The Cherryh Odyssey

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Wildside Press LLC, Sep 1, 2004 - Literary Criticism - 280 pages
The Cherryh Odyssey brings together a dozen essays about respected science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. Fellow author and academic Edward Carmien has gathered top voices in the field to discuss the literary life and career of Cherryh, including Burton Raffel, Jane Fancher, Janice Bogstad, Betsy Wollheim, and many others. A substantial bibliography rounds out this collection. The Cherryh Odyssey is a text fans of the author will find invaluable, as will writers new to the field, as it presents a readable yet in-depth examination of many issues relevant to this award-winning author's literary life and career. Scholars will find this blend of academic and professional voices a compelling resource for further research.
 

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Preface Edward Carmien
7
Acknowledgements
15
About the Cover David Cherry
17
What We Do For Love James Gunn
19
The Cherryh Legacy An Authors Perspective Jane Fancher
24
A Pioneer of the Mind Betsy Wollheim
56
Oklahoma Launch Bradley H Sinor
63
J Cherryhs Fiction Burton Raffel
73
Subjectivities in Cherryhs Slavic Fantasy Trilogy Janice Bogstad
113
The Human as Other in the Science Fiction Novels of C J Cherryh J G Stinson
133
A Woman With a Mission or Why Vanyes Tale is Morgaines Saga Janice Crosby
150
SelfCreation in Cyteen Susan Bernardo
164
Psychopath Or Savior? Elizabeth Romey
177
The Literary Life of C J Cherryh Edward Carmien
195
Selected Bibliography of C J Cherryh Stan Szalewicz
213
Author Biographies
214

Hammerfall by C J Cherryh John Clute
90
Is There Really Only One of Her? Heather Stark
97

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