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wayspooled · 08-05-2010, 08:13 PM

My favorites of this type are indeed the Vernor Vinge you reference and

Arthur C. Clark's - Rendezvous With Rama (I'm sure that's ebooked) Hugo Award

Frederik Pohl's - Gateway, Hugo Award

David Brin's - Startide Rising (no idea if ebooked) Hugo Award

and

C.J. Cherryh's - The Pride of Chanur (ebook version on her website I think) Hugo nominee

edit: I'm wrong, The Pride of Chanur is still in the publisher's domain and not available as an ebook. What it's about is: from an alien species point of view, first contact with the (Earth Company part of the Company/Alliance/Union universe) humans. Just tremendous

-- If you pursue it in paper form, be aware that Pride is a standalone book, the next 3 - Venture, Kif and Homecoming are really one long book. Someone published Pride, Venture and Kif together in an omnibus without her approval which left the story hanging practically in mid sentence, back around 2000. Be wary of that paperback. Personally, I like the high quality Phantasia Press imprint of the Chanur books which can be had for like 10-15 bucks on Ebay or abebooks.com. But you can also find 'em for a buck somewhere in paperback.

On her website are "Heavy Time" and "Hellburner", the first two Company Wars books which are somewhat related later to the Chanur books. Heavy Time is one of my favorite books by her and while not "alien first contact", it is the beginning of a long, related, group of standalone books about contact between 1) Earth (Company), 2) the Merchanter Alliance and 3) Union, those original colonists who are now so far away from Earth they have become a separate .... culture in the galaxy.

08-05-2010, 08:13 PM	#38
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	My favorites of this type are indeed the Vernor Vinge you reference and Arthur C. Clark's - Rendezvous With Rama (I'm sure that's ebooked) Hugo Award Frederik Pohl's - Gateway, Hugo Award David Brin's - Startide Rising (no idea if ebooked) Hugo Award and C.J. Cherryh's - The Pride of Chanur (ebook version on her website I think) Hugo nominee edit: I'm wrong, The Pride of Chanur is still in the publisher's domain and not available as an ebook. What it's about is: from an alien species point of view, first contact with the (Earth Company part of the Company/Alliance/Union universe) humans. Just tremendous -- If you pursue it in paper form, be aware that Pride is a standalone book, the next 3 - Venture, Kif and Homecoming are really one long book. Someone published Pride, Venture and Kif together in an omnibus without her approval which left the story hanging practically in mid sentence, back around 2000. Be wary of that paperback. Personally, I like the high quality Phantasia Press imprint of the Chanur books which can be had for like 10-15 bucks on Ebay or abebooks.com. But you can also find 'em for a buck somewhere in paperback. On her website are "Heavy Time" and "Hellburner", the first two Company Wars books which are somewhat related later to the Chanur books. Heavy Time is one of my favorite books by her and while not "alien first contact", it is the beginning of a long, related, group of standalone books about contact between 1) Earth (Company), 2) the Merchanter Alliance and 3) Union, those original colonists who are now so far away from Earth they have become a separate .... culture in the galaxy. Last edited by wayspooled; 08-06-2010 at 06:33 AM.