The mane see humanity as yet another counter to the kif, while the kif see humanity as a new threat. The mane essentially gave the han technology to reach the stars in part to counter the kif, who are very aggressive and expansionist (and ruthless). Cherryh notes that the humanity here are in the Alliance/Union universe in the prologue. The 'Compact' among at least six sentient species may be undermined with the contact with humanity.
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So, The Kif Strike Back constitutes the middle part of the story rather than the second in a trilogy I will save a longer review for the series as a whole once I finish the next one ( Chanur's Homecoming). That stated, one of my reasons for not rounding up the last installment to four stars was at least thoughtfully addressed. She said that would upset people, but also that tacking on an ending on each part would upset people as well. Essentially, it is one tale divided into three parts, with the first two not reaching any conclusions.
In the afterword, Cherryh describes the process behind her dividing this tale into three parts ( The Kif Strike Back is the middle of a three part trilogy embedded in the Chanur saga). :)įortunately, I still love the majority of her works, so I'm just writing off this series as an "it's me, not you" kind of thing. Since this is the second time I've attempted the read and I'm having exactly the same issues as the first time, I seriously think it's a personal issue. I've loved exactly that kind of tack from this author.Īs it is here, it feels simultaneously thin and rushed even when a lot of thought was put into so many of the smaller elements. In fact, if it had a slightly slower pace with a different hook, I would have probably luxuriated in getting to know all the players better. I did like some of the intrigues and I appreciated even if I didn't go ga-ga over the fairly deep world-and-culture building when it came to the Chanur or any of the four main races. I did like some of the payoffs and twists. I think it's mostly the Chanur and the weird aliens in this sociopolitical mess, the discordant dialogue, the whiny hume, and the fact that the payoff doesn't quite match the amount of work it obviously requires to follow the plot. I don't want to bounce, either, especially since Cherryh writes some of the smartest ongoing SF series out there. I have to admit I'm bouncing hard off these. She works constantly, researches mostly on the internet, and has books stacked up and waiting to be written. A loom is gathering dust and needs rethreading, a wooden ship model awaits construction, and the cats demand their own time much more urgently. Her studies include planetary geology, weather systems, and natural and man-made catastrophes, civilizations, and cosmology…in fact, there's very little that doesn't interest her.
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She has written science fiction since she was ten, spent ten years of her life teaching Latin and Ancient History on the high school level, before retiring to full time writing, and now does not have enough hours in the day to pursue all her interests. She sketches, occasionally, cooks fairly well, and hates house work she loves the outdoors, animals wild and tame, is a hobbyist geologist, adores dinosaurs, and has academic specialties in Roman constitutional law and bronze age Greek ethnography. She began with the modest ambition to learn to skate backwards and now is working on jumps. Her hobbies include travel, photography, reef culture, Mariners baseball, and, a late passion, figure skating: she intends to compete in the adult USFSA track. She is the author of more than forty novels. Cherryh has won four Hugos and is one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed authors in the science fiction and fantasy field. Currently resident in Spokane, Washington, C.J.
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