Diuturnity's Dawn
by Alan Dean Foster
The Founding of the Commonwealth (3), Humanx Commonwealth Universe (The Founding of the Commonwealth — 1.3), Humanx Commonwealth: timeline (0 AA: Founding 3)
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In nearly two dozen novels about the Humanx Commonwealth, Alan Dean Foster has fascinated readers with his brilliantly imagined interstellar realm–where humans, thranx, AAnn, and other species strive to work together to put the common good above selfish ends. But renewed efforts at cooperation prove that familiarity breeds contempt. Diuturnity’s Dawn is the third thrilling novel in The Founding of the Commonwealth, a spectacular space adventure that traces the perilous early years of show more this remarkable universe. From the beginning, while sharing the Orion Arm of the galaxy, contact between humankind and the thranx has been tenuous at best. Yet nearly a century after first contact, the likelihood of closer human/thranx relations is as far away as ever. Humans still find these insectlike beings physically repulsive, a distaste the thranx return in kind. At times the cordial veneer barely conceals the suspicion and distrust boiling just below the surface. Yet idealists on both sides refuse to surrender their dreams of achieving a thranx/human alliance. Among the most dedicated are a minor diplomat named Fanielle Anjou and her thranx counterpart. Others intend to make sure such a liaison never comes to pass . . . by any means necessary. For these xenophobes, the upcoming Humanx Inter-Cultural Fair, the first wholly cross-species event, is a hideous confirmation of their worst fears. Zealots on both sides vow it will be the last of its kind, no matter how many must die. In the coming conflagration Fanielle holds the key to triumph but only if she can outwit those desperate to silence her forever. Meanwhile, on a faraway planet, the duplicitous AAnn watch intently as archaeologists labor to discover what happened to an advanced human race that perished thousands of years ago. For the answers contain grave consequences for human, thranx, and AAnn alike . . . show lessTags
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It's one of Alan Dean Foster's better books, for all the good and bad things that implies. His Universal Church leaves me rolling my eyes; it hasn't sold in real life, why would it sell in this fictional world? If you've liked the prior books in this series (both in the extended Humanx series and the Founding of the Commonwealth), go ahead and get this one; if you didn't like them, then this one won't change your mind. If you haven't read the other books, I don't think this one is the right one to start with.
Dangit, Foster. Why you gotta make me want to own so many books, with all your solid and wonderful trilogies?AND, there is rainforest in this one. SNAP.
Fanielle Anjou and her counterparts navigate a dangerous first cultural fair, threatened by xenophobes and intrigue from the rival AAnn species, leading to the eventual formation of the Humanx Commonwealth.
Zealots on both sides threaten to sabotage the first Human-Thranx fair, aiming to destroy the growing alliance. The treacherous AAnn race works behind the scenes, creating conflict on Comagrave to provoke further division.
Zealots on both sides threaten to sabotage the first Human-Thranx fair, aiming to destroy the growing alliance. The treacherous AAnn race works behind the scenes, creating conflict on Comagrave to provoke further division.
Great ending to the trilogy of the founding of the commonwealth. I liked the character of Fanielle Anjou and her ploy - don't worry, no spoilers. Also loved the expansion into the United Church and its policies.
I didn't even know what Diuturnity meant. It means long lasting". This novel is about the actual founding of the HumanX commonwealth. Each book became less interesting than the previous."
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Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California. He received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968, and a M.F.A. in 1969. Foster enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. This interest is carried over to show more his writing, but with a twist: the new places encountered in his books are likely to be on another planet, and the people may belong to an alien race. Foster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Commonwealth, a galactic alliance between humans and an insectlike race called Thranx. Several other novels, including the Icerigger trilogy, are also set in the world of the Commonwealth. The Tar-Aiym Krang also marked the first appearance of Flinx, a young man with paranormal abilities, who reappears in other books, including Orphan Star, For Love of Mother-Not, and Flinx in Flux. Foster has also written The Damned series and the Spellsinger series, which includes The Hour of the Gate, The Moment of the Magician, The Paths of the Perambulator, and Son of Spellsinger, among others. Other books include novelizations of science fiction movies and television shows such as Star Trek, The Black Hole, Starman, Star Wars, and the Alien movies. Splinter of the Mind's Eye, a bestselling novel based on the Star Wars movies, received the Galaxy Award in 1979. The book Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990. His novel Our Lady of the Machine won him the UPC Award (Spain) in 1993. He also won the Ignotus Award (Spain) in 1994 and the Stannik Award (Russia) in 2000. He is the recipient of the Faust, the IAMTW Lifetime achievement award. Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was a 2015 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Founding of the Commonwealth
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Humanx Commonwealth Universe
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- Diuturnity's Dawn
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- 2002-03
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- We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all oir exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.
~ T, S. Elliot, (1942) - First words
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)To the Universe of the Commonwealth.
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