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 the Foreigner series:
"C.J. Cherryh's splendid Foreigner series remains at
the top of my must-keep-up reading list after two decades.
--Locus
This is the kind of anthropological SF of which [Cherryh] is an
acknowledged master. --Booklist A seriously probing,
thoughtful, intelligent piece of work, with more insight in
half a dozen pages than most authors manage in half a thousand.
--Kirkus Reviews
"One of the best long-running SF series in existence...Cherryh
remains one of the most talented writers in the field.
--Publishers Weekly
"This is one of the best science fiction series currently
running....by this point, the series has turned into a
complicated set of thrillers involving political and factional
turmoil, as well as a close and detailed examination of the
troubled interactions between human and alien cultures." --Strange
Horizons My favorite science fiction series is C. J. Cherryh's
Foreigner Universe. Cherryh deftly balances alien
psychology and human vanities in a character caught between
being human and part of an alien race. --Denver Post "Cherryh
plays her strongest suit in this exploration of human/alien
contact, producing an incisive study-in-contrast of what it
means to be human in a world where trust is nonexistent."
--Library Journal
A large new novel from C.J. Cherryh is always welcome. When it
marks her return to the anthropological SF in which she has made
such a name, it is a double pleasure. The ensuing story is not
short on action, but stronger (like much of Cherryh's work) on
world-building, exotic aliens, and characterization. Well up to
Cherryh's usual high standard. --The Chicago
Sun-Times "[Cherryh] avoids any kind of slump with a
quick-moving and immediately engaging plotline, and by
balancing satisfying resolutions with plenty of promises and
ominous portents that are sure to keep readers' appetites whetted."
--RT Reviews
"These are thinking man's reads with rich characters and worlds
and fascinating interactions that stretch out over many
generations." --SFFWorld "Cherryh's forte is her handling of
cross-cultural conflicts, which she does by tying her narrative
to those things her point-of-view character would know, think, and
feel."--SFRevu The Foreigner series is about as good as
it gets...so finely and densely wrought that you may end up
dreaming of sable-skinned giants with gold eyes, and the silver
spun delicacy of interstellar politics. --SF Site
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