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Summary: One of Foreigner's best
Review: "Precursor" symbolizes everything that I admire in Ms. Cherryh's writing. Simply put, being the fourth novel in the Foreigner series,"Precursor" has all of the ambition and intrigue displayed in the earlier novels. It doesn't rehash what's already been established but instead takes the plot in a new and creditable direction. That's what I like about Cherryh, she doesn't drag her series into the grave with unnecessary additions. It leaves me secure in knowing that when I buy one of her novels, it is money well spent.
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Summary: WONDERFUL--I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE NEXT --DEFENDER
Review: A GREAT SEQIAL TO THE FIRST THREE. WHEN CAN WE EXPEXT THE NEXT ONE
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Summary: A felicitous addition
Review: A welcome addition to the series. Just as enjoyable as the previous atevi world books without being repetitious. Gets into the action quickly and keeps the adventure going. I like the word and page economy.
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Summary: If you're a fan, you'll have read this. If not, you lose.
Review: Another book in one of C.J.Cherryh's great SF series. Start at the beginning and enjoy the adventures of one lone human acting as a liason between humans and a very alien-thinking race. Great study in diverse cultures and philosophies attempting to co-exist with each other.
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Summary: If you're a fan, you'll have read this. If not, you lose.
Review: Another book in one of C.J.Cherryh's great SF series. Start at the beginning and enjoy the adventures of one lone human acting as a liason between humans and a very alien-thinking race. Great study in diverse cultures and philosophies attempting to co-exist with each other.
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Summary: Precursor to the best human-alien series yet
Review: As an avid devotee of Cherryh, I have read all of her books and have found the human-atevi series to be one of her very best. The character development is extremely well thought out and the story is one that thrilled me so much I had to read it straight through. What lies ahead for Jago and Bren? What new intrigues will the Dowager Ilisidi and her bodyguards stir up? How will Mospheiran society and the space humans react to the relationship between Bren and Jago? How does the Foreigner universe tie into the Hani/Compact and Union/Alliance universes? I can hardly wait for the next book to come out....
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Summary: Precursor to? Up - Up - and Away!
Review: At last! I read & reread this one 4 times in a 10 day period. The careful plotting and the characters are a real delight. It is nice to see characters grow, change & react to 'real life'. Bren Cameron is particurally good with all of his public face and inner conflicts. Nice to watch the unknown become revealled. The atevi in particular are a delight to read about. They show a flexibility that I did not really expect. Having already given my first copy to a friend overseas, I am now getting ready to buy the second copy - and bemoan the fact that I will have to wait for the next volume! Well worth the keeping!
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Summary: Breathless Pacing
Review: C. J. Cherryh is one of my favorite authors, and there's a good reason for that. When she is really on, she is a past mistress of pace.In this book, the tension begins on the first page and builds from there. There are no holes in the plot, it is tight and it is fast. Better than most writers, Cherryh writes well about very bright people under pressure. More than that, Bren is portrayed (very well!) as someone who thinks clearly and fast under pressure. In so far as I have a problem with Cherryh, it is her tendency to lose me in the action at the very end. This time, I didn't get lost, and I was pleased with that. The interplay of Bren's family situation and his job when it gets tense is well done. Another thing I appreciate about Cherryh is that she seems to proofread, and have a decent grasp of basic grammar. She remembers usage things that many other authors either never learned or simply don't bother to observe. Sometimes this is unintentionally funny, but I find it annoying. Cherryh, perhaps deliberately and perhaps not, comes down on the side of the free market. People will work out how to make new ideas work for them, so get out of the way. If you have a problem with this belief system, you may not be too happy. Once, in the Faded Sun books, she pointed out that we have, among ourselves, surrendered one member of a society (at least the West has) to an alien one, so that we have a translator. The position that Bren is in is emphatically that. The pace is good, the under-text is fascinating, no preaching, and good writing. Go out and buy it.
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Summary: She's done it again!
Review: C.J. Cherryh has always amazed me with her ability to create aliens that jolt you out of the ordinary and make you look at behaviour and motivation in an alien brain. That is why she is my favourite author - making me think and making me step outside the human frame to look at human behaviour in a new light. On picking up Precursor from my local bookshop, I was just expecting an expertly crafted story, thinking the alien Atevi had already been well described in the earlier books. This time, she managed to turn everything around once more so that, like Bren, I felt more comfortable with the Atevi than with the ship people - and my "fellow humans" became the aliens whose motivations and reactions once more jolted me into thought. Somewhere, I'd like to see all her universes fit together (imagine Kif and Atevi interacting?!)- but I'll happily take whatever I can get, as soon as her next book comes out.....
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Summary: She's done it again!
Review: C.J. Cherryh has always amazed me with her ability to create aliens that jolt you out of the ordinary and make you look at behaviour and motivation in an alien brain. That is why she is my favourite author - making me think and making me step outside the human frame to look at human behaviour in a new light. On picking up Precursor from my local bookshop, I was just expecting an expertly crafted story, thinking the alien Atevi had already been well described in the earlier books. This time, she managed to turn everything around once more so that, like Bren, I felt more comfortable with the Atevi than with the ship people - and my "fellow humans" became the aliens whose motivations and reactions once more jolted me into thought. Somewhere, I'd like to see all her universes fit together (imagine Kif and Atevi interacting?!)- but I'll happily take whatever I can get, as soon as her next book comes out.....
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