I read Enchantress From The Stars as a kid, and it really really really worked for me. I think in part because, 1, it is ultimately hopeful about both the fate of civilizations and the possibility of individual action mattering, 2, it doesn't insist that heterosexual monogamous true love makes Everything Work Out, 3, I really enjoyed the dreamy, lyrical quality of the authorial voice. And also I identified with the female protagonist.
But I can see how an older reader would want something that dug deeper into the worldbuilding or the character conflicts or something?
I really, really don't care for Telempath, but there are other Spider Robinson stories that I like a lot.
I find that Cyteen, while I enjoy it, has a bit too much for me of the Cherryh-dumps-you-into-the-political-action that often happens in CJC's writing; I can't track the motivations of the different characters. Unlike, say, the Chanur books; or the Faded Sun trilogy; where while there is a lot going on, the central cast is, for me, distinct enough to follow.
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But I can see how an older reader would want something that dug deeper into the worldbuilding or the character conflicts or something?
I really, really don't care for Telempath, but there are other Spider Robinson stories that I like a lot.
I find that Cyteen, while I enjoy it, has a bit too much for me of the Cherryh-dumps-you-into-the-political-action that often happens in CJC's writing; I can't track the motivations of the different characters. Unlike, say, the Chanur books; or the Faded Sun trilogy; where while there is a lot going on, the central cast is, for me, distinct enough to follow.