[ SECRET POST #3683 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3683 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Nigel/Bug from Crossing Jordan]


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[Captive Prince]








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Comments

Re: Inspired by #5

[(Anonymous)]

Uhh, not low, to be honest, but I can't say for sure. The Third Pass books are definitely more amateurish in their writing--Mary-Sues, cliches, overly-complicated plots--which is definitely Todd's influence. There's a lot of questionable science (whers can fly now. And eat Thread.) but that's not really new to Pern. I actually found the writing style more enjoyable than Anne's, which I always thought was pretty dry. I also think his whers and dragons have more personality than any of Anne's, except maybe Ruth.

There are a lot of complaints about him contradicting the older books, but I've found a lot of what he's contradicting was things said and implied in interviews, not things directly stated in past books. On the bright side, he obviously tried to add more diversity to the world--there are protagonists who are explicitly POC, disabled, gay or bisexual, and poly. They are not always handled well, but they are there. Also, the awful Tent-Peg statement was officially retracted in one of the later books.

There are overly-complicated time travel plotlines and improbably-competent preteens, but I still weirdly tend to find his characters more interesting than any of Anne's.

tl;dr: Amateur writing and cliches, but without a lot of the grosser sexism and homophobia of the earlier books.

Re: Inspired by #5

[(Anonymous)]

SA

I should also mention that Todd's books are aimed at a more YA audience, which probably explains some of it.

Re: Inspired by #5

[ketita]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm this requires thought. From what I recall, tbh, the worst of the homophobia was in interviews or whatever, not the books themselves. The sexism was kind of annoying, but when I first read it I was young enough that it didn't really ping me.
I don't know if I have patience for YA and time-travel. Maybe I'll see if my library has them.