Foreigner
by C. J. Cherryh
Taste attributes: science fictionpsychologicalthrillerfresh & originalimaginaryglossysolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentarytroubled leads
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and polished: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
The story of humans stranded on an alienplanet where registered assassination is a way of life. They are the descendants of a space ship which lost itsway 500 years earlier. They live on an island and theonly contact they are allowed with the mainland isthrough one human, the foreigner of the novel.
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- Author
- C. J. Cherryh
- Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 378
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- Open Library
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