throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop) (07/25/85)
I just bought and read the second of the Mavin Manyshaped novels. Recommended. Sherri Tipper has a way of phrasing moral problems that is elegant and pleasing. In the first book, it was explaining rape to a young boy. In this one, it is an exposition of the victim/perpetrator rights problem. All of this, and a "hard fantasy" adventure story too. Has anybody read "The Revenants"? Is it as worthwhile as the True Game series? -- Wayne Throop at Data General, RTP, NC <the-known-world>!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!throopw
mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson) (07/31/85)
In article <111@rtp47.UUCP>, throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes: > I just bought and read the second of the Mavin Manyshaped novels. > Recommended. Sherri Tipper has a way of phrasing moral problems that is > elegant and pleasing. In the first book, it was explaining rape to a > young boy. In this one, it is an exposition of the victim/perpetrator > rights problem. All of this, and a "hard fantasy" adventure story too. I do not recommend the second book to Tepper's saga of Mavin Manyshaped. While the True Game Series is excellent- and the first book interesting since it provides the story behind the legend we only encounter briefly in her series the second book is filled with baby talk type stuff, which I found annoying. Also, the plot is evident from the beginning of the book and is not terribly exciting, whereas in the first Mavin Manyshaped novel Tepper still gave us some insight into the cunning of a shapeshifter. > > Has anybody read "The Revenants"? Is it as worthwhile as the True Game > series? While it doesn't really compare with the true game series it is still a worthwhile reading. It is one of those macabre type books that is intentionally confusing and mind warping as it deals heavily with Deities and artifacts. I recommend it for Tepper fans. Moshe Eliovson {allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mte ps- sorry about my Silverberg/Rosenberg mix up everybody...
chabot@amber.DEC (All God's chillun got guns) (08/03/85)
>> >> Has anybody read "The Revenants"? Is it as worthwhile as the True Game >> series? > While it doesn't really compare with the true game series it is > still a worthwhile reading. It is one of those macabre type books that > is intentionally confusing and mind warping as it deals heavily with > Deities and artifacts. I recommend it for Tepper fans. Well, I recommend _The_Revenants_ for anyone. Moshe missed mentioning perhaps the most interesting feature: Tepper does interesting things with gender-- the protagnist is female and male by turns, unpredictably and uncontrollably. For a reason. I had a hard time putting it down. Don't worry about macabre--it's not nearly so bad as, say, an Orson Scott Card novel. L S Chabot ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa Posted: Fri 2-Aug-1985 20:20 To: RHEA::DECWRL::net.sf-lovers
tim@uci-icsd (08/06/85)
From: "Tim Shimeall" <tim@uci-icsd> >From: rtp47!throopw@topaz.arpa (Wayne Throop) >I just bought and read the second of the Mavin Manyshaped novels. >Recommended. I concur - All five of the True Game series is well worth reading (The first three are a "Featured Alternate" selection in the SF Book Club this month) >Has anybody read "The Revenants"? Is it as worthwhile as the True >Game series? Unfortunately, No. I was quite depressed by "The Revenaunts": it had lots of characterization problems. Tim