Gate of Ivrel by C.J. Cherryh Gate of Ivrel is one of C.J. Cherryh’s entries into the science fantasy genre in which we follow the adventures of Vanye, the bastard son of a minor lord in a seemingly medieval world who is cast out for standing up to his oppressive brothers and inadvertently killing one […]
Read MoreTerry Lago (GUEST)´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
THE FADED SUN by C.J. Cherryh C.J. Cherryh’s FADED SUN trilogy (1978) consists of three books: Kesrith, Shon’jir, and Kutath. They’ve been bundled into an omnibus edition and Tantor Media sent me a review copy of their recently released audiobook version. The three novels make up a continuous story of clashing civilizations that takes place […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh Cherryh’s The Pride of Chanur combines space opera with some gritty “hard-ish” SF elements in the beginning of a saga that deals with the political and economic ramifications of first contact. In this first volume of the CHANUR SAGA we follow the exploits of a crew of Hani […]
Read MoreTerry Lago (GUEST)´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | 8 comments |
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh I’ve had C.J. Cherryh‘s 1982 Hugo Award winner Downbelow Station on my TBR list for three decades, and was glad I finally got around to it via Audible Studios, ably narrated by Brian Troxell. It’s an intense, claustrophobic, gritty space opera with a huge cast of hard-nosed characters battling to survive the […]
Read MoreStuart Starosta´s rating: 4 | C.J. Cherryh | Audio, Hugo Award | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Merchanter’s Luck by C.J. Cherryh Tantor Audio has recently released two of C.J. Cherryh’s ALLIANCE-UNION novels, Merchanter’s Luck (1982) and Forty Thousand in Gehenna, together under the title Alliance Space. I’m going to review the novels separately since that’s the way they were originally published and can still be purchased. However, I love that you […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh Tantor Audio recently released two of C.J. Cherryh’s stand-alone ALLIANCE-UNION novels, Merchanter’s Luck and Forty Thousand in Gehenna (1983), together under the title Alliance Space. I’m reviewing the novels separately since that’s the way they were originally published and can still be purchased. However, I love that you […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
Port Eternity by C.J. Cherryh The history, legends, and myths surrounding the man known as King Arthur are some of the most enduring and inspirational material in the English language. Like Robin Hood, Arthur’s name resonates in modern history. The number of books, fiction and non-fiction, which have been spun off the man is increasingly […]
Read MoreJesse Hudson´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Angel with the Sword by C.J. Cherryh C.J. Cherryh has penned both science fiction and fantasy tomes (as well as the blended Science Fantasy that partakes of both) and much of her significant sci-fi output has been in multiple series that span time, space, and in some ways even genre. And yet all of her […]
Read MoreTerry Lago (GUEST)´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
The Paladin by C.J. Cherryh The Paladin is a stand-alone novel set in the China of an alternative world. It’s more of an alternative history than a fantasy — there are no mythical creatures or magic here, although superstitions of both remain. The story falls into two parts. In the first, a stubborn girl seeking […]
Read MoreRob Rhodes´s rating: 3 | C.J. Cherryh | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh After enjoying C.J. Cherryh‘s 1982 Hugo Award winner Downbelow Station, it was a natural thing to move on to her 1989 Hugo winner, Cyteen. I know that Cyteen is a very different creature, of course. It is a hefty 680 pages long, and extremely light on action. In fact, if you […]
Read MoreStuart Starosta´s rating: 2.5 | C.J. Cherryh | Audio, Hugo Award, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 12 comments |
Rusalka by C.J. Cherryh I like folklore, and I like novels based on folklore, and I was prepared to like C.J. Cherryh‘s Rusalka, especially after seeing it reviewed elsewhere. It did hold my attention long enough that I was able to finish it, but in the end I had to admit that I didn’t like […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter´s rating: 2 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh “Sometimes the clothes do not make the man…” sang George Michael. Fortunately the cover of C.J. Cherryh’s literary sci-fi offering Foreigner can boast the same. The story contained within is (pun intended) light years from the throwback sci-fi cover. And the back cover is only slightly better than the front. The Publisher’s Weekly […]
Read MoreJesse Hudson´s rating: 4 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Invader by C.J. Cherryh While the first book in C. J. Cherryh’s FOREIGNER series, also titled Foreigner, took its time in establishing Bren Cameron’s character and the dilemmas he faced attempting to adapt to a culture entirely foreign to him, Invader wastes no time. Picking up precisely where Foreigner left off, Bren is in the hospital suffering from injuries […]
Read MoreJesse Hudson´s rating: 4.5 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Inheritor by C.J. Cherryh Something must be done about the art decorating the covers of C. J. Cherryh’s unheralded FOREIGNER series. No offence to Michael Whelan, Dorian Vallejo, or any other of the artists who’ve been chosen to provide cover art, but their Golden Age depictions of alien life simply do not suit the temper of […]
Read MoreJesse Hudson´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh I loved Fortress in the Eye of Time. To be honest, the first half of the book doesn’t move very fast, but you come to appreciate how C.J. Cherryh controls the flow of the story based on the progress of the main character. It’s a very […]
Read MoreJohn Hulet´s rating: 5 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Fortress of Ice by C.J. Cherryh I have really enjoyed C.J. Cherryh’s Fortress Series, and I enjoyed Fortress of Ice. That being said, this book was the worst one in the series. The plot was kind of boring and the transition to the new characters didn’t draw me in with the same connection that I […]
Read MoreJohn Hulet´s rating: 3 | C.J. Cherryh | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Wings of Fire edited by Jonathan Strahan & Marianne S. Jablon I don’t like dragons. This is probably not the first sentence you’d expect to find in a review of Wings of Fire, an anthology devoted exclusively to dragon stories, but I thought it best to get it out of the way right from the […]
Read MoreStefan Raets (RETIRED)´s rating: 4 | Anne McCaffrey, C.J. Cherryh, Charles De-Lint, Elizabeth Bear, George R.R. Martin, Holly Black, James P. Blaylock, Jane Yolen, Jonathan Strahan, Lucius Shepard, Margo Lanagan, Michael Swanwick, Naomi Novik, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Patricia McKillip, Peter S. Beagle, Roger Zelazny, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le-Guin | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
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