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{Read} {PDF EPUB} ~download Kutath by C.J. Cherryh ISBN 13: 9780886778699. The Faded Sun Trilogy: Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath. Cherryh, C. J. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. All three books in C.J. Cherryh's epic The Faded Sun trilogy, Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath , collected in one volume. They were the mri—tall, secretive, bound by honor and the rigid dictates of their society. For aeons this golden-skinned, golden-eyed race had provided the universe mercenary soldiers of almost unimaginable ability. But now the mri have faced an enemy unlike any other—an enemy whose only way of war is widespread destruction. These "humans" are mass fighters, creatures of the herb, and the mri have been slaughtered like animals. Now, in the aftermath of war, the mri face extinction. It will be up to three individuals to save whatever remains of this devastated race: a warrior—one of the last survivors of his kind; a priestess of this honorable people; and a lone human—a man sworn to aid the enemy of his own kind. Can they retrace the galaxy-wide path of this nomadic race back through millennia to reclaim the ancient world that first gave them life? "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. C. J. Cherryh planned to write since the age of ten. When she was older, she learned to use a typewriter while triple-majoring in Classics, Latin, and Greek. With more than seventy books to her credit, and the winner of three Hugo Awards, she is one of the most prolific and highly respected authors in the science fiction field. Cherryh was recently named a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. She lives in Washington state. She can be found at cherryh.com. Praise for the Faded Sun trilogy: "This is a powerful story. inspiring in its determination and feeling of strange loyalties and stranger courage. It sticks in the mind long after the last page is finished." — Analog. " Carefully wrought . Cherryh demonstrates an almost clinical eye for detail, creating an alien race in depth." — Publishers Weekly. “The Faded Sun Trilogy has an air of being something that was, that is, that could still be. This book is timeless and enduring .” —SF Site. “Cherryh is a master of world-building . Faded Sun has everything: well-defined alien cultures that are actually alien, some intriguing philosophical questions, a Soft SF look at cultural integration and extinction, a fluid struggle of political intrigue, developed planetary ecology, and a proper epic backdrop of intergalactic war for this amazing space opera.” —Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased Blog. Kutath - Die sterbende Sonne. Kutath ist ein uralter, sterbender Planet, von lebensfeindlichen Wüsten bedeckt, in denen eine tödliche Tierwelt sich einen erbarmungslosen Überlebenskampf liefert, mit gewaltigen tiefen Becken einstiger Meere, in die seit Jahrzehntausenden der Sand rinnt. Dies ist die Heimatwelt der Mri, der gefürchtetsten Kriegerrasse der Galaxis, die seit Jahrmillionen als Söldner im Dienst anderer Rassen gekämpft haben, zuletzt im Dienst der Regul - gegen die Menschheit. Sten Duncan, dem Ob Tak, Einzelkämpfer und Spezialist für gefährliche taktische Oberflächenaufgaben, ist es gelungen, das Vertrauen der letzten überlebenden Mri zu gewinnen, indem er einer ihresgleichen wurde. Sowohl Menschen wie Regul liebäugeln mit dem Gedanken, sich diese gefährliche Rasse ein für allemal vom Halse zu schaffen, indem sie Kutath in eine atomare Hölle verwandeln. Verzweifelt kämpft Duncan darum, den Holocaust zu verhindern. Kutath by C.J. Cherryh. Welcome, Voyager! You are the th sapient being to visit this outpost since its founding. Wormholes have opened. Returning probes indicate routes to allied worlds. To enter the website : touch the central world. The BLOG ACTION and comments are at: CLOSED CIRCLE: Backlist and new or revised E-books not available elsewhere: 100% of price goes to the writer: me, Jane S. Fancher, Lynn Abbey. We support DRM-free books. This page was last updated August 16, 2012. Look for us at Fencon in Dallas, in Sept. 2012, and at Soonercon in Oklahoma City around June of 2013. We may also appear without much warning (weather permitting) in various conventions in Washington and Montana. All contents Copyright 2012 by C.J. Cherryh, except as specifically noted. I (CJ) am the Webmaster here, which accounts for almost everything. hypnos. by C.J. Cherryh grim, dry, melancholy, frustrating, riveting, endearing, and tragic are all good words to describe this moving anti-epic. well it looks like there are two more words to add to this list, moving and anti-epic. now how about another: bromantic. grim : this trilogy is about a human and two members of an alien race known as the Mri, their long flight back to their homeworld and what they find there. this is not an "adventure". it is a stark, dark tale about how easily betrayal can be rationalized and, more importantly, how hard it can be to survive that betrayal if your version of survival equals never giving an inch to your betrayers - or your allies. dry : this trilogy is austere and introspective, and Cherryh evinces little humor and lightness in the telling. yet the dryness works perfectly and never comes across as pretentious. she approaches her subjects in a careful, detached manner and that style is a perfect fit for her story. melancholy : one character gives up everything. two characters lose everything. they do not spend much time in reflection on the things they lost, but that loss pervades the atmosphere and their characterization from beginning to end. frustrating : it is not the novels that frustrate, it is the characters within. the Mri are a frustratingly pure race. they do not negotiate. they do not take prisoners. they view all non-Mri as un-people; the definition of "Mri" is "the People" while all others are "tsi-Mri", or "not the People". they do not bend, they do not yield. they are a hard people and the fact that so many others are set against them makes their single-mindedness even more frustrating. why in the world would a human want to become one of them? Cherryh makes that decision understandable and the harsh Mri strangely noble, without turning them into that infernal cliché, the "noble savage". riveting : there is much that quickens the pulse. an attempt at genocide. dangerous journeys through wastelands. political intrigue. challenges and duels and games with throwing blades. how tough it is to travel in the dark of space. spaceships bringing fire and destruction upon abandoned cities. men learning to find true connection despite an automatic inequality between them. a woman becoming a strong and fearless leader. endearing : the dusei are empathic bear-like sidekicks to the Mri. they are scary and adorable and a fully conceived alien species. Cherryh really outdid herself in creating these fascinating, wonderful creatures. she made me dream about them. tragic : there are two horrific slaughters in this trilogy and they cast a long shadow on all subsequent actions in the narrative. the entire journey is suffused with such a deep sadness; the tragedies made this trilogy genuinely depressing but not in a way that made me want to stop reading - in a way that made me consider all such slaughters. I admired Cherryh's ability to make these tragedies so terrible and yet so resonant. these tragedies are what happen to people like the Mri, in science fiction and in our own real world. moving : and yet ultimately this is not a depressing work. there is much that saddens and despair is woven throughout the story. but this isn't about the end of a people; this is about how a people can perhaps survive, on their own terms. and it is a story with flawed, real characters who will stay with me. anti-epic : do not expect sturm und drang. despite everything I listed under riveting and tragic , the music this trilogy plays is all in minor notes. things are not made to be larger-than-life; instead they are precisely the size of individual lives, no matter how great the stakes. it is not operatic, it is intimate. bromantic : at the heart of this saga is the story of a friendship between two men, a human and an alien. watching this relationship evolve into something real and lasting was amazing. the (platonic) love that grows between them is the foundation of the entire trilogy; it is the best part of these excellent novels. Kutath by C.J. Cherryh. C.J. Cherryh : Bio and Bibliography. (c) 2002 by C.J. Cherryh. Resident of the Pacific NW. BA in Latin in 1964, U of Okla; MA in Classics at Johns Hopkins U. in Maryland, 1965; and additional language course at OU in 1967. Academic awards and Honors : American Classical League Scholarship 1960; Alpha Lambda Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1964-5 in Classics. Literary Award Nominations : Hugo Award, novel The Faded Sun: Kesrith, and short story Cassandra at Seacon, Brighton, England, 1979; Nebula Award, novel The Faded Sun: Kesrith and short story Cassandra, 1979; Hugo Award, novel Downbelow Station in 1982 at Chicago IL, Chicon; Hugo Award, Chanur's Venture, 1985, Hugo Award, novel Cuckoo's Egg, at Atlanta in 1987; nominated Hugo Award, novel Cyteen, in Boston, 1989. Literary Awards (won) : John W. Campbell Award 1977 voted by the World Science Fiction Association at The World Convention: SUNCON, Miami FL, for Best New Writer; Hugo Award, short story Cassandra at The World Convention: SEACON, Brighton, England, 1979; Hugo Award, novel Downbelow Station in 1982 at the World Convention at CHICON, Chicago IL; Locus Award: Cyteen, Best SF Novel of 1988; Hugo Award, novel Cyteen in 1989, at the World Convention at Boston, Mass, NOREASCON.

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