[Nepeta]

Then there is the complete lib wackaddooisation of the written side of things in recent years, making it even more difficult to sift through in order to find something good.

"Wackaddooisation" infests the fantasy genre as well, which is one reason why I have mostly stopped reading it. Mercedes Lackey writes stuff that makes one stop, stare, and wonder. I've thrown her books across the room into walls.

One of her chief characters is a gay guy who is insufferably arrogant, but all is wonderful once he finally figures out he doesn't like girls, who throw themselves at him. Then it gets weird, as he repeatedly is used for stud duty by assorted women. He comes back in re-incarnated descendants, etc.

It is much, much worse than I have described.

[Ransomed]

Yeah, I don’t even know of any really good recent fantasy books, if fantasy is going to mean swords and sorcery stuff. I like some of the Terry Pratchett Disc World ones. I’m sure they are out there but I guess I have happened to come across good sci-fi books more easily.

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