Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Kif Strike Back by CJ Cherryh: a short review

Classic Cherryh: Stuff keeps happening, and eventually it almost begins to make sense. All the nonstop action and political intrigue that marks CJ’s best work. I’m still not entirely happy with the treatment the author’s giving Tully, who used to be a convincing character but now mostly keeps repeating “Friend.” Hopefully in Homecoming he’ll return to earlier form.

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Chanur’s Venture by CJ Cherryh: a review

Beyond that annoyance, the book again displays Cherryh’s remarkable ability to create aliens, and alien cultures. She gives each of several races enough ink to show us vividly how the cultures function, at least in public (that’s a real issue here, as each race has cultural issues in the background that the others seem unable to comprehend, or make allowances for).

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Beloit in Midwest for 1970 (1969)

The team name was going to be the Braves, the 1969 affiliation would be a Tigers-dominated co-op, the 1970 affiliation would be with Cleveland, and owner Mike Kelegian would likely move the team to Rockford for the 1970 season. None of these things happened.

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Have You Ever Had the Urge? (1968)

Some 4,000 fans watched, slightly stunned, as Stump interrupted what appeared to be a roaring argument between Deegan and managers Jack Krol of Cedar Rapids and Rac Slider of Waterloo with a pie.

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One of These Days

A day full of good-byes….

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