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FOREIGNER: Discussion Post #1
Welcome to the first sixty-one pages, everybody! :D Anyone have anything to discuss?
Some ideas, since this is a reread for me (I will try to walk the delicate line between "discussion topics" and "spoilers") and thus certain details stand out to me:
1. This is the only time in the whole novel where we get an ateva's POV; before and after Manadgi, it's through-human-eyes all the way. Thoughts? (Why do it that way? What do we gain, or what is hidden, by Cherryh presenting the first contact through a nonhuman perspective? What do you get out of it, or wish had been included?)
2. While "Books" within books are certainly something I've seen before, the setup in Foreigner has always felt a little odd to me, with two very short "books" -- almost prologues -- prefacing a third, novel-length story. I'm genuinely curious about why it was set up this way! Anyone have any theories?
3. Personal reactions so far? First impressions of the atevi, or the humans of either/both Phoenix and the station?
I'll be back in a little while to post my own reactions; must run a couple of errands first, but I wanted to get the post out there in case anyone else has finished their reading!
Edit To Add: If you wish to take the discussion down a spoilery path, make any spoilery replies here and then link to them, so anyone wishing to avoid spoilers can do so!
Some ideas, since this is a reread for me (I will try to walk the delicate line between "discussion topics" and "spoilers") and thus certain details stand out to me:
1. This is the only time in the whole novel where we get an ateva's POV; before and after Manadgi, it's through-human-eyes all the way. Thoughts? (Why do it that way? What do we gain, or what is hidden, by Cherryh presenting the first contact through a nonhuman perspective? What do you get out of it, or wish had been included?)
2. While "Books" within books are certainly something I've seen before, the setup in Foreigner has always felt a little odd to me, with two very short "books" -- almost prologues -- prefacing a third, novel-length story. I'm genuinely curious about why it was set up this way! Anyone have any theories?
3. Personal reactions so far? First impressions of the atevi, or the humans of either/both Phoenix and the station?
I'll be back in a little while to post my own reactions; must run a couple of errands first, but I wanted to get the post out there in case anyone else has finished their reading!
Edit To Add: If you wish to take the discussion down a spoilery path, make any spoilery replies here and then link to them, so anyone wishing to avoid spoilers can do so!
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(If I ever start a book club, I'm going to call it More Women On The Bridge! and rec sci-fi novels with gender equality. And push for more such!)
I didn't think Joy Bretano sounded any more panicked than her husband, so I guess I just interpreted all that as his own attempt to keep from panicking? Especially since he tells her exactly what was told to him:
He punched in his wife's office number, before the news could go out. He said the way Pardino had said it, just, "Joy, Ian's in a little trouble, don't panic, but they've got a contact down there and Ian's met it."
I do wish we had more of her perspective, though. :(
...Unrelatedly: Please teach me to do the cool highlight-to-read thing, too? I have never quite known the html tags for it, though I might be able to work it out...
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SPOILERS!
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