Acorna's World (original 2000; edition 2001)

by Anne McCaffrey

Series: Acorna (4)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: Acorna, the "unicorn girl" has made peace with her Linyaari past, and aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor she is finally free. But dread overtakes her when a distress signal summons Acorna and her companions to a nearby planet. For among the myraid wonders of this world of sentient plants and intoxicating perfumes are unmistakable signs that everythng Acorna holds dear is in peril. A promise of world-shattering devastation is in the celestial winds-and impending catastrophe at the claws of the cold-blooded insectile race that seeks to eradicate all Linyaari and human life from the galaxy...the Khleevi! .… (more)

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Title:	Acorna's World
Authors:	Anne McCaffrey
Info:	HarperTorch (2001), Mass Market Paperback
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Acorna, the "unicorn girl" has made peace with her Linyaari past, and aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor she is finally free. But dread overtakes her when a distress signal summons Acorna and her companions to a nearby planet. For among the myraid wonders of this world of sentient plants and intoxicating perfumes are unmistakable signs that everythng Acorna holds dear is in peril. A promise of world-shattering devastation is in the celestial winds-and impending catastrophe at the claws of the cold-blooded insectile race that seeks to eradicate all Linyaari and human life from the galaxy...the Khleevi! (

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Gmomaj | Aug 19, 2020 |

A pretty standard Anne McCaffrey story, actually the bugs as villans appear elsewhere in her series. Readable tho.

The fourth book in the Acorna series some of the backstory is filled in within the first chapter so you don't really have to have read the rest. Acorna is a very beautiful half-unicorn half-humanoid being who was brought up by some humans and thinks she's the only one until she finds more of her kind. She has to work out a way of fitting into society.

In this one she goes in search of a new home and when they hear a distress call they find a world that's lush, when they're attacked by the insectile Khleevi, when searching for a refuge they make a Khleevi ship crash and when chasing them they accidentally discover a way to fight them. They race against time to produce the solution before the Khleevi decimate as many races as they can reach.

I wasn't incredibly impressed but it is quite readable. (

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wyvernfriend | Jul 27, 2006 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Anne McCaffrey	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ennis,John	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Gambino, Fred	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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for feeding bodies as well as creative spirits with her care and attention and delicious dinners while she listened to first draft readings!

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Roughly six weeks after she had joined the crew of the Condor, flagship of Becker Interplanetry Recycling and Salvage Enterprises, LTD, Acorna sat on 'salvage watch' at the helm of the ship, surrounded by the softly glowing console lights in the cockpit and the billions of stars beyond.

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Acorna put her hand to her mouth and made a hushing noise and they listened again to the broadcast.
"It was a call for help," Aari said, "What you call a mayday." He turned to the Anscam and went back to work. Once the static had cleared, a Niriian face appeared and began speaking. After a few seconds, Bccker asked what it was saying.
"It is the ship's log. I believe we are receiving the last entry first."
Acorna's expression became intense. "We'll check all of the fragments of the ship and see if they provide any useful information about who attacked them and why. Meanwhile, we can translate as best we can the entire ship's log."
On the Anscam, the monologue broke off, there was a screech of static, and then, suddenly, there were images on the screen once more.
Horrifying images.
"Holy Cow!" Becker said. "Who the hell are the big bugs and what are they doing - oh no - Cosmos on a crutch! They're torturing that - Aari?"
"Those are the Khleevi, Joh." Aari spoke in a very calm, controlled voice. "Ant that is me. The Khleevi transmitted the images of my torment to this ship.

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