# Has anyone else ever read Tanith Lee? (genre = sci-fi/fantasy)

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**Created:** [June 2, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-read-tanith-lee-genre-sci-fi-fantasy/248225 "2004-06-02T06:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-read-tanith-lee-genre-sci-fi-fantasy/248225/21 "2004-06-04T15:05:07Z")

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> [@NE Texan](#):
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> I _loved_ **Blake’s 7** to death. Sand was definitely one of the best episodes. By the way, a Tanith Lee novel I still have is called Kill the Dead, which purportedly has Tanith using a thinly disguised Vila and Avon in a different setting. (The main character’s name, if memory serves, is “Parl Dro” – compare to the name of the actor playing Avon, “Paul Darrow”.)
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> Sadly, I don’t think Lee’s written novels have aged well. I liked her shorter fiction better, as others above have also.
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> (P.S. **Ms. Boods** , if there’s enough interest for a separate **Blake’s 7** thread to get going, I am so there.

Crikey! I’d forgot all about _Kill the Dead_! Yes, from what I recall, that novel came right out of her own fond affection for Paul Darrow and the show (I’m no expert, but I have such fond memories of it – I get out my old vids now and again as ‘comfort brain food’ as now!)

I remember trying to get hold of that book for ages!

Certainly I’ll join in if you would like to start a thread! All the threads I start seem to wither quickly ☹

But what other show can cure a case of hives? :eek:

It did mine!

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**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-read-tanith-lee-genre-sci-fi-fantasy/248225/22 "2004-06-04T17:40:01Z")

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This evening when I have the time and energy to put two thoughts together I’ll try to start a thread on B7.

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**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-read-tanith-lee-genre-sci-fi-fantasy/248225/23 "2004-06-04T17:57:55Z")

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Her Paradys books were just a bit much. However, I really love her unicorn books and Biting the Sun. Silver Metal Lover was good also.

When she’s good, she’s very very good, but when she’s bad, she’s horrid.

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-read-tanith-lee-genre-sci-fi-fantasy/248225/24 "2004-06-04T18:02:20Z")

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Back in the days when I still read SF/Fantasy I read the Birthgrave trilogy. Heady stuff indeed. I liked it, though. I would recommend it for those who are into fantasy, as it is different in a refreshing manner. Her past as a psycho-analyst shines through in the plot.

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