Cherryh, C. J.

Overview

Works:	551 works in 1,552 publications in 8 languages and 55,118 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Science fiction Fantasy fiction Paranormal fiction Psychological fiction Novels Fantasy fiction, American
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Author of introduction
Classifications:	PS3553.H358, 813.54

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about C. J Cherryh

Something about the author( )
The Cherryh odyssey( Book )
Are we not men too? : women and the sex-gender role reversal motif in science fiction by Jessica Georgina Harvey( )
C.J. Cherryh, citizen of the universe : a working bibliography by Phil Stephensen-Payne( Book )
Gender, power and identity in the Chanur series by Heidi Fogelberg( )

[Papers of Joan Hunter Holly] by J. Hunter Holly( )
[Personal papers of Theodore Sturgeon] by Theodore Sturgeon( )
Aspects of linguistics and communication in selected works of C.J. Cherryh by Samuel H Kennedy( )
C.J. Cherryh : citizen of the universe by Phil Stephensen-Payne( Book )
A subversive in hyperspace: C.J. Cherryh's feminist transformation of space opera by Susan J Eisenhour( Book )
C.J. Cherryh : citizen of the universe : a working bibliography by Phil Stephensen-Payne( Book )

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Most widely held works by C. J Cherryh

Foreigner : a novel of first contact by C. J Cherryh( Book )

24 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,489 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the story of humans stranded on an alien planet, the world of the atevi, where registered assassination is a way of life. They are the descendants of a space ship which lost its way 500 years earlier. Now humanity lives in exile on the island of Mospheira, trading tidbits of advanced technology for continued peace and a secluded refuge that no atevi will ever visit. Only a single human, Bret Cameron, the paidhi, (the foreigner of the novel) is allowed off the island and into the complex and dangerous society of the atevi, brought there to act as interpreter and technological liaison to the leader of the most powerful of the atevi factions. He realizes he must find a way to build a truer understanding between his people and the atevi or else they will all die. Can he do it?

Downbelow station by C. J Cherryh( Book )

48 editions published between 1981 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The station at Pell's Star, traditionally neutral, holds the key to victory in a struggle between the decaying stellar empire of Earth and the rebel forces of the colonies

Hammerfall by C. J Cherryh( Book )

15 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 1,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marak is sent on a quest across his desert planet to find the source of the madness the torments so many of his people, including himself

Invader by C. J Cherryh( Book )

13 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 1,156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In a world where human and humanoid settlements exist side by side, peace is shattered by the arrival of a human spaceship, the new arrivals being far less tolerant of humanoids. As rumor of war spreads, the planet's fate is once again in the hands of Ben Cameron, the official go-between for humans and humanoids. By the author of Foreigner

Cyteen by C. J Cherryh( Book )

28 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in 6 languages and held by 1,092 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two friends become trapped in a veil of suspicion in a futuristic cybernetic world

Explorer by C. J Cherryh( Book )

11 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 1,074 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cherryh's second trilogy set in her Foreigner Universe comes to a thrilling conclusion with "Explorer" where a human delegate trapped in a distant star system faces a dangerous alien ship

Inheritor by C. J Cherryh( Book )

10 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 1,051 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The plight of a man who can see both sides of a problem. He is Ben Cameron of Mospheira, a planet shared by humans and aliens, and he is the only one who speaks both languages. War threatens and as the official go-between Cameron's job is to find a compromise, but how to reconcile people who only talk one language? By the author of Invader

Precursor by C. J Cherryh( Book )

14 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,043 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On a planet inhabited by humans and aliens, preparations are underway to resist an invasion from outside. The hero is diplomat Bren Cameron, whose skills as a translator have maintained harmony between humans and aliens

Fortress in the eye of time by C. J Cherryh( Book )

18 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in English and held by 1,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It was a shadow age and a shadow place. Deep in a forest, in a ruined castle, an ancient wizard creates a Shaping, in the form of a young man. The wizard sends the yong man on a journey to right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and to call new wars into being

Defender by C. J Cherryh( Book )

12 editions published between 1989 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,028 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the second book in Cherryh's second trilogy set in her Foreigner Universe

Destroyer by C. J Cherryh( Book )

9 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 1,009 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It has been two years since the starship Phoenix left Alpha Station on a rescue mission to a faraway sector of space where over four thousand human spacers were under attack by a hostile alien race. Now, the Phoenix is almost home, having successfully rescued the stranded colonists through the combined negotiating talents of Bren Cameron-brilliant human paidhi to the atevi court, currently representing Tabini-aiji, the atevi ruler-and of Tabini's grandmother llisidi, the aiji-dowager, a fearsome, wily, and ambitious atevi leader in her own right

Pretender by C. J Cherryh( Book )

7 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 998 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission to a distant sector of space, and with resources strained by four thousand extra mouths to feed, the crew of the starship Phoenix yearns for the luxuries of home. But when the ship makes the final jump into atevi space, they learn the worst: supplies to their home station have been cut off; civil war has broken out on the atevi mainland; the powerful Western Association has been overthrown; and Tabini-aiji is missing and may be dead.--Jacket

Heavy time by C. J Cherryh( Book )

14 editions published between 1991 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two asteroid miners intercept signals from a derelict spacecraft and find clues to a secret that might change the fate of the world

Deliverer by C. J Cherryh( Book )

10 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While the world of the atevi fragments into two antagonistic political camps, eight-year-old Cajeiri, the heir of Tabini-aiji--and the first atevi to have an understanding of the humans--becomes a target for those who oppose his father's rule, in the ninth volume in the Foreigner series

Forge of heaven by C. J Cherryh( Book )

16 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A deadly cataclysm threatens the survival of a tiny planet that holds the key to peace between Earth and the alien world Ondat, a situation that is complicated by the arrival of an unexpected ship that could restart the Gene Wars

Regenesis by C. J Cherryh( Book )

10 editions published between 2009 and 2019 in English and held by 944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Regenesis continues the story of Ariane Emory PR, the genetic clone of one of the greatest scientists humanity has ever produced, and of her search for the murderer of her progenitor--the original Ariane Emory

Rider at the gate by C. J Cherryh( Book )

14 editions published between 1986 and 1997 in English and French and held by 930 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On a planet where telepathy exists between humans and animals, a horse kills its woman rider, then uses its telepathy to kill other people. The woman's boyfriend sets out to destroy it

Rimrunners by C. J Cherryh( Book )

17 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in English and Spanish and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elizabeth Martin is stranded on Thule Station without papers and signs on to Loki, a vessel being used as bait to attack the Freebooters. She becomes caught between two factions struggling for control of the vessel

Rusalka by C. J Cherryh( Book )

12 editions published between 1989 and 1993 in English and Dutch and held by 914 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Inspired by "the folk-tales of pre-Christian Russia," this novel centers around "the Rusalka, the ghost of a murdered girl, still seeking to exist by drawing the energy of life from all nearby living things."

Fortress of owls by C. J Cherryh( Book )

15 editions published between 1999 and 2014 in English and held by 912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The adventures of a swordsman who has been created out of nothing by a magician. As he has been in existence for only a year, Tristen is green in the ways of the world and through his eyes are seen facets of our culture. By the author of Fortress in the Eye of Time

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