SIGEL%umass-cs.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/08/86)
From: Andrew Sigel <SIGEL%umass-cs.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>
A new Pern novel, NERILKA'S STORY, is scheduled to be released on March 21
in hardcover from Del Rey. It's much shorter than her recent ones, only
208 pages, and is illustrated by Edwin Herder.
***** SPOILER WARNING *****
Nerilka was in MORETA; she's one of the daughters of the lord of Fort Hold.
The review in Publisher's Weekly is not very complimentary, and ends: "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.
***** END SPOILER *****
I think I'll wait for the paperback. I'm curious to see if the book is an
expansion of the background at the time of MORETA the way DRAGONSONG and
DRAGONSINGER were for DRAGONQUEST, giving a second look at the events in
the previously published volume, but not that curious, unless it turns out
that PW has missed the boat entirely. They've missed the boat badly before,
but their description cuts rather close to the bone, so I suspect they may
have been accurate this time.
Andrew Sigel