NEFF@SU-SIERRA.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/06/86)
From: Randall B. Neff <NEFF@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> From Publishers Weekly, Jan 31, 1986 page 366 Nerilka's Story: A Pern Adventure Anne McCaffrey, illustrated by Edwin Herder Ballentine/Del Rey 12.95 March 21 The latest of McCaffrey's romantic Pern novels expands on the tale of a minor character in Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. Young Merilka is considered unattractive and overly serious in her own hold, where her preemptory father installs his mistress immediately after his wife's death. Angry and frustrated, Nerilka uses her medical training and her access to the supplies her father is hoarding to help combat the plague sweeping Pern, which has already claimed her mother and sisters. Inevitably, her work with the Healers leads her to Ruatha Hold, whose rugged widower chief, Lord Alessan, sees her worth and marries her. In form, this is basically a Victorian gothic in which a governess tames and marries the gruff master of the house. As such, McCaffrey's legions of fans should enjoy it, but it is a weak entry in the Pern saga. -------
farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) (02/08/86)
In article <1211@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>, NEFF@SU-SIERRA.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU writes: > > Nerilka's Story: A Pern Adventure Anne McCaffrey, illustrated by > Edwin Herder Ballentine/Del Rey 12.95 March 21 > Prospective buyers should be warned that this is basically a novella published with hard covers (and small hard covers at that - the book is somewhere between the size of a paperback and a "normal" hardcover). Seems to me that $12.95 is a little steep... -- Mike Farren uucp: {your favorite backbone site}!hplabs!well!farren Fido: Sci-Fido, Fidonode 125/84, (415)655-0667