METZ@MIT-ML@sri-unix.UUCP (10/05/83)
I would like to nominate John Myers Myers' Silverlock as one of the great works of "contemporary" fantasy. Who will argue? A personal favorite which I did not see listed was "When Worlds Collide" and its sequel "After Worlds Collide". These two novels are very much like many mainstream novels in some ways, but they are not boring, like so many mainstream novels. The story is fairly fast-paced, the people in it are interesting (for the most part), and all in all these are not bad as just plain "literature", let alone SF. Harold S. Metz
rene@umcp-cs.UUCP (10/07/83)
I will argue about 'Silberlock' being a terrific book. Sure, it was fun seeing all those different people from famous stories, mythology, etc., but I happen to like protagonists with a little more guts, backbone, personality, etc. The "hero" was thrown from situation to situation, and never managed to solve things on his own - he had to be rescued! He didn't grow, or change, he was just a helpless 'mansel in distress.' Bah! What a boring, fustrating protagonist. I kept wanting him to DO something. - rene