Re: C.J. Cherryh

St^3 Jon Wrote:

>I am also a huge fan of Cherryh's work - it's refreshing in the way
that
>most of the techie bits and heavy SF stuff forms just an accepted part
of
>her characters' background and life, just as it should, rather than
being
>thrust at the reader with huge technobabble infodumps and spurious
>exposition (oooh, lots of long words for so early in the morning....)
;-)

I refer to this as the "Gee Whiz" factor.  Aasimov's work can fall into
this 
trap, especially his longer novels (His short stories seem a bit more 
focused IMHO).	It's one of the reasons I love Bradbury so (I know, old 
school, so much new stuff out there, but I still rate him my favorite). 
He 
is first and foremost a storyteller.  In fact, many of my favorite
stories 
he wrote are not even set ina Science Fiction background.  Sort of
reminds 
me of Mexican Magic Realism.

2B^2

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