jmturn@ringwld.UUCP (10/27/85)
From: ringwld!jmturn@cca-unix Was supposed to be bad! (Or at least shlocky!) I believe that McCaffrey stated it was intended as an SF parody of romance novels, or something like that. I've never seen anyone who really took it seriously (or never until now...) McCaffrey's women are anything if wimpy. They are romantic, because she writes romances (which happen to use SF and fantasy settings), but they are also strong. I'd hardly say Lessa 'falls' into F'lar's arms, for example. James