40,000 in Gehenna; Downbelow Station; Cyteen; Rimrunners; Port
Eternity; Voyager in Night;
Tripoint. Tripoint is her most recent one to date. This is about the
order in which I read them, and I think she wrote them, and I feel it's
the best order to read them in. She builds these worlds, this world,
piece by piece. Or rather, it seems to me, she more *reveals* this
world piece by piece. It is in this way that her world of Union and
Alliance space comes together as one narrative set. I enjoy watching it
develop and unfold as she writes more and more of it and can't wait for
the next book written on this particular stage set. I loved Rimrunners,
one of my friends at the time was someone who looked a lot like Yeager,
even the right color hair, which she had then recently shaved and was just
growing back, wirey build, similar height, and the amusing thing is that her
name is also Elizabeth.......
These don't involve humans as much, but they're still very good:
Pride of Chanur; Chanur's Homecoming; Chanur's Venture; Merchanter's
Luck; The Kif Strike Back; Cuckoo's Egg. I especially liked Thorn in
Cuckoo's Egg, I suspect a lot of people are able to identify as I did with
the feeling of being different and having to fight for your place in the
community and the world. I find the relationship between he and his
foster father very well drawn.
I'm not as fond of the sword&sorcery works she's done. They are
well-written, but they don't interest me as much. I don't contribute to
the "Save the Mages" or "Save the Dragons" funds when the pledge drives
come around, but I do support the nss and nasa and the like. It's just
a tad more real to me.