Foreigner

Name: Foreigner
Author: C.J. Cherryh

by C.J. Cherryh

Diplomat discovers cultural shock and alliance-building with alien species

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C.J. Cherryh

C.J. Cherryh is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has won four Hugo Awards and is known for her deeply immersive first-contact and alien psychology novels. The Foreigner series and Downbelow Station are among her most celebrated works. She brings a linguist's attention to the difficulties of communication between radically different intelligences.

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