Hunter of Worlds (Alliance-Union Universe)

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Summary: First contact from other perspective
Review: After many years of not being able to find my copy of this book (black hole filing system), what I remember most is not the background of vicious competition among clans and characters, but a single sweet turning of one universe into another -- C'mel was a Girly-girl in Corwainer Smith's universe of the Instrumentality of Man, exploited and doomed. C.J. took C'mel and transported her to the universe that should have been. Thanks, C.J.

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Summary: First contact from other perspective
Review: I have read this book first time some more than year ago ( I borrowed it in library, english is not my native language)
I found universe where story happens more intresting than plot itself. In short: idvue, kaila and amaut coexist together (in same starcluster ), with stable relations for at least last 7000 years, when they contact (in unpeaceful way) the aliens (humans), who are in different aspects quite alike to each of three races. Idvue, kaila and humans, except for colors, even look very similar (enough to have sex on occasion). Kaila form society which look very alike human, but are almost completly unagresive, and focus themsleves on industry and wealth. Amaut tend to hide their litle of agresivenes, their society is basing on family and focus themseves mainly on mining, farming and settling. Both of these two races do not show much regard for personal freedom. Idvue are agresive (every one tries to improve their position in the "pack" all the time, differen "packs" are very competitive) and very honor bound, high tech and take freedom in very direct way: whole population packed on huge ships and travels around starcluster. Each of these ships is independent and houses its own clan (pack). Idvue are also able of direct exchage of thoughts, are very unemotinal and their language is structured very diferently.
About plot: Chimele, who has recently came to head of one of most influntal of idvue clans, wants to get the man of her dreams, who has been exiled and escaped to human space. There is also the interference of rival clans, which reduced size of human fleet, which prevented, till then, amaut to oversettle...

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Summary: Don't meet their eyes,back away slowly,they bite!!!!!!!
Review: You can not resist the Starlords.Don't try,comply or die.Isande has learned this rule and must teach it to Aiela,her male counterpart,and to Daniel,a human mercenary for their lives and worlds hang in the balance. A dangerous mission,an uncertain target,a vague reward. You will learn to obey.

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Summary: Merely a Shadow of the C.J. Cherryh to be
Review: You can tell this is a very early C.J. Cherryh novel. The text is nowhere near as riveting as her later works. You can see where her later style comes from in this work, but it's really not fully present here. In general, it's an ok story. But, you never really buy into it fully. It's like you pick up in the middle of something and then put it away after something happens. You get an inkling of what the various races are like, how they behave, and what they're capable of, but it never really meshes into a consistent whole. You know that the races are different, but you really don't feel it in your bones about WHY they're different. I'm glad I read the book, but it's merely a shadow of Cherryh's later works.

Rating:
Summary: Merely a Shadow of the C.J. Cherryh to be
Review: You can tell this is a very early C.J. Cherryh novel. The text is nowhere near as riveting as her later works. You can see where her later style comes from in this work, but it's really not fully present here. In general, it's an ok story. But, you never really buy into it fully. It's like you pick up in the middle of something and then put it away after something happens. You get an inkling of what the various races are like, how they behave, and what they're capable of, but it never really meshes into a consistent whole. You know that the races are different, but you really don't feel it in your bones about WHY they're different. I'm glad I read the book, but it's merely a shadow of Cherryh's later works.