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    <body><![CDATA[A challenging and delightful read. Cherryh has developed a character depth like I have never experienced before. You WANT to see the conflict, and you WANT to see how the hero resolves them--not just that he does.<br/><br/>Cons:<br/>Long winded; sometimes the detail adds up, but the desire to kee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43736464">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I almost didn't read this book because the first 61 pages of the paperback (aka 'Book One' and 'Book Two') were boring.  Once the author introduced the main character, however, the book became infinitely more interesting not leastwise because that's also when the real action started.  The alien worl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48034484">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cherryh creates the best aliens. Always. This individual book gets 4 stars because it drags a little but I give the series 5 stars. The series currently has 10 books of which I have read 9 and am rereading. I like this series because the humans aren't in the power position. It is about two species w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63344651">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first in a trilogy that really showed me the anthropological depth-potential of science fiction. This book is a plausible rendering of how human and alien psyches/social structures would painfully try to synthesize in each others' forced co-existence. The aliens are like ancient Japanese...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39307361">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Two stars is a little harsh, but I had a hard time reading this book so I can't give it three. If one day we have half-stars, it will be two and a half.<br/>Maybe I had too high expectations for it because I liked a lot <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1197129.The_Pride_of_Chanur_Compact_Space_1_Alliance_Union_Universe_" title="The Pride of Chanur (Compact Space, #1) (Alliance-Union Universe) by C.J. Cherryh">The Pride of Chanur</a>. Both are stories of the encounter of humans with aliens on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63154464">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this series because I was given to understand that it is an insightful, interesting study of language and how it both feeds and reflects a culture or people's values.  I have been interested in this subject since I left the Religious Right and started to study feminism - two cultures withi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34911875">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An acceptable alien contact book.  Unfortunately, it's a bit low on the &quot;Sci-Fi&quot; meter, high on the &quot;Court Drama&quot; meter.  The aliens are only aliens in their social behaviors... distant, cold, unemotional... the story could have been set with the protagonist as southern European ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55777369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it. My friend contributed a lot of books of hers to my library, and is a personal acquaintance of Ms. Cherry. (the H was added by pubs.) As a foreigner in Taiwan I could share some of the main character's feelings. . ..]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I lean toward books with political intrigue wraped up in some larger action (Game of Thrones, Deep Space Nine etc).  This series is one of those with the questions of what defines humans as humans thrown in.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  A decent read, but not up to par with Cherryh's mainstream work (Union vs Alliance). If starting to read Cherryh, I would suggest Downbelow Station, or Merchanter's Luck.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this series rather stilted, especially the later books. The plot lacked the originality and intrigue of Cherryh's earlier SF novels.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like this book.  Good portrayal of an alien culture, just a slow one.  More action, less pontification would have helped.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very cool new piece of the Cherryh universe. As usual a lone, relatively powerless human is stranded among aliens, but the consistency of the societies, the convoluted setup, the view of humans from outside &quot;as others see us&quot; is just yummy. And it doesn't hurt that these aliens have a di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21613359">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just re read. I think I'll do this series again. I find it interesting that one book covers just a day or two.]]></body>
    
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