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From: cas@cvl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Aliens
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Date: Wed, 22-Jun-83 11:49:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 22 11:49:11 1983
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C. J. Cherry's "The Pride of Chanur" has some good aliens.  This book
is up for a Hugo Award this year (it is the best one I have read so far -
I will probably vote for it).  What makes this book so interesting is
of course the treatment of the different alien spacefaring species and
their interactions.  The main characters (a cat-like species called the
'Hani') I found to be too human-like (perhaps that's why they can get
along with humans?) but most of the other species were rather different.

	Cliff Shaffer
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