Nimisha's Ship / Anne McCaffrey

Nimisha's Ship

category: science fiction, romance, author:

Anne McCaffrey

original copyright 1998, read in September 2011

Agamedes' opinion: 6 out of 10

McCaffrey at her sweetest...

It's an easy book to read... as long as you can stand saccharine! Well, no, not that bad. But really:

A wormhole in space is swallowing spaceships. The ships get damaged in transit and -- at best -- land heavily. On unknown and highly dangerous planets. Crew and passengers die horribly as they learn the dangers of their new home...

Until Nimisha arrives.

Nimisha has a brand new spaceship which she designed and (almost) built by herself. So Nimisha and Nimisha's ship arrived undamaged and introduce themselves to the earlier castaways... And no-one else dies. Well, they can't die, because everyone is so nice.

Sassinak / Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon

Sassinak

by

Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon

published by Orbit in 1990
read by Agamedes in July 2009
science fiction
book 1 of The Planet Pirates

Good fun but not great. Moon -- ex-Marine -- adds the military discipline, plus a somewhat unbelievable view of “Fleet” as “family”. McCaffrey adds her Barbara Cartland touches, with the heroine stopping to admire her good looks in a mirror, before dressing in the formal gown version of a uniform, and adding just a touch of lipstick. As well as being first in a series, it ties in with a separate book which I read a few years ago (Dinosaur Planet, perhaps?). A nice touch for a consistent universe. Military chick-lit in space.

Agamedes' rating: 6 out of 10