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National best-selling author and winner of three Hugo Awards, C.J. Cherryh returns to the universe of her acclaimed Foreigner trilogy-with an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft stranded on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient race.The beginning of a second trilogy, Precursor follows a single human delegate living among aliens, who are just gaining access to space....Praise for Precursor..."An addition to Cherryh's superior alien-contact series...Another intriguing human/alien struggle."-Kirkus Reviews"A powerful look at the effects of alienation on individuals and societies."-Locus...and C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner Universe:"Superlatively drawn aliens and characterization...a return to the anthropological science fiction in which [Cherryh] has made such a name is a double pleasure."-Chicago Sun-Times"An incisive study-in-contrast of what it means to be human."-Library Journal
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Foreigner - 4: Precursor, C. J. Cherryh
- Language
- Released
- 2000
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
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- €8.49
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- Title
- Foreigner - 4: Precursor
- Language
- English
- Authors
- C. J. Cherryh
- Publisher
- DAW Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0886779103
- ISBN13
- 9780886779108
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Adventure, Mystery Novels, Philosophical Topics, Politics, Wars, Supernatural Phenomena, Space, Comedies, Survival, Aliens, Epics, Diplomacy, Alien
- Description
- National best-selling author and winner of three Hugo Awards, C.J. Cherryh returns to the universe of her acclaimed Foreigner trilogy-with an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft stranded on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient race.The beginning of a second trilogy, Precursor follows a single human delegate living among aliens, who are just gaining access to space....Praise for Precursor..."An addition to Cherryh's superior alien-contact series...Another intriguing human/alien struggle."-Kirkus Reviews"A powerful look at the effects of alienation on individuals and societies."-Locus...and C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner Universe:"Superlatively drawn aliens and characterization...a return to the anthropological science fiction in which [Cherryh] has made such a name is a double pleasure."-Chicago Sun-Times"An incisive study-in-contrast of what it means to be human."-Library Journal