@not_gagarin

With Downbelow Station,#Cherryh drops us right in the midst of her universe at the moment everything changes.

I don’t even think that I did more than scan the fine type preamble, but the from the moment Signy Mallory’s Norway jumps in-system and drops her outriders, the action barrels forward.

One thing she has in common with Star Trek is that she’s not shy to describe competence where it exists. It’s refreshing looking at it from the more recent obsession with showing dysfunctional organizations.

#Scifi #ScienceFiction #HugoWinners

@jpaskaruk @furicle @hhttg

Downbelow Station was the first that I read and by #Cherryh. It blew me away and I’ve read pretty much everything but her fantasy since. It earned its Hugo.

#Cyteen is also excellent, but will spoil Downbelow Station so I don’t recommend it as the starting point.

Even her standalone quasi-horror books from the 70s (Port Eternity and Hunter in Night) are marvellous.

@jpaskaruk @hhttg

#Cherryh’s work was darker when she was younger. She had stuff personally to work through. She writes amazing suspense though.

#DownbelowStation is ultimately a positive book, as is the longterm arc of pretty much all her #Scifi storylines.

Would say that its clear that she’s always working towards understanding differences and becomes more optimistic as she ages. Her most recent books are the most positive.

@hhttg @jpaskaruk

What an introduction to #Cherryh!

I tend to see #Rimrunners as her darkest novel, focused as it is on a main character scarred by deep trauma but several in that era are quite grim.

She used to say that Fafrd & the Grey Mouser books were the best model for writing #suspense, and the influence shows.

@MichaelWhelan

I loved this cover too. It seemed to take the Compact and the #felinoid Hani more seriously.

#Cherryh is one of my favourite authors, really am surprised her Alliance-Union novels haven’t been brought to streaming.