You got farther than I did, then. I stopped at... damn. Forget the title; been too long. The book with the Tub Scene.
For me, at that point, I think it was mostly culture clash. Anita's tying to pick a boyfriend and, well, I grew up in a poly household, so I kinda lost sympathy.
Personally I suspect that the reason so much of Lackey's material is brain candy isn't that she isn't capable of doing better... it's that the candy sells better. Like why Piers Anthony keeps writing Xanth.
I can't say I really blame either of them.
Ja, -n (Harry Dresden Plays D&D: "Okay, then. Someone get me a pizza and a Coke and some dice, but I want it understood that I'm going to need thews." "What?" "Thews. I want big, bulging, thews, and I don't want to have to think too much.")
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Date: 2006-10-26 12:28 am (UTC)For me, at that point, I think it was mostly culture clash. Anita's tying to pick a boyfriend and, well, I grew up in a poly household, so I kinda lost sympathy.
Personally I suspect that the reason so much of Lackey's material is brain candy isn't that she isn't capable of doing better... it's that the candy sells better. Like why Piers Anthony keeps writing Xanth.
I can't say I really blame either of them.
Ja, -n
(Harry Dresden Plays D&D:
"Okay, then. Someone get me a pizza and a Coke and some dice, but I want it understood that I'm going to need thews."
"What?"
"Thews. I want big, bulging, thews, and I don't want to have to think too much.")