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Well, she isn't my particular favorite either. But I did enjoy some of them. I liked the aforementioned Dragonsdawn the best specifically because it provided a comparatively-firm science fiction background to her mostly-fantastical writings.
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Dragonsdawn was good. And by and large I liked the main plot arc, about finding the AIVAS and devising a counter to the Thread planet. But then once she's gone and done that, she just let it go off into this Dragonlance-type franchise involving the adventures of minor characters (ooh, yes! Let's see all the main action again, but this time from the perspective of a minstrel, or a fisherman, or something!).
And then there's the sloppiness of it all. Not one single mention of the AIVAS in Dragonsdawn that I remember. The novella where a rescue mission from Earth arrives, yet are convinced that one loony old man and his harem are the only survivors. They leave, and you never hear anythking of the rest of humanity ever again. Two thousand fucking years, and no-one else considers maybe popping over to have a look at this weird phenomenon? There are all sorts of other plot holes involving the southern continent and its abandonment, this is why I don't read fantasy anymore. . .
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