C.J. Cherryh

[Connavar]

What kind of SF are her books? For example her famous series?

Hard SF or Social SF ? SF/Fantasy type story?

 

[Pyan]

Social SF is about right.(that's a useful phrase, BTW, Conn!)

 

[Connavar]

Hehe i think i saw that in wiki when they wrote about Foundation and Asimov.


Its my fav type of SF, i like to read about people in the future or near future and what ever they are doing.

Good to know that about her, then i can read amazon.com and see what the series and books of her are about and choose one. Not the reviews but the blurbs.

 

[Razorback]

I wouldn’t argue with Social label for the Alliance-Union books, but I thought they also had hard and space opera aspects.

 

[Pyan]

Well, my favourites are The_Chanur_novels - but don't let that influence you too much!

 

[Pyan]

I wouldn’t argue with Social label for the Alliance-Union books, but I thought they also had hard and space opera aspects.

Oh, I agree - but they're rather dialogue-heavy to be true SO, in my view,

 

[Razorback]

I hadn’t really thought about the dialog quantity being a factor before, but it makes sense.

 

[murphy]

Could you call them social/political? Politics do play a big part in her stories.

 

[Pyan]

True, true - but you end up adding more and more adjectives if you go down that path!

Socio-political-hard-space-operatic-dialogue-heavy novels, anyone?

 

[Connavar]

Most social SF i have read has had of politics in it. Foundation had alot of politics. Vance's Emphyrio i read recently was a social space opera with politics in it also.


As long as its not only about Hard SF im cool in these kind of SF. I have a hard time caring about a story focusing soo much on techniqual stuff.

Which series would you guys recommend The_Chanur_novels or Alliance-Union or Cyteen? Just to narrow down.

 

[Pyan]

In that case, CJC should be right up your street.

 

[clovis-man]

Which series would you guys recommend The_Chanur_novels or Alliance-Union or Cyteen? Just to narrow down.

I would go for the Chanur or the Alliance/Union tales (Merchanter's Luck or Downbelow Station would be good beginnings). If I extrapolate from your avatar, I might recommend the Morgaine series of tales: Swords and mysterious happenings as well as gateways to other worlds.

Regards,

Jim

 

[Connavar]

Nah i dont wanna start with swords and stuff. Despite Gemmell and my avatar im a much bigger fan of SF than fantasy. Fantasy i cant stand 90% of them.....

Chanur or Alliance/Union it is!

 

[Razorback]

I can’t recommend one ahead of the other since I haven’t read any of the Chanur books. If you choose Alliance/Union, however, I recommend starting with Downbelow Station.

 

[murphy]

For the Chanur books,

Pride of Chanur
Chanur's Venture
The Kif Strike Back
Chanur's Homecoming
Chanur's Legacy.

 

[Pyan]

Note that The Pride of Chanur is a stand-alone, but the next three are really one long novel split into three books.
Chanur's Legacy is a sort of Chanur - the Next Generation.

 

[The Wanderer]

I she is so damned prolific.

Yes, I have just taken a look at her Amazon listing

 

[murphy]

Yes, I have just taken a look at her Amazon listing

Fantastic Fiction organizes her books much better than Amazon. See here. C J Cherryh

 

[blueyedmule]

I used to be a big fan of C.J. Cherryh. I read all the Chanur novels and I'm sure many others. Somewhere along the way I also read the Morgaine trilogy, which I believe had a fourth book available only seperately. I even went so far as to buy a print of Michael Whelan's painting of that last book. Those are the Cherryh books that have lasted twenty+ years with me.

 

[Connavar]

Company Wars
1. Downbelow Station (1981)
2. Merchanter's Luck (1982)
3. Rimrunners (1989)
4. Heavy Time (1991)
5. Hellburner (1992)


[SIZE=+1]The Company Wars[/SIZE]
Heavy Time
Hellburner (these first two have fairly close connections)
Downbelow Station: Hugo Winner, Best Novel
Merchanter's Luck
Rimrunners
Tripoint
Finity's End
[SIZE=+1]The Merchanter Novels:[/SIZE]
Trading ships and commerce after the Company Wars
Merchanter's Luck
Tripoint
Finity's End



Which of these lists is the correct order for Alliance/Union series?

I know where to start but in the case of i like the series where do i go from Downblow Station. I mean chrono wise or does even matter if you read the books chrono wise?

Im getting the first book so i wonder.