To Ride a Winged Horse - Ann McCaffrey
September 16th 2006 23:29
To Ride Pegasus by Ann McCaffrey consists of short stories written over several years all dealing with the Talents. Talents are people with extra abilities.
The book starts with Henry Darrow, astrologer and precognitive, involved in an accident that he should have forseen. While in the hospital, a new brainwave machine was used to monitor Henry. Molly, a healer and nurse, realizes there's something different with Henry's strip from the machine. With this machine they could prove the existance of extra abilities that most people scoffed at.
Being able to prove the extra senses the Talents had, didn't make things any easier, in fact in a way it made it harder. People were frightened of the Talents and the Talents were evicted from their homes. Henry foresaw the problem and started moving to find new housing for the Talents. Some of the Talents were thieves and other criminals, and they had to contend with prejudice against them. Henry set up a system that the Talents could have anything they wanted, but everything belonged to the Parapsychic Center and the Talents gave every bit of their salary to the Center, so they didn't have to pay taxes, the Center paid corporate taxes. The tax people were not happy.
This book is about their problems with greedy tax people, corporations, and Senators. I've read this book several times and I really enjoy it. I hope you do, too.
The book starts with Henry Darrow, astrologer and precognitive, involved in an accident that he should have forseen. While in the hospital, a new brainwave machine was used to monitor Henry. Molly, a healer and nurse, realizes there's something different with Henry's strip from the machine. With this machine they could prove the existance of extra abilities that most people scoffed at.
Being able to prove the extra senses the Talents had, didn't make things any easier, in fact in a way it made it harder. People were frightened of the Talents and the Talents were evicted from their homes. Henry foresaw the problem and started moving to find new housing for the Talents. Some of the Talents were thieves and other criminals, and they had to contend with prejudice against them. Henry set up a system that the Talents could have anything they wanted, but everything belonged to the Parapsychic Center and the Talents gave every bit of their salary to the Center, so they didn't have to pay taxes, the Center paid corporate taxes. The tax people were not happy.
This book is about their problems with greedy tax people, corporations, and Senators. I've read this book several times and I really enjoy it. I hope you do, too.
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Comment by dalelynn21
Alternate Universe Authors and Their Books
Yes, I like most of her books, but there are a few I don't care as much for. I think you find that with most authors. I can't think of a single author that I liked every book they wrote.
Dale
Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
I just never even made it through that one.
Mind you I could probably think of one author if I thought long and hard about it - they just probably won't have written very many books.
Comment by dalelynn21
Alternate Universe Authors and Their Books
I don't buy just any author's books. There are some authors whose books I like and will read over and over, then there are the authors whose books I enjoy, but wouldn't be likely to read more than once. I buy those I will read over and over and borrow from the library those that I enjoy and read once, but won't read many times. I've bought a few books by authors I usually enjoy that I just don't care for and look more carefully next time one of their books come out, maybe borrow it from the library before I buy.
I started doing this because my husband was in the Air Force, and I had to be selective on the books I bought because we didn't have room to ship a large number of books when we moved.
Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
We don't have much room in our little house so I know what you mean about keeping the number down, as much as I love my books.
That collection I mentioned is the largest I have of any one author and I'd read the first series of them about 3 or4 times before somebody bought me 2 for my birthday.
After that, I used to get everyone to buy me the next 1 or 2 and eventually ended up with a whole collection.
But for the most part, except for things like Tolkien and that, most of my books are actually one-offs or in pairs.