The Rowan
by Anne McCaffrey
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Read in November, 2007
The first part of the book--the Rowan's childhood--is excellent. Everything that follows feels rushed, especially her love interest and the alien attack. So much time was spent building up her relationships in the first part of the book, and then barely any time was spent doing so in the later parts. Everything happened too fast and it felt artificial. So, while the last part of the book (Rowan's adulthood) is all right, it is disappointing given how terrific the first part of the book (her chil...more
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Read in March, 2008
I can't help it, I love these books. I have read this one four times now over a 17 year period. I highly recommend the Pegasus series followed by the Rowan series.
Told in the timeless style of Anne McCaffrey, The Rowan is the first installment in a wonderful trilogy. This is sci-fi at its best: a contemporary love story as well as an engrossing view of our world in the future.
The kinetically gifted, trained in mind/machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League. Usin...more
Told in the timeless style of Anne McCaffrey, The Rowan is the first installment in a wonderful trilogy. This is sci-fi at its best: a contemporary love story as well as an engrossing view of our world in the future.
The kinetically gifted, trained in mind/machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League. Usin...more
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McCaffrey tends to over-do her female leads sometimes, and the Rowan and Damian are prime examples of this (no pun intended). I still liked the books very much however because they're an easy fun read. They're more sci/fi-romance-adventure really.
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Read in January, 1992
recommends it for:
anyone who likes Fantasy/Sci Fi
I was hooked on Anne McCaffrey's work when I read the "Dragonriders" series - I loved that series, but I have to say that I enjoyed the series beginning with "The Rowan" even more.
If you like Fantasy with an "outer space" flavor, this series is for you!
If you like Fantasy with an "outer space" flavor, this series is for you!
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Read in May, 2001
I picked up this book simply because I loved the world of Pern.
This book had a different setting, but was just as sweet, emotional, and compelling.
I was very interested in being able to cope with being alone and someone so close yet so far away.
This book had a different setting, but was just as sweet, emotional, and compelling.
I was very interested in being able to cope with being alone and someone so close yet so far away.
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Read in January, 2004
Rowan, working for the Federal Telepath & Transport service as a telepath directing communications and cargo. Her loneliness is alleviated by finding another like her, who is asking for help in turning back aliens determined to destroy the human race.
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The Rowan is an orphaned girl with incredible psychic power and a cute little psychic pet. Oh the pain she suffers from being an orphan! Oh the oppression of being so powerful! Oh the agony of no one understanding your Speshulness!
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So this is the original story in the telepathic series by Anne McCaffrey. It's probably the best one and after awhile I just gave up on these because they ended up being pretty much exactly the same just with different names swapped in.
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Read in June, 2007
This didn't hold up to a reread as much as I'd hoped -- when I was younger I adored it, and now I can see the flaws. But still, entertaining.
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A good read if you like Anne McCaffrey, but it does tend to stay on the mold she creates: neglected girl makes good.
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A great read and filled to the brim with new ways of thinking as far as how powerful our minds really could be.
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Hmm, a new world from McCaffrey! And I liked it. Not as dear to my heart as Pern, but I still dug it.
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Though the premise for this book and the series it is part of is hardly plausable, it is enjoyable.
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I really like the rowan, but i get to like the series less and less as it goes on.
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Read in January, 1991
A book about ESP. If you had ESP and knew what was in it, you wouldn't read it.
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Its been a long time since I read this book, but I loved it in middle school.
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Read in January, 1995
This series is one of my all time favourites!
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Read in January, 2007
Another fun quick read
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