<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>57045</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0756400597]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780756400590]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">57045</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">15</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">55573</id>
  <media_type>book</media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1981</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Downbelow Station (Company Wars 3/Alliance-Union Universe)</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:539|5:124|4:211|3:166|2:33|1:5|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">539</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">2033</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">745</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">42</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.77]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[464]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[32]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>989968</id>
        <name><![CDATA[C.J. Cherryh]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1244675150p5/989968.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1244675150p2/989968.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/989968.C_J_Cherryh]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>15490</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>651</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="745">
      <review>
  <id>3257141</id>
    <user>
    <id>75637</id>
    <name><![CDATA[atthesametime]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/75637-atthesametime]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186273562p3/75637.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186273562p2/75637.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.72</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>464</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 19 02:47:38 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 19 02:48:04 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[If you’re going to say you know something about the science fiction genre (and for my own odd reasons I want to be able to say that*), you have to read C.J. Cherryh. She is one of the genre’s most respected writers both for the depth of her “world building” as they call it, and for the appli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3257141">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3257141]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3257141]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>18957342</id>
    <user>
    <id>1019174</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Terence]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Covina, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1019174-terence]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228432706p3/1019174.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228432706p2/1019174.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2193860</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1196048715m/2193860.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1196048715s/2193860.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2193860.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>9</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization. <em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sf-fantasy" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 29 19:29:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 04 18:57:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[CJ Cherryh is one of the best SF authors around, and Downbelow Station, the first of the Union/Alliance novels, is still the best in the series. It's nearly flawless in terms of plot, characterization, and pacing.<br/><br/>Signy Mallory is one of the more memorable ships' captains in SF, making Ki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18957342">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18957342]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18957342]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>49850034</id>
    <user>
    <id>1961209</id>
    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dumfries, U2, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1961209-james]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240748633p3/1961209.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240748633p2/1961209.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sci-fi" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Those that love great sci-fi]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:26:56 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 20 05:01:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 12 00:26:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a fantastic novel. Cherryh succeeds in creating a rivitting story that weaves together lots of twists and turns.<br/><br/>Pell is the last station that hasn't been captured or destroyed by the Union in their relentless advance to Earth. The story opens with one of the last Earth controlled...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49850034">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49850034]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49850034]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>21454056</id>
    <user>
    <id>1132923</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lighthearted]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Fort Wayne, IN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1132923-lighthearted]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1210274369p3/1132923.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1210274369p2/1132923.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="science-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 02 07:57:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 02 14:42:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Cherryh takes us into a future in which Earth has established colonies in deep space—some are stations orbiting stars, some are stations orbiting planets. Over the centuries, as colonies have extended further into “The Beyond”, conflicts have developed. No longer the only livable planet, Earth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21454056">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21454056]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21454056]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80126818</id>
    <user>
    <id>1718283</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Terran]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1718283-terran]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226713829p3/1718283.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226713829p2/1718283.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 06 19:34:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 06 19:37:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Terse.  Establishes mood.  Maintains tension.  Drops many subjects.<br/><br/>I was reading this for book club, but only made it about halfway through so far.  I'm enjoying it so far, and will have to go back to at some point.<br/><br/>Though I must say that opening with a full chapter infodump o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80126818">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80126818]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80126818]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>8027332</id>
    <user>
    <id>565673</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Nicholas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Belgium]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/565673-nicholas-whyte]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261743261p3/565673.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261743261p2/565673.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 21 11:18:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 21 11:18:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nhw.livejournal.com/187631.html">http://nhw.livejournal.com/187631.html</a>[return][return]Oogh. It really took me a long time to get into this. Roughly 450 pages (out of 520) to be precise. In fairness I thought the end was indeed exciting, but I spent the beginning and middle utterly baffled about who was in which faction, why the fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8027332">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8027332]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8027332]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>20894351</id>
    <user>
    <id>1001371</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Terryw]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Asheville, NC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1001371-terryw]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 24 10:55:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 29 05:21:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a re-read for me because I've just been watching Battlestar Galactica which often reminds me of Cherryh's writing.  This book has a little more dullish stuff explaining the setup of this universe and its politics than most of the others but it helps to read this first (even though the books ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20894351">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20894351]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20894351]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>42797336</id>
    <user>
    <id>1899231</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1899231-katie-lucas]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[fans of literary SF authors like Ursula Le Guin.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 10:42:32 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 10:42:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A worthy foray into the ethics of the exploitation of sentient alien species, <em>Downbelow Station</em> addresses issues of labor exploitation current since the very first slave raids of the bronze age and makes a clear statement: that every individual deserves to be free, even if that individual is a cute ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42797336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42797336]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42797336]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72321251</id>
    <user>
    <id>1156396</id>
    <name><![CDATA[L]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Key Biscayne, FL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1156396-l]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233925201p3/1156396.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233925201p2/1156396.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sci-fi" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 24 05:03:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 24 05:06:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Cherryh writes terrific characters &amp; provides a fairly clear vision of one possible future. Had the book focused more thoroughly on the hisa &amp; their relationships with humans, I'd have given it at least 4 stars, maybe 5. I love the hisa. However, the book is just much too militaristic for me.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72321251]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72321251]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>59685859</id>
    <user>
    <id>974210</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Erik]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/974210-erik-graff]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205003407p3/974210.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205003407p2/974210.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2193860</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1196048715m/2193860.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1196048715s/2193860.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2193860.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization. <em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sf" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[sf fans]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[no one]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 14 20:45:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 14 20:53:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I had avoided Cherryh for years, finding copies of her books with garish covers all over bookstores' science fiction shelves but not having read any strong recommendation of her.  This one I picked up because the price was right.  It was better than I had expected.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59685859]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59685859]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>56828092</id>
    <user>
    <id>2246519</id>
    <name><![CDATA[_paegan_]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tempe, AZ]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2246519-paegan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240420852p3/2246519.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240420852p2/2246519.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">941229</id>
  <isbn>0886774314</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780886774318</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179645411m/941229.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179645411s/941229.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941229.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>16</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry-a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.  <br/><br/>  <em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 21 01:09:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 11:46:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>Three</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Until I came to make this review, I hadn't realized this book was part of a series. Now I feel compelled to read the others in this series, if this one was strong enough to stand on it's own merit. <br/><br/>C.J. Cherryh has long been a favorite hard-core sci-fi author of mine.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56828092]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56828092]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39995794</id>
    <user>
    <id>1066511</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Julie Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Horseheads, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1066511-julie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241462797p3/1066511.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241462797p2/1066511.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2193860</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1196048715m/2193860.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1196048715s/2193860.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2193860.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization. <em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="from-library" />
        <shelf name="science-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[sci-fi fans]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[D]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 12 22:02:58 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 12 22:04:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'm a big C.J. Cherryh fan. She writes what I consider to be fairly hardcore sci-fi. Her plots are interesting, and so is the way she presents her universes, and the technologies contained therein.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39995794]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39995794]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>30392778</id>
    <user>
    <id>135118</id>
    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bar Harbor, ME]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/135118-john]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[any serious sci fi enthusiast]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 17 13:59:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 17 14:05:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of a century ago the meanest, baddest, possibly best member of my Doctoral Committee caught me reading Sci Fi when I shoulda been studying for comps.  I thought I was dead. Instead she said &quot;well, if you are going to read Science Fiction, at least read GOOD science fiction&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30392778">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30392778]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30392778]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>59950142</id>
    <user>
    <id>2191162</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Phoenix, AZ]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2191162-stephanie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238915627p3/2191162.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238915627p2/2191162.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 16 16:48:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 13:59:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[My enjoyment of this book was hampered by some seriously atrocious editing.  I'm tempted to try to find an earlier edition, just to see if all the mistakes were there from the beginning.  It's hard to believe that this book would win a Hugo and be so poorly edited.  Garbled sentences, typos, etc.  R...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59950142">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59950142]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59950142]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>43214254</id>
    <user>
    <id>8561</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Yune]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mountain View, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8561-yune]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229237599p3/8561.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229237599p2/8561.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 15 23:29:25 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 15 23:31:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[War, with considerations.  In some ways too neatly pulled together for my taste, but your trademark Cherryh bleakness is all there.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43214254]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43214254]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>59533351</id>
    <user>
    <id>2200616</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Louiz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, F2, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2200616-louiz]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1242852841p3/2200616.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1242852841p2/2200616.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">941232</id>
  <isbn>0413513106</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780413513106</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179645413m/941232.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179645413s/941232.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941232.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="dystopia" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 13 13:00:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 24 02:00:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I find this book quite heavy going after the fast pacing of the previous books. I'm in the middle of re-reading the whole series and this book does slow me down.<br/><br/>I'm not sure why because it's got all the same elements I love in the other books - fast paced dystopian environment with good ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59533351">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59533351]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59533351]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78479613</id>
    <user>
    <id>1462364</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Anila]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1462364-anila]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254968130p3/1462364.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254968130p2/1462364.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 16:58:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 20 16:59:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Signy Mallory.<br/>Signy Mallory.<br/>SIGNY MALLORY IS MY HERO.<br/>Even though she's ethically...shaky.<br/>She is freaking awesome.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78479613]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78479613]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>14155329</id>
    <user>
    <id>797819</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Soren]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797819-soren]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 31 08:29:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 31 08:35:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[If you like political science fiction (and I don't mean thinly-disguised authorial ranting, I mean actual politics), this is a good place to get a fix. The first book I ever read that involved war but was mostly written from the viewpoint of the people who were getting fucked rather than doing the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14155329">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14155329]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14155329]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>38122506</id>
    <user>
    <id>589841</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Katherine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/589841-katherine]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194364598p3/589841.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194364598p2/589841.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="science-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 19 05:57:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 19 06:01:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is absolutely riveting.  Cherryh depicts the battle over a space station and its attendant world in every detail, from vast interplanetary intrigues to the trials facing everyday Joe Stationer as he tries to find stability in his little world.  The characters are surprisingly full-fleshed despi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38122506">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38122506]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38122506]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>79319251</id>
    <user>
    <id>827724</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jenn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bloomington, IN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/827724-jenn]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202157013p3/827724.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202157013p2/827724.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">57045</id>
  <isbn>0756400597</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780756400590</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">32</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3) (Alliance-Union Universe)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553m/57045.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461553s/57045.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57045.Downbelow_Station</link>
  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>539</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A legend among sci-fi readers, C.J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete in themselves, are part of a much larger tapestry&mdash;a future history spanning 5,000 years of human civilization.<br/><br/><em>Downbelow Station</em> is the book that won Cherryh a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1982. A blockbuster space opera of the rebellion between Earth and its far-flung colonies, it is a classic science fiction masterwork.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1981</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="did-not-finish" />
        <shelf name="fantasy-sci-fi" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 29 14:03:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 16:21:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I gave up on this one about 2/3 of the way through.  Tedious.  It's probably for people who like to think about political-war-type strategies.  I just find that boring.  ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79319251]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79319251]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="science-fiction" />
          <shelf name="sci-fi" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="sf" />
          <shelf name="scifi" />
          <shelf name="scifi-fantasy" />
          <shelf name="science-fiction-fantasy" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=57045</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>