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Summary: Anne does it again!
Review: A story of crushed hopes and dreams. Overcoming the odds and
discovering new things about the world and ones self.
This book is a fantasy that is not of this earth yet I found
myself living this story with every word the author has
written. Each character is so real that I found myself often
responding as if I were there with them.
If you have never read SciFi or Fantasy this is a wonderful
book to start on. As are all of Anne MacCaffrey
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Summary: A good read
Review: Altough this book does grab you in its clutches, it does take a while to get started. I thought it would be good right from the beginning because many other people that I know that have tried reading it said that it was slow starting. Apart from the beginning, an amazing read. Well worth the time it takes to read it.
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Summary: Absolutely top sci-fi and one of my top ten favorites
Review: Anne McCaffrey first wrote about Killashandra in a serialized short story. She expanded the story in Crystal Singer,which is the first of a trilogy of novels. Killashandra fails her final exam in music school and faces a life of second-billing as a choir soloist and not a top performer as she had dreamed. She will not settle for second place, and impetuously takes off with a mysterious companion for Ballybran, a forbidden planet with an alluring secret. Ballybran is the home of Crystal, which is mined and used for vital starship drives, interplanetary communications systems and most other types of equipment. It is controlled by the powerful and secretive Heptite Guild. Killashandra applies for membership and is accepted. She goes through the intensive schooling and special adaptation to become a Crystal Singer. But singing Crystal has not only its rewards (and they are many) but its heavy price. Killashandra learns about the price as she becomes a full-fledged member of the Heptite Guild and becomes involved with its enigmatic Guildmaster Lanzecki. This is one of those wonderful kinds of sci-fi novels that can create an entirely new world, complete with its slang, customs and characteristics. It's sci-fi at its best.
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Summary: The best in the trilogy...
Review: Anne McCaffrey's Crystal Singer trilogy was incredibly written, but Crystal Singer shone the brightest. Anne paints the picture of Killashandra Ree: a woman with no prospects on her home planet, a woman who turns to a mysterious guild and risks her memory and life to be one of the Crystal Singers. Killashandra is vividly alive: by the time the reader has read about fifty pages he or she will virtually not be able to tell the difference between her, a paper and ink girl, and a real one. Her thoughts, her actions and her emotions are astoundingly realistic. The futuristic setting, the ridges and valleys of the dangerous planet of Ballybran, all come into being with this dramatic tale of curiosity, discovery, and excitement
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Summary: Will Spend More Time in Your Hand Than On the Shelf!
Review: Crystal Singer starts off with an immature, melodramatic perfectionist whose philosophy seems to be that if she can't be the star, then she won't even play the game. But her stubborness and ingenuity prove to be incredible assets when she discovers the opportunities and risks in the Heptite Guild. Anne McCafferty has provided us with a true treasure. A dynamic character that we can actually feel for, in a situation that grabs the immagination and the dreams of the reader. A true five star story.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: Great plot. Interesting characters. Not your typical sci fi or fantasy book - which puts it way up there on my list of favorite books of all time.
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Summary: This was my first McCaffrey book, now I'm addicted to her!
Review: GREAT! WONDERFUL! PERFECT
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Summary: Crystal Singer
Review: I absolutely LOVED this series. Anne McCaffrey creates worlds so real that by the end of the book I had a mind to book a passage to Ballybran myself. Having said that, Anne's one weakness is male character dialogue. If you're looking for strong male characterization, you'll probably want to look elsewhere. For powerful, determined female characters who hold their ground while still growing and developing, however, Ms. McCaffrey's books can't be beat. Killashandra Ree, the Crystal Singer referenced in the title, has got to be one of her strongest heroines yet.
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Summary: Such a tremendous read and re-read, you'll want the hardback
Review: I borrowed my first copy over 15 years ago and immediately went out and bought it for myself. I have re-read this numerous times and just completed it again. This time I found myself wanting to squeeze very nuance out of the text and would back up several pages to read them over. It is a story of a woman who lives her life with passion and gusto, searching for excellence her art form. Denied once, but not defeated she changes from a hopeful opera singer to a cutter of crystals and finds that joy is in feeling her soul experience a song that no human could ever sing.
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Summary: One of her best books for sure!
Review: I have read all Anne McCaffrey's books and this book, "Crystal Singer" is one of my favorites. I get so turned off by the predominately male oriented writing style of most of the good science fiction writers. I find Anne McCaffrey's writing style to be very refreshing and having a female main character is outstanding! I can really feel what Killashandra is feeling as I read the story, it almost comes alive in my mind the way the author breathes life into her characters. The male characters as well as the female characters are given equal roles in Anne McCaffrey's books and "Crystal Singer" is no exception!
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