Not for the fairest

[james_davis_nicoll]

In a previous flocked post, I said "At the risk of destroying my jaded reviewer cred, [name withheld] is nowhere near the bottom of the barrel where modern fantasy and SF are concerned."

This raises the question of who is near the bottom of the barrel where modern fantasy and SF are concerned. Obviously, I am far too poorly read to answer that but those of you who are not in my particular situation may feel free to supply your own answers.

Comments

[thespian.livejournal.com]

S. L. Viehl.

I was warned. I was told by someone that Stardoc was a fun novel, and that I should avoid the sequels, but the person who told me this has a tendency not to like open ended series, so I took it with a grain of salt.

I have *never* seen a series nosedive that hard. I had no idea one could. I found the second barely readable, and I was 2 chapters into the third because I was still clinging to some hope from the first book, when I couldn't face it anymore.