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Original Title:	Crystal Singer
ISBN:	0345327861 (ISBN13: 9780345327864)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Crystal Singer #1, Crystal singers universe #1
Characters:	Killashandra
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1983), Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1983)

Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer #1)

Anne McCaffrey

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 4.1 | 18525 Users | 476 Reviews

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Title	:	Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer #1)
Author	:	Anne McCaffrey
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	November 12th 1985 by Del Rey Books (first published February 1982)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction

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I read this book as a youth and loved it, but reading it now at age 45 it does not quite hold the same appeal. I see a woman that is hell-bent on remaining without attachments. She is very bright and talented, but remains aloof emotionally (the come-and-go sexual relationships), socially, psychologically (huge ego), physically (her choice of profession). Originally the high achievement in a difficult occupation was fascinating, a work that required all sacrifice--something I dreamed of myself. Now, however, I have found the importance of relationships and a social life unlike at any other time in my life, and know that the career and high achievement may need to be sacrificed for these things I deem more important. The story is well-written, Killa is an interesting well-drawn, but the story no longer speaks to me. I may not even finish it this time around.

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This book sucks you in with a compelling protagonist, who is given an unfair hardship in life and strives to overcome it. It then introduces a new job for her that she is warned against, as it is incredibly dangerous and life -altering. She is told of the dangers again and again, and bravely accepts these challenges. And then she goes on to experience none of them. This is what's so bothersome about the book to me. To live in the new planet's biome she must first become acclimated to a symbiotic

I read this book as a youth and loved it, but reading it now at age 45 it does not quite hold the same appeal. I see a woman that is hell-bent on remaining without attachments. She is very bright and talented, but remains aloof emotionally (the come-and-go sexual relationships), socially, psychologically (huge ego), physically (her choice of profession). Originally the high achievement in a difficult occupation was fascinating, a work that required all sacrifice--something I dreamed of myself.

I could never carry a tune, but that in no way ever deterred me from playing Crystal Singer with my other precociously adult book-reading childhood friend.

I'm working my way slowly through Anne McCaffrey's sci-fi books. I've read some of the ones she's written with Elizabeth Moon and Jody Lynn Nye. Now I'm reading some of the ones she wrote on her own. This one was better than I thought - I just want to say both covers with this one and the other one with Killashandra bending backwards are pretty bad. I showed this to my husband and said, "This is supposed to be a beautiful woman." (With constipation and sucking on a sour lemon!) There's a lot of

Anne McCaffrey has creative ideas in forming new worlds. I also deeply enjoy reading her books even though they are not literature. Even so, it should be noted that McCaffrey has a general formula which simplified would be something like this:1 - Girl has exceptional ability2 - Girl is repressed unfairly by those close to her3 - Someone recognizes girl's unique abilities4 - Girl becomes successful5 - Along the way girl finds romance with man who appreciates her strength and he is primarily there

Pure unadulterated entertainment and pretty good entertainment at that. Killashandra Ree is a rather self-centered, intelligent, young woman. She's told that, after 10 long years of study, that she will never be a soloist because she has a burr in her voice in the higher octaves. Killa is not going to be any other type of singer so she quits school and decides to leave her planet. While at the spaceport she encounters an "older" man (Carrick), who just happens to be a crystal singer who saves

My wife is an avid fan of McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, so wanted me to read this one to her because of the author (she enjoys being read to aloud, as well as reading by herself); but neither of us liked this particular book, nor wanted to pursue the rest of the series after finishing it. Killashandra is far too self-centered to be a very appealing or involving character. And while the use of a symbiotic relationship, with psi features, between a human and an alien life form is