''The Dancers of Arun'' is a

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by American writer

Elizabeth A. Lynn Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946) is an American writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction. She is particularly known for being one of the first writers in science fiction or fantasy to introduce gay and lesbian characters; ...

, published in 1979.

Plot summary

''The Dancers of Arun'' is the second novel in The Chronicles of Tornor series.

Reception

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reviewed ''The Dancers of Arun'' in '' Ares Magazine'' #5 and commented that "The primary thrust of the novels is their Message: that we can live in harmony, that capitalism is not necessary since we can all share in love and wonderfulness, and that all problems can be solved if we have the courage to be human. Nice enough, but hardly earth-shattering." ''

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'' states "Lynn is to be admired for attempting serious things in the fantasy genre, but here nothing quite works: the settings remain faceless despite any amount of description; the love story awkwardly combines homosexual incest and drenching sentimentality; and Lynn's prose style is laconic to the point of numbness. A gifted writer, gone much astray."

Reviews

*Review by Baird Searles (1979) in

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, September 1979 *Review by Orson Scott Card (1980) in Destinies, Spring 1980https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2175 *Review by Michael Bishop (1980) in

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, June 1980 *Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1980) in

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, August 1980 *Review by Ian Williams (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 2 *Review

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by Emmanuel Jouanne (1982) in Fiction, #331 *Review by Marleen S. Barr s by Marleen Barr(1982) in Extrapolation, Spring 1982 *Review

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by Andreas Decker (1983) in Science Fiction Times, Juni 1983

References

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