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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : MusicMom41's books for 2008 | | 182 | akeela, Today 4:20am |  |
| Science Fiction Fans : Female characters-what is your view | | 54 | annekaelber, November 11 | |
| Readers Without Borders : What are you reading now? | | 29 | savedbyhisblood, April 29 | |
| Dormant: Science Fiction Fans : Five books for a Non-SF Reader | | 30 | imager, March 18 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : What book would you like to see made into a movie? | | 58 | KimberlyL, January 26 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : The next shared read. | | 34 | Busifer, January 9 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : What Did You Buy Today?...new Message Board | | 46 | cckelly, May 2007 | |
| Dormant: Science Fiction Fans : "Really new ideas" suggestions | | 50 | omf, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: Taggers! : Can anyone else see the first shared book in our group zeitgeist? | | 5 | zcannon, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Cat Sci-Fi Suggestions Requested | | 25 | bluetyson, March 2007 | |
| Book talk : Best book title | | 89 | MerryMary, August 20 |
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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Have you bought and books lately? Do tell! | | 298 | AnnaClaire, February 17 |
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| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Emotions | | 21 | imager, July 2007 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? | | 249 | bluesalamanders, April 2007 |
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... aspect is that the main characters are "uplifted" (intelligence-enhanced) dolphins, though there are humans involved.
The Pride of Chanur (or any one of a number of others) by C. J. Cherryh. I think she's the reigning queen of space opera.
Fantasy
Definitely have something by ... ... stuff, you can read Stephenson or Gibson. If you like "space stuff", you can read someone like Cherryh (and I agree that Pride of Chanur is good but I am a fan of the huge, multiple viewpoint stories *smile*) or Moon. Different cultures?...try Herbert. Focus on characters?...try Card ... ... but Downbelow Station nearly killed me--if you like huge, multiple viewpoint stories, you may like it more. I'd recommend The Pride of Chanur. Brin's Startide Rising is quite good.
For some different fantasy than you have in your library, try anything by Guy Gavriel Kay (except for Ysa ... ... characters with good character traits, bad ones and none...
(Not to mention the Hani, a matriarchal space-faring society Pride of Chanur et al) (though I suspect they were more a cat-lover's fantasy...) ... just provides a different frame to explore human topics - several CJ Cherryh books like the Chanur series, at least I think the pride of chanur can work. I tried with the foreigner series once and that didnt work, its probably a bit too much.
There's also Dreamsnake which is a sly way to ... ... of plot and completion at the end of every third book.
C. J. Cherryh is one of my four most favorite writers, and The Pride of Chanur was totally fabulous. I also especially liked Serpent's Reach, which has been recently been reprinted with Cuckoo's Egg - another good story, as ... ... currently writing #10-12) Book 2 Invader is perhaps the best of the series, but you will need to read Foreigner first.
The pride of chanur is perhaps the best standalone of her work that I've read (less than 50% !) - the rest of the series is definetly seperate. Else her short stories are ... ... sure how Cherryh would fare in a film. I don't think the depth of her cultural insights would come through too well. But Pride of chanur would at least look good. I think the cuts required to reduce the length would be too confusing though. Downbelow Station, Foreigner, The Tree of Swords and Jewels, Gate of Ivrel or The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh.
But Cherryh has wisely avoided H'wood or the idiots there are just too stupid to figure out her work.
I second the notion of Conan being redone faithfully to the ... ... of the cheese pyramid
and the stinky cheese man
The long dark tea-time of the soul
and I'm gonig to include the pride of chanur which is 4 different usages of the word pride in relation to the content of the book. I was impressed. And it's a great read anyway. ... Amazon is out of stock. I ordered a copy for my dad fro Christmas through Waterstones, and it arrived there ok.
#22 the pride of chanur has fluffy cats in it. Does that help?
If not I'm quite happy to push the Little prince again. ... to do so.
I nominate some Cherryh she gets lots of mentions of GD and I think the rest of you should try some!
Pride of Chanur or Foreigner would be the specific books, that are probably most approachable.
Of course maybe I've jumped the gun and we should first be having the ... 500 Bracelets: An Inspiring Collection of Extraordinary Designs
Joy of Cooking
The Pride of Chanur
The Princess Bride: S Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
A Wizard Alone
There's still a blank book; it's just halfway down now, right after The Pride of Chanur. ... a great series. 5 books, plus Cookoo's egg?
Ryn - Is cookoo part of Chanur? I've not read it.
The first is I think pride of Chanur the view point is totally from the 'alien' Hani - a felinesque species now advanced to space flight. Its got politics, first contact, aliens and a really ... ... decieded on Cherryh, it is still pronounced Cherry. More details are on her website, linked from the author page.
Enjoy Pride of Chanur its part of the Chanur Saga set of 5 books I think its the first but I can't remember for sure, and an excellant place to start reading Cherryh. I'm sure ... ... by Fritz Leiber/Kenneth Bulmer
Endless Shadow/The Arsenal of Miracles by John Brunner/Gardner F. Fox
The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh (that is a very strange last name)
Quicksand by John Brunner
It's the Little Things: 300 Simple Ways to Indulge Yourself ... ... by Fritz Leiber/Kenneth Bulmer
Endless Shadow/The Arsenal of Miracles by John Brunner/Gardner F. Fox
The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh (that is a very strange last name)
Quicksand by John Brunner
It's the Little Things: 300 Simple Ways to Indulge Yourself ... ... by Fritz Leiber/Kenneth Bulmer
Endless Shadow/The Arsenal of Miracles by John Brunner/Gardner F. Fox
The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh (that is a very strange last name)
Quicksand by John Brunner
It's the Little Things: 300 Simple Ways to Indulge Yourself ... ... need to add any translation at all as only the translated language is heard, unless they fail.
Cherryh compact (the Chanur) is told form one speicies viewpoint only. All aliens speak a trade tongue which is marginally understandable. This is what the reader gets and they have to guess ...
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