More of the Atevi
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bibliogrammaPrecursor, C. J. Cherryh
Yes, I am continuing to read Cherryh’s Atevi series, and continuing to enjoy it immensely. This really is the kind of novel/series that I love – full of social and political complexity, well-developed civilisations (particularly alien ones), and great characterisation.
Something that I am very interested in here is the way in which Bren Cameron, the viewpoint character of all the novels to date, is dealing with becoming a person without a home culture – he has sufficiently assimilated to atevi culture that he doesn’t feel at home in his birth culture, but at the same times, the divide of alien biology and psychology prevents him from becoming atevi, no matter how deeply he has come to identify with the atevi.
Also, the step-up in political complexity, now that both the atevi and the humans living on the planet have fully engaged the returning human shipdwellers, with their own unique social structure, aims, and factions, is just making me squee with delight.
And so, it’s time to go buy the next volume.
Yes, I am continuing to read Cherryh’s Atevi series, and continuing to enjoy it immensely. This really is the kind of novel/series that I love – full of social and political complexity, well-developed civilisations (particularly alien ones), and great characterisation.
Something that I am very interested in here is the way in which Bren Cameron, the viewpoint character of all the novels to date, is dealing with becoming a person without a home culture – he has sufficiently assimilated to atevi culture that he doesn’t feel at home in his birth culture, but at the same times, the divide of alien biology and psychology prevents him from becoming atevi, no matter how deeply he has come to identify with the atevi.
Also, the step-up in political complexity, now that both the atevi and the humans living on the planet have fully engaged the returning human shipdwellers, with their own unique social structure, aims, and factions, is just making me squee with delight.
And so, it’s time to go buy the next volume.