Lot of 5 C.J. Cherryh Vintage Science Fiction Sci-Fi Hardcover BCE - Very Good

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Lot of 5 C.J. Cherryh Vintage Science Fiction Sci-Fi Hardcover BCE - Very Good. Lot of 5 C.J. Cherryh DAW Book Club Edition Hardcovers 1978–1985. C.J. Cherryh• Hugo Award Winner • Grand Master of Science Fiction. The Pride of Chanur. Captain Pyanfar Chanur must decide whether to protect him and trigger a political explosion across seven alien species. Lot of 5 C.J. Cherryh DAW Book Club Edition Hardcovers 1978–1985 ★ DAW Books • Book Club Editions • 1978–1985 ★ Science Fiction / Space Opera / Vintage Hardcovers Lot of 5 • C.J. Cherryh • All VG+ with Dust Jackets Lot of 5 Vintage Hardcovers C.J. Cherryh DAW Book Club Editions • The Chanur Saga, The Faded Sun Trilogy, Alliance-Union Universe C.J. Cherryh • Hugo Award Winner • Grand Master of Science Fiction DAW Books • Book Club Hardcover Editions • 1978–1985 • All with Dust Jackets • 5 Volumes 1 The Faded Sun: Shon'jir DAW Books • 1978 • Book Club Edition HC/DJ • The Faded Sun Trilogy, Book 2 The middle volume of the celebrated Faded Sun trilogy, following Kesrith (1978). The mri — a dying warrior race — and their human ally Sten Duncan continue their journey to the mythic mri homeworld. One of Cherryh's most acclaimed early works and a cornerstone of her Alliance-Union universe. 2 Forty Thousand in Gehenna DAW Books • 1983 • Book Club Edition HC/DJ • Alliance-Union Universe A colony ship drops 40,000 humans on an alien world — then never returns. Across generations, the stranded colonists adapt, transform, and ultimately integrate with the world's indigenous inhabitants, the azi and the reptilian calibans. A landmark of slow-build anthropological science fiction. 3 The Pride of Chanur DAW Books • 1981 • Book Club Edition HC/DJ • Chanur Series, Book 1 A human — the first humanity has ever encountered by the alien Compact — stumbles aboard the hani ship The Pride of Chanur. Captain Pyanfar Chanur must decide whether to protect him and trigger a political explosion across seven alien species. A Hugo Award nominee and perhaps Cherryh's most beloved series opener. 4 Merchanter's Luck DAW Books • 1982 • Book Club Edition HC/DJ • Alliance-Union Universe Sandor Kreja, sole survivor of his family's merchant ship, operates illegally in the shadows between Alliance and Union space. When he meets Alison Reilly of the powerful Dubliners, their uneasy partnership becomes something more — a tense, intimate space opera set against the vast backdrop of Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. 5 The Kif Strike Back DAW Books • 1985 • Book Club Edition HC/DJ • Chanur Series, Book 3 The Chanur series escalates: Pyanfar Chanur is now entangled in the vicious politics of the kif, the most dangerous species in the Compact. Alliances shift, loyalties are tested, and the stakes expand to the survival of multiple species. The series' pivotal middle volume — considered by many fans the best of the five. About C.J. Cherryh & These Works C.J. Cherryh (born 1942) is one of the most prolific, inventive, and intellectually serious science fiction writers of the modern era — winner of multiple Hugo Awards and named a SFWA Grand Master in 2016. Her defining characteristic as a writer is a ferocious commitment to anthropological and linguistic realism: her alien species think differently, communicate differently, and organize their societies differently — and the reader must work to understand them, just as her human characters must. The result is among the most immersive and genuinely alien science fiction ever written. The five books in this lot represent the heart of her 1978–1985 output — the Chanur series (Pride, Kif) and major Alliance-Union universe novels (Shon'jir, Gehenna, Merchanter's Luck). The DAW Book Club Edition hardcovers from this era are the standard collectible format — sturdier than the mass-market paperbacks of the time and now increasingly hard to find in VG+ condition with their dust jackets intact. ✦ About This Lot ✦ 5 DAW Book Club Edition Hardcovers • 1978–1985 The Chanur Series + Alliance-Union Universe • A Complete Cherryh Core Collection Starter These five volumes span the most celebrated period of Cherryh's early career and provide an excellent foundation for any Cherryh collection. The Chanur volumes (Pride + Kif) and the Faded Sun (Shon'jir), Gehenna, and Merchanter's Luck represent three distinct but interconnected strands of the vast Alliance-Union universe Cherryh has been building since 1976. DAW Book Club Editions from this era were produced in hardcover format for the book club market simultaneously with the paperback trade editions. They feature the same interior text and cover art as the trade paperbacks but in a cloth-bound hardcover format — making them both more durable and more visually impressive than the standard paperback. Condition — All 5 Volumes VG — Very Good ⚠ Note: All five dust jackets show some minor wear appropriate for vintage books from this era. Bindings are tight on all volumes. Pages are clean and crisp throughout — no writing, underlining, or highlighting in any of the five books. Please see photos for individual jacket condition. ✦ Ideal For C.J. Cherryh fans and collectors seeking vintage hardcover editions of her classic DAW-era work. A compelling lot for anyone building a complete Chanur or Alliance-Union library in the original hardcover format. Also excellent for vintage science fiction collectors focused on DAW Books' golden era (1978–1985), or for readers who want to experience Cherryh's best-loved early work in handsome physical editions. The lot spans the Chanur, Faded Sun, and Merchanters strands — three of the five major threads of the Alliance-Union universe. JT Enterportals Rare, Academic & Scholarly Books 📦 Carefully Packed • Same or Next Business Day Shipping >>Powered by WonderLister App