Downbelow Station

Book Details

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Author(s):

C J Cherryh

First Pub:

1981

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Subject(s):

Science fiction
Science fiction, American

Chapters:

See 10

Book One

11 chapters

Book Two

5 chapters

Book Three

10 chapters

Book Four

6 chapters

Book Five

6 chapters

Internal ID:

13538

Series:

Merchanter's Luck ->

The Company Wars*

#1 of 7

The Company Wars*

A science fiction series by C J Cherryh.

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1) Downbelow Station
2) Merchanter's Luck
3) Rimrunners
4) Heavy Time
5) Hellburner
6) Tripoint
7) Finity's End

Alliance-Union Universe

#2 of 27

Alliance-Union Universe

A collection of novels written by C.J. Cherryh which all take place in the same universe though some are very loosely connected. The order of these is from isfdb.org even though I normally like to order them by publication date. Since this mega-series encompasses so many other series, I've used this method instead.

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1) Alliance Rising
2) Downbelow Station
3) Merchanter's Luck
4) Rimrunners
5) Heavy Time
6) Hellburner
7) Tripoint
8) Finity's End
9) The Pride of Chanur
10) Chanur's Venture
11) The Kif Strike Back
12) Chanur's Homecoming
13) Chanur's Legacy
14) Forty Thousand in Gehenna
15) Cyteen
16) Regenesis
17) Port Eternity
18) Voyager in Night
19) Cuckoo's Egg
20) Kesrith
21) Shon'jir
22) Kutath
23) Serpent's Reach
24) Wave Without a Shore
25) The Scapegoat
26) Brothers of Earth
27) Hunter of Worlds

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

The stars, like all man's other ventures, were an obvious impracticality, as rash and improbable an ambition as the first venture of man onto Earth's own great oceans, or into the air, or into space.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

And stared out at the wide dark, where Sun walked, and smiled.

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 08-Feb-2023

Last Updated: 18-Dec-2023

Publications

01-Feb-1981

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1981

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.95

Pages*:

432

Catalog ID:

UE2227

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23292

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-886-77227-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-886-77227-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

David B Mattingly - Cover Artist

C. J. CHERRYH'S
BLOCKBUSTER INTERPLANETARY

Pell's Star occupied the central spot in the coming conflict between Earth's tired stellar empire and the tough onslaught of its rebellious colonies. Whoever controlled Pell's Downbelow station held the key to Earth's defensive perimeter - or the jumping off point for a Terrestrial offensive to regain the lost empire.

But Pell had always been neutral and was determined to remain so.

This is a powerful, complex and enthralling novel of interstellar conflict and ambitions. Inrits pages you will meet and strive with the many vivid persons, human and non-human, whose futures would hang on the outcome of that titanic struggle.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, February 1981
Seventh printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.95

Author(s)

C J Cherryh
Birth: 01 Sep 1942 St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Awards

No awards found

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