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Chanur's Venture

Chanur's Venture

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Author: C. J. Cherryh

Number Of Pages: 182

Details: The Chanur novels is a series of five science fiction novels (forming three separate stories) written by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh and published by DAW Books between 1981 and 1992. The first novel in the series is The Pride of Chanur (1981), which was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1983. This was followed by the Chanur's Venture trilogy, Chanur's Venture (1984), which was shortlisted for a Locus Award in 1985; The Kif Strike Back (1985); Chanur's Homecoming (1986), and a later sequel, Chanur's Legacy (1992). The series is set in the same Alliance-Union universe of Downbelow Station, but in a region of space in the opposite direction from Earth as the Alliance and Union. It is occupied by a number of spacefaring civilizations bound by a set of trade treaties into a so-called Compact. The Compact is not a political organization, and has no government; it regulates only the open trade and accessibility of space stations to all civilizations, leaving them to resolve their conflicts and politics between themselves. Human space borders kif and knnn territory, the most aggressive and enigmatic species of the Compact respectively. First contact ensues when an ambitious kif hakkikt (prince) captures a human exploration ship. The last surviving crew member, Tully, escapes while the kif ship is docked at a station and winds up on The Pride of Chanur, a hani merchant vessel commanded by Pyanfar Chanur. This triggers the events of the first novel in the series and its three-part sequel. Two years after the events of The Pride of Chanur, Pyanfar Chanur returns to Meetpoint Station with The Pride to find Goldtooth and Tully. Goldtooth persuades Pyanfar to take Tully with her and head for mahen space as the kif are hunting Tully. The mahendo'sat brought Tully from human space and are paving the way for a fleet of human ships to open up trade with the Compact. But the kif and the stsho do not want a human presence. . .

Release Date: 01-03-1985

Languages: English

Item Condition: UsedGood

Binding: Hardcover

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