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C.J. Cherryh

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in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States

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http://www.cherryh.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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June 2009

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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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Have a very happy holiday season!

Jane and I celebrate Christmas, and while this has been a rough year for Jane, there is brightness too. We have made new friends and we are getting the house in order.

And a Christmas note on the kitty front: as you know, Jane and I have sis-Lynn’s elderly snowshoe Siamese we have been trying to integrate into our household, with the Bengal and the Scottish Fold, aka Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley (thei

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	Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 16,291 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 10,854 ratings — published 1994 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,538 ratings — published 1988 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,682 ratings — published 1981 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) 4.13 avg rating — 5,481 ratings — published 1978 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invader (Foreigner, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 5,170 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inheritor (Foreigner, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 4,527 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Precursor (Foreigner, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 3,881 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fortress in the Eye of Time (Fortress, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 4,153 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explorer (Foreigner, #6) 4.32 avg rating — 3,533 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
― C. J. Cherryh

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“It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly.”
― C. J. Cherryh

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“A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding...and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink your health, your wealth, your fortune for long years to come, and I hope for many more days in which we can gather like this.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Fortress of Eagles

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This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman

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11 votes, 20.8%

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Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh

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Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

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message 8: by C.J.

Jan 28, 2010 09:50AM

Diana wrote: "I have a question... (Sorry if you've been asked this before!) Did you name Ariane Emory after Arianespace?"

Actually, I always liked the name, and chose it independently; but when I next read an article citing Arianespace, I did think it appropriate.

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message 7: by Diana

Jan 27, 2010 07:40PM

I have a question... (Sorry if you've been asked this before!) Did you name Ariane Emory after Arianespace?

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message 6: by C.J.

Oct 25, 2009 10:19PM

Diana wrote: "Thanks for adding me! I'm a big fan. I've really gotta try to get out to one of your events sometime soon! :)"

Thanks! I'll be at Radcon and at Miscon...

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message 5: by Diana

Oct 25, 2009 10:15PM

Thanks for adding me! I'm a big fan. I've really gotta try to get out to one of your events sometime soon! :)

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message 4: by C.J.

Jun 15, 2009 06:42AM

Michael wrote: "Thanks for adding me. I'd just done some spring cleaning on here not long before you moved in. Main change was the addition of your blog feed to the profile page. Loving your Foreigner books."

Thank you very much!

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message 3: by Michael

Jun 15, 2009 06:33AM

Thanks for adding me. I'd just done some spring cleaning on here not long before you moved in. Main change was the addition of your blog feed to the profile page. Loving your Foreigner books.

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message 2: by C.J.

Jun 12, 2009 06:14AM

Bradley wrote: "Thank you for adding me as a friend CJ. I have been a long time fan of your work. Arafel is a personal muse that whispers in my ear when I need some elf inspiration. I hope you are having a good da..."

Thanks much!

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message 1: by Bradley

Jun 11, 2009 11:04PM

Thank you for adding me as a friend CJ. I have been a long time fan of your work. Arafel is a personal muse that whispers in my ear when I need some elf inspiration. I hope you are having a good day! =)

Dreamsbane of Tamalor

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