Downbelow Station

Book Details

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Author(s):

C J Cherryh

First Pub:

1981

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Subject(s):

Science fiction
Science fiction, American

Chapters:

See 10

Book One

11 chapters

Book Two

5 chapters

Book Three

10 chapters

Book Four

6 chapters

Book Five

6 chapters

Internal ID:

13538

Series:

Merchanter's Luck

The Company Wars*

#1 of 7

The Company Wars*

A science fiction series by C J Cherryh.

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1) Downbelow Station
2) Merchanter's Luck
3) Rimrunners
4) Heavy Time
5) Hellburner
6) Tripoint
7) Finity's End

Alliance-Union Universe

#3 of 28

Alliance-Union Universe

A collection of novels written by C.J. Cherryh which all take place in the same universe though some are very loosely connected.

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1) Alliance Rising
2) Alliance Unbound
3) Downbelow Station
4) Merchanter's Luck
5) Rimrunners
6) Heavy Time
7) Hellburner
8) Tripoint
9) Finity's End
10) The Pride of Chanur
11) Chanur's Venture
12) The Kif Strike Back
13) Chanur's Homecoming
14) Chanur's Legacy
15) Forty Thousand in Gehenna
16) Cyteen
17) Regenesis
18) Port Eternity
19) Voyager in Night
20) Cuckoo's Egg
21) Kesrith
22) Shon'jir
23) Kutath
24) Serpent's Reach
25) Wave Without a Shore
26) The Scapegoat
27) Brothers of Earth
28) Hunter of Worlds

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

The stars, like all man's other ventures, were an obvious impracticality, as rash and improbable an ambition as the first venture of man onto Earth's own great oceans, or into the air, or into space.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

And stared out at the wide dark, where Sun walked, and smiled.

Comments:

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Added: 08-Feb-2023

Last Updated: 18-Dec-2023

01-Feb-1981

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1981

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.95

Pages*:

432

Catalog ID:

UE2227

Pub Series #:

420

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23292

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-886-77227-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-886-77227-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

David B Mattingly - Cover Artist

C. J. CHERRYH'S
BLOCKBUSTER INTERPLANETARY

Pell's Star occupied the central spot in the coming conflict between Earth's tired stellar empire and the tough onslaught of its rebellious colonies. Whoever controlled Pell's Downbelow station held the key to Earth's defensive perimeter - or the jumping off point for a Terrestrial offensive to regain the lost empire.

But Pell had always been neutral and was determined to remain so.

This is a powerful, complex and enthralling novel of interstellar conflict and ambitions. Inrits pages you will meet and strive with the many vivid persons, human and non-human, whose futures would hang on the outcome of that titanic struggle.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, February 1981
Seventh printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.95

Other book covers for this series run

01-Feb-1981
DAW Books
Mass Market Paperback

Author(s)

C J Cherryh
Birth: 01 Sep 1942 St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Awards

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