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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
C. J. Cherry's "Foreigner" series of eight marvelously written sci-fi, in a human slowpaced flawlessly composed picture. I'm on novel 7 (Destroyer) and have to work hard to put it down.
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The Foreigner series is fantastic. It really gives a good sense of the pressure and intricacies of diplomacy. Very few other books can rely simply on the tension created by cultural clashes, and succesful negotiation, but Cherryh pulls it off. Any of her other series are fantastic, too - I especially like the Alliance-Union books, but they're more conventional in plot and conflict.