page fifty. I've complained in the past that Lackey's collaborations tend to be bad -- but this was simply and unrelentingly *dull*. A blurb for the sequel describes "Castle of Deception" as a "highly successful genre bestseller". I suspect that whoever wrote that description subscribes to the Humpty-Dumpty school of English. Or maybe not: I was dumbfounded to read that Baen has contracted for five more sequels -- two by Lackey coauthors, one by Holly Lisle, and two by Lisle with coauthors not yet selected. I'd be interested in knowing who the prime contractor was. ----- Dani Zweig dani@netcom.com 'T is with our judgements as our watches, none Go alike, yet each believes his own --Alexander Pope