I agree with everything you said. As I think I mentioned, all of McKillip's more recent books appeal to my brain, but not my heart. If you want the McKillip that will upset me if you don't like it, it's the "Riddlemaster" trilogy. That's got characters and world-shaking situations (world-shaking on the SDK level) that can grab you by your heart and stomp that sucker flat. I'm not sure why she seems to have lost that power even as her technical skill with writing has increased.
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Date: 2008-02-27 03:27 am (UTC)I agree with everything you said. As I think I mentioned, all of McKillip's more recent books appeal to my brain, but not my heart. If you want the McKillip that will upset me if you don't like it, it's the "Riddlemaster" trilogy. That's got characters and world-shaking situations (world-shaking on the SDK level) that can grab you by your heart and stomp that sucker flat. I'm not sure why she seems to have lost that power even as her technical skill with writing has increased.