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Chanur's Homecoming (Compact Space, #4) (Compact Space #4)
by
C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author)
When those aliens entities called "humans" sent their first exploration ship into Compact space, the traditional power alliances of the seven Compact races were catastrophically disrupted. And, giving shelter to Tully, the only surviving human, Pyanfar Chanur and her feline hani crew were pitched into the center of a galactic maelstrom, becoming key players in a power game...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
September 28th 1986
by Phantasia Press
(first published 1986)
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(continued from The Kif Strike Back)
Chanur's Homecoming is the final episode of the Chanur epic. In other words, the "book" contains only an ending. No beginning. No middle. A reader must have all three episodes before a complete book is in hand. Do not waste your time or money reading just one of these "books." It could lead to an "episode" of throwing the book at the wall.
Having spent most of my "eposodic" reviwing time expressing my opinion on C.J. Cherryh's betrayal of her readers, I want to...more
Chanur's Homecoming is the final episode of the Chanur epic. In other words, the "book" contains only an ending. No beginning. No middle. A reader must have all three episodes before a complete book is in hand. Do not waste your time or money reading just one of these "books." It could lead to an "episode" of throwing the book at the wall.
Having spent most of my "eposodic" reviwing time expressing my opinion on C.J. Cherryh's betrayal of her readers, I want to...more
This rating is for the entire 4 book series. It is a rocking adventure, thriller and mystery complete with alternative species and deep character development. It is a series very easy to delve into and completely lose your sense of time.
This series is one of my all time favorites. I like much of C. J. Cherryh's work. I enjoyed the Faded Sun series and the Foreigner series to a lessor extent. however, it you choose to only read one series of this author, you should read the Chanur series. 4 book...more
This series is one of my all time favorites. I like much of C. J. Cherryh's work. I enjoyed the Faded Sun series and the Foreigner series to a lessor extent. however, it you choose to only read one series of this author, you should read the Chanur series. 4 book...more
There are so many things I disliked about this book and the entire series.
1. The whole set up of the characters is incredibly sexist. Chanur and her entire cast of beautiful lionesses are honorable traders thrust into a cauldron of subterfuge and intrigue because they were trying to do the right thing. Conversely, all of the male characters are either stupid and/or conniving and/or ugly "doublecrossing" (yes, she actually uses the word "doublecrossing", which, even for 1986, sounds a little old...more
1. The whole set up of the characters is incredibly sexist. Chanur and her entire cast of beautiful lionesses are honorable traders thrust into a cauldron of subterfuge and intrigue because they were trying to do the right thing. Conversely, all of the male characters are either stupid and/or conniving and/or ugly "doublecrossing" (yes, she actually uses the word "doublecrossing", which, even for 1986, sounds a little old...more
Found this at the library and realized I'd never read the end of the Chanur saga. Now I have! Sorta. I'm still working on Chanur's Legacy.
I enjoyed these, but Cherryh's portrayal of the alien gets a lot more refined by the Foreigner series. Sometimes it seemed a little silly how much the Hani are Lions In Space, but all the political machinations kept me interested.
I also found it frustrating sometimes how minor the one human character was, but that is probably the intended effect.
I enjoyed these, but Cherryh's portrayal of the alien gets a lot more refined by the Foreigner series. Sometimes it seemed a little silly how much the Hani are Lions In Space, but all the political machinations kept me interested.
I also found it frustrating sometimes how minor the one human character was, but that is probably the intended effect.
This was the best book of the series (which the last one should be). It makes me want to read Chanur's Lagacy (the follow-up book - not technically of the series but from the same events). This is a wonderful and masterful piece of imagination where humans are almost as alien to everyone as the methane breathers. Think I'll go wail and sing some knnn... lol A solid 4 stars here.
I love, love, love the fact that for lion-aliens in space, as a pride, they are Lionesses (excepting two males later), and that's just true to Earth lions, but still, I liked that aspect. (AND - hehe, alien lionesses with bling!)
Any book by C. J. Cherryh seems like it is hard to get into, but once your there, your there to stay. It also gets easier with each book you read of hers.
This book had a lot of merchant/pirate like talk. I liked how humans were presented as the aliens and strangers, so...more
Any book by C. J. Cherryh seems like it is hard to get into, but once your there, your there to stay. It also gets easier with each book you read of hers.
This book had a lot of merchant/pirate like talk. I liked how humans were presented as the aliens and strangers, so...more
The four Chanur universe books are my favorite books in the entire universe. Bar none. Cherryh slyly takes on sex, gender, culture, first contact, money, and power, among other issues, all in a rollicking good adventure story.
The final volume in the Pyanfar saga....and it doesn`t disapoint!Love this series!And l love the Michael Whelan covers too-they look just like you would imagine the various races.
Chanur's Homecoming (Chanur) by C. J. Cherryh (1991)
finally wrapped up the conflict
ereader ebook
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An awesome ride; complicated, dense, lots of characters, and completely foolish of me to read the Chanur series all out of order. Don't do that! But I still managed, somehow.
Great aliens, wonderful politics, and Cherryh's plotting is amazing.
Great aliens, wonderful politics, and Cherryh's plotting is amazing.
A prologue novel ("The Pride of Chanur"), a 3-part series ("Chanur's Venture", "The Kif Strike Back" and "Chanur's Homecoming"), and an epilogue novel ("Chanur's Legacy") completes the series.
Highly entertaining galaxy-spanning space opera.
A must read for fans of the genre.
A must read for fans of the genre.
For my full review of the Chanur series, see http://bit.ly/bZvj6T
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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...more
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