Anne McCaffrey
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.1 | 18525 Users | 476 Reviews
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| Title | : | Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer #1) |
| Author | : | Anne McCaffrey |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | November 12th 1985 by Del Rey Books (first published February 1982) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction |
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I read this book as a youth and loved it, but reading it now at age 45 it does not quite hold the same appeal. I see a woman that is hell-bent on remaining without attachments. She is very bright and talented, but remains aloof emotionally (the come-and-go sexual relationships), socially, psychologically (huge ego), physically (her choice of profession). Originally the high achievement in a difficult occupation was fascinating, a work that required all sacrifice--something I dreamed of myself. Now, however, I have found the importance of relationships and a social life unlike at any other time in my life, and know that the career and high achievement may need to be sacrificed for these things I deem more important. The story is well-written, Killa is an interesting well-drawn, but the story no longer speaks to me. I may not even finish it this time around.Define Books To Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer #1)
| Original Title: | Crystal Singer |
| ISBN: | 0345327861 (ISBN13: 9780345327864) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Crystal Singer #1, Crystal singers universe #1 |
| Characters: | Killashandra |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1983), Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1983) |
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Ratings: 4.1 From 18525 Users | 476 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer #1)
This book generally felt like an earlier work from McCaffrey. I would have given it more of a 2 ½ star rating if Goodreads would allowsomewhere between okay and likeable. I did appreciate the entire concept of the Crystal Singers. The planet, the profession, the resulting sub-culture... It was beautifully depicted. And the author got to flex her extensive personal knowledge of the musical arts, which gave the whole thing a more cohesive and authentic feel. But to me the main character, Killa,I have read this book at least 6 times over time. I've indicated the last date I read it. It is my all time favorite. The story is about a young woman in the distant future from a far away planet who is dissillusioned after finding out she can never be a solo singer due to a latent burr in her voice. She travels to another planet and becomes a part of an unusual ecosystem by singing to and with Crystal rock formations. This crystals are used in communication and spaceship drive systems. Well
Anne McCaffrey has creative ideas in forming new worlds. I also deeply enjoy reading her books even though they are not literature. Even so, it should be noted that McCaffrey has a general formula which simplified would be something like this:1 - Girl has exceptional ability2 - Girl is repressed unfairly by those close to her3 - Someone recognizes girl's unique abilities4 - Girl becomes successful5 - Along the way girl finds romance with man who appreciates her strength and he is primarily there
I could never carry a tune, but that in no way ever deterred me from playing Crystal Singer with my other precociously adult book-reading childhood friend.
First published in 1982.Good to know. In this case, I'm going to be milder and only say: this book didn't age well. The Con: I absoltely have no sympathy for authors who can't keep the physical traits of their (secondary) characters straight throughout a book.Neither do I have any sympathy for authors who spoil their own books, not once, but twice during the first story (view spoiler)[first we - at the very beginning of the story - are informed that she see's Cellerik's name on the member list
I read this book as a youth and loved it, but reading it now at age 45 it does not quite hold the same appeal. I see a woman that is hell-bent on remaining without attachments. She is very bright and talented, but remains aloof emotionally (the come-and-go sexual relationships), socially, psychologically (huge ego), physically (her choice of profession). Originally the high achievement in a difficult occupation was fascinating, a work that required all sacrifice--something I dreamed of myself.
A reread from childhood. A rather interesting premise, in which "crystal" is essential to power technology in a wide-flung space-faring civilization, but it's only found on one planet, Ballybran, where almost no one leaves. The elite few who do are crystal singers, possessed of perfect pitch and thus able to cut the resonant crystal from the mountain ranges where it's found.Crystal singers are not nice people. Due to a symbiotic spore which infects everyone on Ballybran, they live long but lose
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