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| Original Title: | Foreigner |
| ISBN: | 0756402514 (ISBN13: 9780756402518) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Foreigner #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1995) |
C.J. Cherryh
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 428 pages Rating: 3.94 | 7592 Users | 598 Reviews
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| Title | : | Foreigner (Foreigner #1) |
| Author | : | C.J. Cherryh |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 428 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2004 by DAW (first published February 1st 1994) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
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The first book in C.J. Cherryh's eponymous series, Foreigner begins an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft who crash-land on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient alien race. From its beginnings as a human-alien story of first contact, the Foreigner series has become a true science fiction odyssey, following a civilization from the age of steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien species in distant sectors of space. It is the masterwork of a truly remarkable author.Rating Of Books Foreigner (Foreigner #1)
Ratings: 3.94 From 7592 Users | 598 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books Foreigner (Foreigner #1)
That was superb. Foreigner is a first contact novel wrapped in a thriller, the twist being that, this time, it's humans that have landed on an alien planet and having to navigate a completely alien culture.There are two things that really stand out here, the first of which is the Atevi themselves. This is a truly alien race in terms of their attitudes, their instincts and their culture, and this alienness makes them difficult to comprehend and impossible to fully understand. This keeps Bren
"I wrote this 50 page short story, what do you think?" Said C.J. Cherryh."It's great, but can you stretch into a 20 volume series of 500 page books? Because that's what we really need." Said the Publisher. "Sure I can, I just will start the first volume off by turning the one paragraph stay in mountain resort into 400 pages of repetitive introspection on the part of the main character. And then I will turn the 2 page chase scene into 200 pages. And we can go from there." Said C.J. Cherryh.This
This is my first attempt at Cherryh, and I'm on the fence as to whether or not there will be more. I'm surprised that the reviews of this aren't more tepid.The atevi are interesting: the alien species at the heart of the book, dark-skinned, larger than humans, but more importantly hardwired in a different way. Their society runs on hierarchies based on duty, but friendship and trust are notably absent. They are mathematically astute and tend to glorify numbers and seem to desire to reduce
StarMan wrote: "I "liked" your review because there was no "love" option."XD Happy to hear this!
Cherryh is among my favorite genre authors, though some of her books have left me cold. This isn't one of them. Admittedly, it starts out slow. You must wade through two sections of backstory before you get to the real opening of the series, when Bren, the main character, is attacked in his rooms without a clue as to why. From there it takes off like a bullet and, despite Cherryh's often long (and characteristic) lapses into musings by the character on life, the universe and everything, it never
well-respected and prolific science fiction author-cum-scifi-anthropologist C.J. Cherryh puts her considerable gifts to work in this introductory volume to her elephantine mega-series, as she begins a sensitive new tradition: fiction that is specifically geared to those unfortunate individuals who have no experience in reading, as well as to our fellows experiencing severe mental challenges. i for one appreciate the effort and am happy to report that the writing in this novel makes every attempt
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