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• Wishlist of C.J. Cherryh books

>Subject: CHERRYHLIST
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:21:13 +0000
>From: Matthew Jude Brown <mjb@doc.ic.ac.uk>

>>From: Lesley Grant <lgrant>
> A simple question:
> 	What (as yet unwritten) Cherryh novels would people most like
> to see? More on the early company War (directly after _Hellburners_)?
> More on the aftermath of the War (how did the Fleet die? Did it die?)
> More on the Compact? More fantasy?
> 	My votes would be for:
> 1) A Compact novel from the Mahendo'sat point of view -- how about 'ancient
> history' like first contact with the Hani?

This might be interesting -- the Mahendo'sat are the only other race
in the Compact from whose viewpoint a story could easily be written.

> 2) Something set in the middle of the Company War, while the Fleet was still
> on top.
> 3) Mallory's biography.

Well, I'd certainly like to see something of Mallory's earlier years -
I remember hints in _Downbelow_Station_ that she was from a merchanter
family, and had been a rider pilot before getting her captaincy, but
no more than that. This could tie in with (2) above. This would
probably be about the time of the fleet's estrangement from Earth,
when the Fleet ceased receiving supplies from the motherworld.

> 4) A sequel to _Cyteen_, set 20-30 years on.

Union is certainly set for some big changes ... Emory I has placed
within the Azi the seeds for the Union future she wants, and Emory II
will have to continue this ... and of course, the Union population
must not find out ...

> 			Lesley

Other things that might be of interest ... the Alliance maturing as a
nation ... immediately after _Hellburner_ as the war heats up,
dedicated warships beginning to replace the armed merchanters of the
early years ... the early days of the War, which Cherryh hasn't
covered at all yet ... the discovery of FTL on Cyteen ...

-Matt