The Faded Sun Trilogy Omnibus

The trilogy could have been done in 2 books andvit was redundant at times. However, I did enjoyed the book and the storyline!

You really need a book to explain what's going on in this one. The alien characters are incomprehensible and the humans catatonic. Things happen, but you're not sure why. Maybe it gets clearer in book 2, but I doubt I'll get that far...

So I'm purusing the racks of the local used book store trying desperately to find something to read. After about a half an hour in the fantasy/sci-fi section, I come across a slightly ratty, well-read _The Faded Sun: KESRITH_ by C.J. Cherryh. Okay, I've read C.J. Cherryh before many years ago in anthologies and also the hauntingly eery _Rusalka_, and the cover sucked me right in... I love fantasy novels set in the desert, so I pick it up. And find it's a series, so on goes the hunt for the other two books... After looking around for another five minutes, I finally find the second book, after first finding the third one. Total cost of all three books...I say all that to say it was sheer luck me getting this set or perhaps fate, who knows, but I have read them about six times now and it remains my all time favorite sci-fi series ever. Having said that, I prefer fantasy, but I'm not a total newbie of the sci-fi scene either. As I type this, I am about to embark on the journey for the seventh time.... this is one trilogy every fantasy/sci-fi fan should have one their shelf.

This book was an impulse buy for me. I prefer Sci-Fi humor or fantasy combined with Sci-Fi. I tend to stay away from hard core Sci-Fi for my own reasons... but this book really surprised me. Cherryh does an excellent job of describing emotions and thoughts, being an important part of the story. Careful forming of characters was done as well as the story itself, which was intriguing. Definate must buy on my list. Oh, and the cover art is really nice as well.

Are you sick of aliens being portrayed as just extremes of violence, greed, logic etc and want something truly ALEIN? Then this is the perfect book for you (along with C.J. Cherryh's other books) Her writing is vivid, and the civilizations she creates are so far divorced from humanity every few chapters you have to just stop and quote Keanau Reeves. In the most basic of terms it is the story of the death of a people, the relics of a human alien war, and the journey of Sten Duncan from human to something far far removed from Earth and humanity in general. A fantastic read and a must have for science fiction readers.

This is without a doubt one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read. Full of intriguing characters and twisting(though coherent) plots, "The Faded Sun" is simply a great read. Technically it isn't perfect, having quite a few gramatically awkward areas and a somewhat slow pace, but the underlying richness of it makes one quickly forget such trivial complaints. I most hardily recommend this title, and believe even those who aren't particular fans of the genre will find it rewarding.P.S. If I had read it in its original form my review might have been different. I can hardly see it as a trilogy, and would, most likely, have found the sudden and unrewarding endings between titles irritating. Thankfully, I won't ever have to deal with that.

This book combines the series of Faded Sun books into one. Cherryh is at her best here, able to project what goes through the mind of a human character under incredible strain and pressure as captive of an alien (but somewhat human-like) race. In each of Cherryh's best works, it feels like you are touching a live wire in the protagonist's brain. If it grabs you, it is an emotional experience that gives you a real sense of the gulfs and leaps in communication between different species and the emotional lows and highs that go with it. Cherryh is not big on high tech, but tremendous on human (and non-human) dimensions. This is not space opera, but rather psychological thriller. Well worth the read.