Well, atevi are aliens, but they're taller than humans, stronger than humans, with better hearing and night-sight than humans (and uncanny eyes, to go with it), and they have elaborately braided hair, and while canon is silent on the subjects of ears and lifespan, the cover art has leaned into the pointed ears idea. :D
I have actually never read Cyteen, but I love the Foreigner series (with a few caveats, as pretty much any long-running series is bound to pick up) and the Chanur saga, so I am definitely biased toward Cherryh when it comes to my fish-out-of-water and humans-in-alien-cultures needs.
I haven't finished the WotF series, and wasn't aware they were out of print; I'm not a hundred percent sure the series is finished, but I own the first three or four and they satisfy my craving for intricate fantasy politics (and elves), so maybe I should get into it again.
Aww! I actually kind of like the minimalist show-based cover
Minimalist I can live with! A third of the book surface - including the entire spine - being candy-apple red? That, I cannot. Couldn't they have picked any other color? Witcher's Eyes Gold, or Uncanny Magic Green, or Shining Weaponry Silver would all have been fine! I just can't with the Stereotype's Nailpolish Red. :P I'll have to go hunting around for older versions online.
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Date: 2020-02-25 03:10 am (UTC)I have actually never read Cyteen, but I love the Foreigner series (with a few caveats, as pretty much any long-running series is bound to pick up) and the Chanur saga, so I am definitely biased toward Cherryh when it comes to my fish-out-of-water and humans-in-alien-cultures needs.
I haven't finished the WotF series, and wasn't aware they were out of print; I'm not a hundred percent sure the series is finished, but I own the first three or four and they satisfy my craving for intricate fantasy politics (and elves), so maybe I should get into it again.
Aww! I actually kind of like the minimalist show-based cover
Minimalist I can live with! A third of the book surface - including the entire spine - being candy-apple red? That, I cannot. Couldn't they have picked any other color? Witcher's Eyes Gold, or Uncanny Magic Green, or Shining Weaponry Silver would all have been fine! I just can't with the Stereotype's Nailpolish Red. :P I'll have to go hunting around for older versions online.