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• Wishlist of C.J. Cherryh books

>From: nancy ott <ott@ansoft.com>
>Subject: Re: CHERRYHLIST
>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:39:32 EST

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

> From: Matthew Jude Brown <mjb@doc.ic.ac.uk>
> 
> 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.
 
I also hope Mallory appears in another Cherryh novel.  Graf and
Porey from "Downbelow Station" have shown up in "Heavy Time" and
"Hellburner" -- if Cherryh continues this series, perhaps she'll
introduce a younger version of Signy Mallory as well.  But I don't
want to know *everything* about her ... it's much more interesting to
speculate.

  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 ...

I'd like to see the tie-in between the Union/Alliance novels and the
Morgaine novels worked into a Cyteen sequel.  I heard a rumor that Ari
Emory 2 is supposed to be the one who launched the strike force to
destroy the Qhal Gates.  Which makes sense, since she's the only
person in Union who is (a) intelligent enough to look beyond their
immediate potential and see their danger, and (b) powerful enough to
keep idiots in the Union military and government from using them.
However, it would be a stretch even for Cherryh to pull this off!

> 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

Also, another Morgaine novel (what happens after "Exile's Gate"?) ...
the revolt in the mines of Fargone ...  the Fleet's final battle
(another subject of intense speculation) ... the Mri war and its
aftermath ...  Earth after the Company War ...



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