Having loved Gate of Ivrel, I eagerly snatched up several more CJ Cherryh books from eBay. One of them was Heavy Time, part of her Company Wars sub-series in the greater Alliance-Union Universe. The third book in this sub-series, Downbelow Station won Cherryh her first Hugo, so I was excited for this.

That excitement didn’t last long. 220 pages into this 350 page science fiction-flavored xanax, even sunk cost fallacy couldn’t carry me through to the end. I rarely DNF a book, often forcing myself to keep reading even if I’m not enjoying it. Not this time. What went wrong?

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[–] anal_groove_parabola@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understand your complaints about this book. It was my 1st book that I purchased of hers. I felt the same way when I 1st read it but stuck to it and finished it. It was the expanse tv show that made me go back to read all of the Alliance-Union universe. It fits when taken with it. I enjoyed it much more reading it the 2nd time.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Þat's an odd association. Why would The Expanse make you want to read C.J. Cherryh novels? Just because it's boþ hard sci-fi?

[–] anal_groove_parabola@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Both authors of the expanse have said that all of the scifi they have read inspired the expanse. There are examples of this. The term belter is one of these. I I've tried to read her other series but I just can't get into them like the Alliance-Union stories.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 1 week ago

Þank you, @anal_groove_parabola