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C.J. Cherryh

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September 01, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Currently resident in Spokane, Washington, C.J. Cherryh has won four Hugos and is one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed authors in the science fiction and fantasy field. She is the author of more than forty novels. Her hobbies include travel, photography, reef culture, Mariners baseball, and, a late passion, figure skating: she intends to compete in the adult USFSA track. She began with the modest ambition to learn to skate backwards and now is working on jumps. She sketches, occasionally, cooks fairly well, and hates house work; she loves the outdoors, animals wild and tame, is a hobbyist geologist, adores dinosaurs, and has academic specialties in Roman constitutional law and bronze age Greek ethnography. She has written s...more

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The Gardening Angels have departed…

…leaving the front yard defined in mounds of mulch (flowerbeds) and pathways. You are either a mulch-heap, or a pathway. Or a rocky streambed. There is no other choice in our front yard. We are weeded, and mulched, pathed, and we are both quite, quite tired—Jane most of all, because she was out there supervising and toting bales herself. I mostly went after things, like ice, and food; and a tim...

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Books by C.J. Cherryh

Average rating: 3.89 · 47,386 ratings · 1,697 reviews · 158 distinct works

	Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,619 ratings — published 1981 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Cyteen 3.97 avg rating — 2,137 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,735 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Pride of Chanur (Compact Space, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 1,694 ratings — published 1981 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Faded Sun Trilogy 4.01 avg rating — 1,483 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Invader (Foreigner, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,184 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Inheritor (Foreigner, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Fortress in the Eye of Time (Fortress, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Precursor (Foreigner, #4) by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author), Stephen Youll (Coverartist) 4.09 avg rating — 876 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Chanur's Homecoming (Compact Space, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Series by C.J. Cherryh

Alliance-Union Universe (22 books)
by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author)

3.92 avg rating — 16,548 ratings

Foreigner (13 books)
by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author)

4.08 avg rating — 9,159 ratings

Company Wars (7 books)
by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author)

3.85 avg rating — 5,793 ratings

Compact Space (5 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 4,613 ratings

Unionside (3 books)
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3.94 avg rating — 3,914 ratings

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C.J. Cherryh wrote a new blog post: The Gardening Angels have departed… The Gardening Angels have departed… …leaving the front yard defined in mounds of mulch (flowerbeds) and pathways. You are either a mulch-heap, or a pathway. Or a rocky streambed. Ther... read more »
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C.J. Cherryh made a comment on Even this late…you get kind of paranoid about shipping a book off…: "THanks, you two! And Jane's finally got her Netwalkers sorted out, the same day---and we just got the copy of the Audible.com Cyteen, that turns out t...more "
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C.J. Cherryh made a comment in the group Beyond Reality — 2011-10 Questions for C.J. Cherryh (may contain spoilers) topic "Now you've got me. I'm not sure where that would be---Rimrunners, maybe; maybe even one of my short stories. Curiously enough I flunk trivia quizzes o...more "
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C.J. Cherryh made a comment in the group Beyond Reality — C.J. Cherryh GIVEWAY! topic "COntact me--- cj@cherryh.com . I'll honor it. "
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C.J. Cherryh voted on a poll in the Beyond Reality group NOVEMBER SCIENCE FICTION: This poll determines which two books move on to the run-off poll for our N...more she voted for Ringworld by Larry Niven
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C.J. Cherryh made a comment on Recommendation for anyone who has ankle, knee or hip problems…: "I certainly hope it works for you---and if it does, and if you have had a dislocation on one knee, not a bad idea to wear them on both for long walks. "
Aug 10, 2011 06:33am
C.J. Cherryh made a comment in the group Beyond Reality — 2011-10 Questions for C.J. Cherryh (may contain spoilers) topic "lol---I had the same misgivings, but the ability to hold a heavy book in my hand tirelessly (it's less than the weight of a paperback) and change page...more "
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Quotes by C.J. Cherryh

“Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
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“It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly.”
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“Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.”
― C.J. Cherryh, The Betrayal

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Polls

June/July General Fantasy Poll: Please vote for your pick! This book will be read in June and discussed in July.

Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

8 votes, 29.6%

Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny

6 votes, 22.2%

Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay

3 votes, 11.1%

The Book of Joby - Mark J. Ferrari

3 votes, 11.1%

Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

2 votes, 7.4%

Fortress in the Eye of Time - C.J. Cherryh

1 vote, 3.7%

The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch

1 vote, 3.7%

Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind

1 vote, 3.7%

The Restorer - Sharon Hinck

1 vote, 3.7%

The Firebird's Vengeance: A Novel of Isavalta - Sarah Zettel

1 vote, 3.7%

The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie

0 votes, 0.0%

A Song for Arbonne - Guy Gavriel Kay

0 votes, 0.0%

To Reign in Hell - Steven Brust

0 votes, 0.0%

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