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| Original Title: | The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) |
| ISBN: | 0886778697 (ISBN13: 9780886778699) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Faded Sun #1-3 |
C.J. Cherryh
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 775 pages Rating: 4.12 | 4752 Users | 187 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun #1-3) |
| Author | : | C.J. Cherryh |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 775 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2000 by Daw Books (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction |
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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 herd, 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 which first gave them life?
"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
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Of C.J. Cherryh's books, these are the best I've read. Better than Downbelow, Chanur, Morgaine, Merchanter, etc.If you've read Robert JordanThe Eye of the Worldimagine the Aiel as a space-faring force of mercenaries who, through treachery, and their own inflexibility, are all but wiped out. Only two survive. Throw into the mix a special forces soldier who is determined to see the Mri survive, and you have Cherryh's story.The Mri and humans are physically very similar. Tension in the story comesTHE FADED SUN is a wonderful story. Strangely, this was my first introduction to Cherryh. I was impressed so much that I am now on a quest to own her entire body of work. The Faded Sun is so rich in plot, location, and prose that those traits alone would make it worth reading. The story is exciting and full of wonder. However, the true beauty of this book is in the development of character. I am sure we have all read works in which we enjoyed the story but could have cared less about the
S.T.O.P. right there!Now pay attention:If you like character driven and immersive Science Fiction you need to read this. Its a slow burner, but beautifully crafted and deeply poignant. Its frankly criminal that this isnt better known, overshadowed as it is by Cherryhs other high-profile works. Other authors can learn so much here, especially how not to lose focus of the story being told. Yes, there are frustrations, but they are purposefully introduced to underscore story elements, and in the
Writing: 3Story: 1Satisfaction: 0Cherryh is a good writer but the book moves soooo slowly. I finished through the first book and I still wasn't emotionally involved with the characters and the main plot still wasn't even hinted at. The story seems more character driven than anything else and it's done well except for the part where the characters are all whiney and self-indulgent for annoying reasons. I honestly can't say that I really liked anyone that I came across in the reading and I didn't
Three points:1. NOBODY does aliens as well as C.J. Cherryh (at least in my experience).2. This is not a page-turning barnburner. This is a slow, deep immersion that stays with you for a long time.3. No book that has inspired a Michael Whelan cover has ever disappointed me.But back on that first point. Cherryh's mri and regul are two awesomely different species, the former mercenary fighters for the latter, who don't fight themselves, but really can't be trusted. They're both battling humans,
Damn, I hate this book. I am only finishing it so I can give it a bad review.I have seen it compared to Dune in other reviews, which usually conclude that it is nothing like Dune. I posit that it is like Dune in all the bad ways, and none of the good.Central to the book are the mri, an alien species of noble warriors. No, let me rephrase that: genocidal, pompous, primitive, utterly inflexible and utterly implausible savages. You see, they have this ideology that anyone who is not of their
The Faded Sun trilogy is one of the most unique books I have ever read. My first thoughts after finishing this marvel of a novel: unbelievably dense culture building multiplied three times (for three cultures), all the while using space opera to churn out complex moral questions. Cherryh manages to turn humans into the great Others, the exotic foreigners whom you struggle to understand. Once you reach the end of the story, you begin to think like the mri, the nomadic mercenaries who send their
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