Experience the first Killashandra Ree adventure, in which the indomitable Killa overcomes disappointment in one career by diving into a much more exciting one. Filled with suspense, anguish, romance, and intrigue, this distinctive adventure is one of Anne McCaffrey's best.
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"Killashandra Ree throws her life away in a fit of pique, falls in love with a Crystal Singer, and, when he is destroyed by his profession, decides to enter a profession where her education as an opera singer can be quite profitable. A good read. Classic McCaffrey." — Elizabeth (4 out of 5 stars)
"Killashandra Ree throws her life away in a fit of pique, falls in love with a Crystal Singer, and, when he is destroyed by his profession, decides to enter a profession where her education as an opera singer can be quite profitable. A good read. Classic McCaffrey."
" I love the Crystal Singer trilogy - an absolute favourite of mine :) "
" The book that started my decade long love of Anne McCaffrey. "
" A little on the predictable side but I was young and loved it! "
" An oldie but a goodie. The "science" is somewhat silly but the premise is entertaining. You get all the angst of total failure and total "I'll show you, I will!" triumph. I wish I'd have had this to read when I was 15! "
" Although I found this story slow to begin with, it began to get interesting about 1/3 of the way through. I did enjoy the book and will read the second of the series. "
" Excellent, excellent, excellent book, very well written. I thought the story line flowed very well. "
" Ann McCaffrey proves she is more than a dragon story teller. Very good SF at its best "
" Beware of sexual content. "
" I love this book. It doesn't deserve 4 stars for technical reasons, or philisophical, or artistic merit. I just loved this book in high school and still today. "
" My husband loves Anne McCaffrey. I'm trying to broaden my horizon when it comes to my book selections. He talked me into reading this book and it was actually pretty good. "
" A wonderful story! Well written, strong characters, an amazing world. It made me long for more. I was thrilled with the sequal, but wanted even more. "
" I was surprised at how much I still liked this book, having last read it when I was, like 12. "
" I remember enjoying this series a bit more than I did her Dragonriders of Pern, maybe because it was something quite different and didn't feel as redundant and formulaic. While I did enjoy it, I never picked up the sequels to it. "
" wohoo, good good book. Plus this seris is only three books and travels in linear order, unlike some of her others...erhm dragonriders*cough, cough* "
" Story of a performer told she will not become a star, who takes up a dangerous job on a lethal world and becomes a diva anyway. "
" Love this trliogy. Was dumb enough to sell it off once. Had to repurchase because I so much enjoy reading it again and again. "
" still love this book after all these years. just re-read Sunday. is it "great literature"? no. is it solid, engaging, light science fiction with compelling and interesting characters. absolutely. "
" May 2012. Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite authors. I re-read Crystal Singer and enjoyed it as much as I did the first time 20 years ago. Sometimes we all make hasty decisions, and sometimes those decisions set us on a path we least expected. "
" Crystal singers are those with perfect pitch who are hired to mine a special kind of crystals on other planets. They find them by singing tones. Read this and tell me you didn't try humming a few bars. "
" I read this one as a kid and just remember I liked it... "
" I'd sing crystal if it were a job option. "
" I had to get myself a new copy of this book, I think I wore out the old one reading it so much. Very fun, very sci-fi, the whole series is great. "
" An undeveloped biography with no plot. Hugely disappointing. "
" Read it years ago. Probably wouldn't have liked it now so much. Then, Id' have given it a 4. "
" To be honest, I didn't finish this book. It was okay, but it didn't really stand out to me, and I wanted to read other things. This book was all right but not particularly spectacular. "
" Fantasy at it's best, and it fulfills some fantasies. Extended life span, never gain weight...get me a ticket to Ballybran. "
" Favorite book growing up...tough female role model! "
" I know I liked this, but it was so long ago that I don't remember what happened..... but gonna go ahead mark the rest of the series =) "
" It is enen wonderful to have the audio version as well. "
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), one of the world’s most popular authors, was best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill.
Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series Maude and HBO’s Carnivale. She is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller There Are Worse Things I Could Do as well as the Vampyres of Hollywood series.
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