C. J. Cherryh planned to write since the age of ten. When she was older, she learned to use a typewriter while triple-majoring in Classics, Latin, and Greek. With more than seventy books to her credit, and the winner of three Hugo Awards, she is one of the most prolific and highly respected authors in the science fiction field. Cherryh was recently named a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. She lives in Washington state. She can be found at cherryh.com.
Praise for Downbelow Station:
Winner of the 1982 Hugo Award for Best Novel
“[Downbelow Station] has a marvellous perspective on humanity in
the wider universe.... The plot is a complex maneuvering of
factions and realignment of interests. There are space battles, and
there are economics of space stations.... It’s a novel about
desperate people, desperate spacestations, desperate aliens, a
desperate spacefleet that’s out of choices.” —Tor.com
“A solid, vividly realized background; excellent characterization
of humans and aliens; and an ability to keep a story
moving… Intelligent space adventure, conceived and executed on
a grand scale.” —Booklist
“Take one highly vulnerable space station. Pack it with realistic
characters. And then start a war. You'll end up with 1982's Hugo
winner, Downbelow Station, by C.J. Cherryh — and a hell of a
story.” —io9
"Cherryh has created her strongest character and her best novel in
a story of space exploration, colonization, and war." —Questar
"Full of imagination, action, and understandable, sympathetic
characters...." —Analog
“The well-drawn variety of backgrounds and motivations of the
characters is the work’s strength.” —VOYA
“Downbelow Station is a fascinating, complex deep-space-war
political novel with a lot of subtle twists.” —Fantasiae
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