Cuckoo's Egg

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Author(s):

C J Cherryh

First Pub:

1985

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Subject(s):

Science fiction, American

Chapters:

15 chapters

Internal ID:

13765

Series:

<- Voyager in Night

Age of Exploration*

#3 of 3

Age of Exploration*

A series of science fiction novels by C J Cherryh.

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1) Port Eternity
2) Voyager in Night
3) Cuckoo's Egg

Alliance-Union Universe

#19 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:

He sat in a room, the sand of which was synthetic and shining with opal tints, fine and light beneath his bare feet.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Hello."

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 08-Dec-2023

Last Updated: 08-Dec-2023

Publications

01-Oct-1985

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1985

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$4.99

Pages*:

319

Catalog ID:

UE2371

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33404

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-886-77371-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-886-77371-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Whelan - Cover Artist

CUCKOO'S EGG

They named him Thorn. They told him he was of their people, although he was so different. He was ugly in their eyes, strange, sleek-skinned instead of furred, clawless, different. Yet he was of their power class: judge-warriors, the elite, the fighters, the defenders.

Thorn knew that his difference was somehow very important - but not important enough to prevent murderous conspiracies against him, against his protector, against his caste, and perhaps against the peace of the world. But when the crunch came, when Thorn finally learned what his true role in life was to be, that on him might hang the future of two worlds, then he had to stand alone to justify his very existence.

A Science Fiction Book Club Selection.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First DAW Printing, October 1985
Fifth printing based on the number line
Canada: $5.99

Author(s)

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

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.

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