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• Which C.J. Cherryh book have you read first? Good Choice?

>From: nancy ott <ott@ansoft.com>
>Subject: cherryhlist
>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 8:30:44 EDT

> >From: Lesley Grant <lgrant@maths.tcd.ie>
> >Subject: cherryhlist -- first time readers? 
> >Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 8:29:15 BST
> 
> Now that we've all recovered from the weekend, i thought I'd ask what
> everyone's first-read book by Cherryh was, and was it really something
> accessible to someone who hadn't read her before?  

The first Cherryh novel I *started* was "Downbelow Station" back in
high school (1982).  I remember being really confused about what was
going on, and gave up on it after about three chapters.  The first one
I actually *completed* was "Gate of Ivrel" about a year later.  I was
still kind of confused, but not as much as before.  Shortly after
that, I picked up "Downbelow" again and this time made it all the way
through.  Once I figured out how Cherryh set up the story, the book
(a) made sense and (b) was an interesting read.  That was the point at
which I started actively looking for and reading her books.

If I were recommending Cherryh novels to someone who hadn't read her
before, I'd go with either the Morgaine novels or the Chanur novels
(depending on whether they liked fantasy or SF better).  These two
series (seria?) seem to be the most accessible things she's done.  I
wouldn't recommend books like "40,000 in Gehenna," "Brothers of
Earth," or "Wave without a Shore."

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