I [heart] the Library - or - Living dangerously

I just stopped by MITSFS to get stuff to read for the weekend. As I checked out someone commented "Are you sure you want to mix those authors without checking with a trained professional first?". Someone else asked why. "Well, those authors range from super-rational to not rational at all..." "Cherryh is rational." "Yeah, but you have to connect the dots. Doc Smith [sweeping hand gesture] _shoves_ dots at you. And with the Illuminatus trilogy [holds up fists], you've got two dots. And you can connect them any way you want..." Another chimed in with "Cherryh, Doc Smith and Shea all at once? My brain hurts!"

I was amused.

In other news, I'm too lazy to go through the 50 book meme, so I'll just talk about Cherryh, who apparently didn't make the cut.

( If Cherryh doesn't make your cut, don't click this one )