C. J. Cherryh
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A multiple award-winning author of more than thirty novels, C. J. Cherryh received her B.A. in Latin from the University of Oklahoma, and then went on to earn a M.A. in Classics from Johns Hopkins University. Cherryh's novels, including Tripoint, Cyteen, and The Pride of Chanur, are famous for toon meer their knife-edge suspense and complex, realistic characters. Cherryh won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1977. She was also awarded the Hugo Award for her short story Cassandra in 1979, and the novels Downbelow Station in 1982 and Cyteen in 1989. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Merchanter's Luck (Dramatized Adaptation): Alliance-Union Universe: The Company Wars, Book 2 5 exemplaren
O poço de Shiuan - 2 4 exemplaren
Tempos duros - 2 3 exemplaren
O poço de Shiuan - 1 3 exemplaren
Science Fiction Book Series by C. J. Cherryh: The Chanur Novels, Finisterre Universe, Foreigner Universe, the Morgaine… (2010) 3 exemplaren
THE FOREIGNER UNIVERSE: Book (1) One: Foreigner; Book (2) Two: Invader; Book (3) Three: Inheritor (2013) 2 exemplaren
Endpiece 2 exemplaren
Necromant (in Face of Chaos) 2 exemplaren
Groundties 2 exemplaren
Social Sciences/Gehenna/Ad Astra Wind Walker 2 exemplaren
A Wizard Of Wiscezan 2 exemplaren
Vaga sem Praia Livro 1 1 exemplaar
Heavytime 1 exemplaar
THE FADED SUN - KUTATH 1 exemplaar
Gate of Ivrel first three in one hardback 1 exemplaar
Urania 0933 - DIGA SUL PIANETA HESTIA 1 exemplaar
FADED SUN: SHON'JIR 1 exemplaar
The Faded Sun, Kutath 1 exemplaar
Cyteen: Cyteen, Books 1-3 1 exemplaar
Stația orbitală a lumii de jos 1 exemplaar
O Poço de Shiuan-1 1 exemplaar
La aventura de Chanur II 1 exemplaar
נוסע בלילה 1 exemplaar
The Faded Sun, Shon'jir 1 exemplaar
Dagger In The Mind 1 exemplaar
The Best Of Friends 1 exemplaar
Other Stories 1 exemplaar
Frontpiece 1 exemplaar
Introduction To Masks 1 exemplaar
Prologue 1 exemplaar
Legacies 1 exemplaar
Winds Of Fortune 1 exemplaar
In The Still Of The Night 1 exemplaar
All books By this Author 1 exemplaar
Death In The Meadow 1 exemplaar
Armies Of The Night 1 exemplaar
Witching Hour 1 exemplaar
Downwind 1 exemplaar
Four Chanur Titles: Books 1-4 1 exemplaar
Ischade 1 exemplaar
C. J. Cherryh And Tomorrow's New Sex Roles 1 exemplaar
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Lexicon 1 exemplaar
Seeking North 1 exemplaar
The Kutath 1 exemplaar
The Kesrith 1 exemplaar
Diga sul pianeta Hestia 1 exemplaar
Union-Alliance X - Glossary 1 exemplaar
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Forteresse des étoiles. Volume 1 1 exemplaar
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- Cherry, Carolyn Janice
- Geboortedatum
- 1942-09-01
- Geslacht
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- St Louis, Missouri, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Spokane, Washington, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA - Opleiding
- University of Oklahoma (BA, Latin, 1964)
Johns Hopkins University (MA, Classics, 1965) - Beroepen
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high school teacher
science fiction writer - Relaties
- Cherry, David A. (brother)
Fancher, Jane (spouse) - Organisaties
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
National Space Society (Board of Advisors)
Endangered Language Fund (Board of Directors)
Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA ∙ granted for "Morgaine" novels) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- John W. Campbell Award (1977)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1988)
Oklahoma Book Award ( [2005])
Guest of Honor, World Science Fiction Convention ( [1998])
Asteroid Namesake ( [7718])
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2016) (toon alle 7)
Robert A Heinlein Award (2021) - Agent
- Matt Bialer (Sandford J. Greenburger Assoc.)
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Alliance-Union Universe in Science Fiction Fans (juli 2011)
Book Discussion: Foreigner SPOILER FREE Thread in The Green Dragon (februari 2008)
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However, the gates still remain. It's never outright stated, but it seems enough time has passed that each world has developed its own post-qhal culture, with qhalian artifacts forgotten and shunned. You can see snippets of the qhal's influence in the language and history of the world (the specfic world in this book is called Andur-Kursh), but these descendants are strictly separate from them.
The danger of the gates - through malicious purpose, accident, or malfunction of the machinery itself - prompted the need for an organization (their origins never made clear) to send agents out to close the gates across the worlds.
The titular Morgaine is one such agent tasked with closing these gates. Who or what she is is not made clear in this book, and while her goal will ultimately help the world by closing the gates, that is of distant benefit to her. She is both an alien and legendary figure, treated more like a demon than a human. There's a mutual distance, distrust and fear between her and the inhabitants of the land.
Our protagonist, Vayne, is one such inhabitant. He is a royal bastard who is exiled at the start of the book and eventually becomes Morgaine's companion and servant via coincidence and fairly intricate contract law.
His story and character arc at first seem predictable: a skilled bastard who is ill-treated and eventually exiled when he becomes too much of an inconvenience, only to be swept up in a grand adventure where he's able to flourish and become the hero he was always meant to be.
But that is not Vayne. As the layers of the onion are peeled back, Vayne is revealed to be a sad and even pathetic character. He is a self-admitted coward, fearing death above all else, and apart from his code of honor he has little to call his own. He is loyal to Morgaine, for that is his greatest strength, but he is as often a burden and liability to her quest as an asset.
These wrinkles make Vayne into an extremely interesting character, particularly when contrasted against the stoic and driven Morgaine, who has weaknesses and a certain type of cowardice of her own. Exploring how their relationship evolves is one of the core threads throughout the book.
My greatest enjoyment came from the many character dynamics at play in Gates of Ivrel. Supporting characters might start as an ally only to turn foe and then back again depending on the situation. Andur-Kursh is politically complicated, and Morgaine herself is treated like a force of nature that can be coaxed in certain advantageous directions by opportunistic schemes.
Both Vayne and Morgaine are hanging by a thread for almost the entire book, just barely outrunning one plot only to stumble immediately into the next one. It makes for exciting writing, but at its worst it comes across like a Saturday morning cartoon where villains pop up with almost comical timing.
It's a quick read, but it would have been stronger for having a number of slower sections to give the plot a breather and to help convey the great distances being travelled. As it stands, the land of Andur-Kursh feels small, as characters are able to travel too quickly and set up confrontations and ambushes in ways that feel at odds with the geography she describes.
As far as genre goes, it's interesting to read a book in which the reader knows it's scifi but is treated in-world as a fantasy. You can intuit what the gates are and how the technology Morgaine wields works, but everything is strictly through the lens of Vayne who does not understand any of it. He'll describe events using his understanding and language, and all of a sudden it'll click what he's actually experiencing from "our" perspective. These are very satisfying moments in the book, so I won't spoil them here.
I know nothing of the Morgaine Cycle or Cherryh herself when I started this book, but I've quickly become a fan and I plan to read the next book (Well of Shiuan) in short order.… (meer)