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Summary: There's Superman, there's Lois - where's Lois and Clark?
Review: ...I had thoroughly enjoyed Cherryh's fantasy novels and so had high expectations of this book - based, so the blurb claimed, on my favourite series and penned by one of my favourite authors. How could it fail?Well, quite simply, it failed for me because calling it a novel based on the TV series was a fraud and a misnomer. Calling it a novel based on the comic books would have been more honest. What a huge disappointment! If you are a fan of the comic books you will probably enjoy this tale of Superman battling disasters while Lois investigates an entirely separate plot strand back in Metropolis. I think they were together for about 2 paragraphs in total. Okay, slight exaggeration. But what I wanted to read about was the characters in the TV show and I didn't find them anywhere in this. Coupled with the Superman dominated storyline, I found myself increasingly irritated with references and characterisations lifted straight from the comic books - in direct contradiction to the characterisations set up in the TV show. In Cherryh's novel for instance Lois has a cat. She does in the comics, certainly. It must have been invisible on the screen because I never saw it there. Or ever heard it mentioned. There were other such anomolies throughout. By the end of this book I was wondering if Cherryh had even watched an episode of the show before penning this one. Nice cover though.
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Summary: Wonderful tv tie in novel that stands on it's own 2 feet
Review: As a fan of "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", I have to say that Cheeryh's portrayal of their relationship, and the characters themselves, was spot on for me. She did a marvellous job of conveying the depth of feeling the two characters have for one another, and portrayed a realistic relationship that was all the stronger for it's rocky patches. The plot is top notch, and rings true and while a lot less flamboyant than the series scripts in many ways, it remained true to the unique premise of this 1990s version of the Man of Steel and the Planet's ace reporter. I can't recommend this book enough, and hope that all the FoLCs enjoy re-reading it as much as I do.
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Summary: Lois and Clark, above and beyond
Review: C J Cherryh: A Superman novel? About as likely as the lady advertiser: IQ 185, favorite TV programme Xena: Warrior Princess. Could Ms Cherryh be jumiping ship and joining the other TV tie-in bottom feeders? Fortunately not - This Superman book is way above and beyond the TV series it's based upon and which I am not a fan of. Great tender-heart sections, finely detailed descriptive passages such as: the dam and tower block sequences, and the consideration given by Superman to the consequences of his actions at the dam site, and the belongings of the peasant farmers in Eastern Europe. The story line works very well, Lois doing her bit independantly of Superman until the last section, where they both team up to foil Lex Luthor & Co. This is the crux of the book. Lois, and Clark, together, but not joined at the hip. My only criticism is that the text would have benefited from some judicious pruning, especially if works of this nature are being contemplated in future. Which I think she should How about a Xena: Warrior Princess book?
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Summary: For fans of CJ Cherryh, not Lois & Clark
Review: Everyone either loves this book or hates it. If you're a Cherryh fan, you'll definitely love it. If you're a Lois and Clark fan, you might hate it. It has nothing to do with the TV show, and I can't imagine why she named it that, except that it's an attempt at a realistic portrayal of their relationship. But I think the allegations that it's just another TV tie-in money-grubbing scheme are unfair. She's written 56 books in 23 years and won 3 Hugo awards. So like I said, if you're a Cherryh fan, buy it, you'll love it. If you're not, don't.
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Summary: For fans of CJ Cherryh, not Lois & Clark
Review: Everyone either loves this book or hates it. If you're a Cherryh fan, you'll definitely love it. If you're a Lois and Clark fan, you might hate it. It has nothing to do with the TV show, and I can't imagine why she named it that, except that it's an attempt at a realistic portrayal of their relationship. But I think the allegations that it's just another TV tie-in money-grubbing scheme are unfair. She's written 56 books in 23 years and won 3 Hugo awards. So like I said, if you're a Cherryh fan, buy it, you'll love it. If you're not, don't.
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Summary: This is a give-or-take if you read fanfic.
Review: I am an avid fan of Lois & Clark (or is that rabid? Check my profile) and I am constantly reading fanfiction. If you are the same as I am, DO NOT BUY THIS. But if you are a comic book type, get this. It has entirely too little contact between the two. Clark/Superman has more interaction with a grandmother from somewhere in the Caucasus than with his new fiancee! It's very frustrating, and if I were Lois, (which I wish I were) I'd be veeery angry. But don't listen to me...read it yourself. It's not even that well written if you ask me. Oh well...please become a FoLC, even if it takes reading this book. But remember this...this story is nothing at all like the incredible show. READ FANFIC!!
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Summary: Save your money
Review: I have to say, that I was very disappointed in this book. I have read far better stories on the fanfiction archive, and believe me when I say they are also more loyal to the show. The book was one long drag, and thinking back I can't remember how I even ever got to the end.
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Summary: Better stuff is on the Net
Review: I know and have heard C.J. Cherryh is a popular science fiction author -- but I have to agree with the other reviewers of this book; this book just had little if anything to do with "Lois & Clark" the TV series. I'm a big L&C fan (even the president of what was/is the largest "L&C" fan club on the Net), but I have read so much better. Find the fanfiction archive and look for Debby Stark's "Dawning" series for example, or the story "Full Circle: A New Day" by the TUFS staff, and I'm pretty sure you'd be a lot more fulfilled than this book would ever make you.
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Summary: I love anything about Lois & Clark, especially with Lex!!!!
Review: I LOVE THIS BOOK! SURE, IT MAY NOT HAVE MUCH LOIS AND CLARK INTERACTION--BUT IN MY OPINION, ANYTHING THAT LETS LOIS GO VISIT LEX IS THE BEST! SUPERMAN? UCCCH! CLARK? A LITTLE BETTER. BUT LEX? HE'S THE BEST! IN MY OPINION, LOIS SHOULD HAVE MARRIED HIM AND LEFT GOODY-GOODY CLARK IN THE DUST. FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO REALIZES THAT LOIS SHOULD HAVE GONE AND SEEN POOR, CUTE LEX LUTHOR IN PRISON! LEX--WITH ALL HIS MONEY, CHARM, LOOKS, AND FABULOUS ACCENT--WAS THE BEST TV CHARACTER EVER!!!!! GO, C.J. CHERRYH!!!!
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Summary: I was very disappointed in the book.
Review: I really like Lois and Clark and I really like the author C.J. Cherryh but the book is definately not up to her usual standards. There is practically no interaction between Lois and Clark and that is what makes the stories work on TV. If she tries again I would remind her of "The Gate" series she wrote with Morgana. I loved that series and it was the reason I paid as much as I did for the Lois and Clark book she wrote. I would hesitate to do so again because of my disappointment.
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