C. J. Cherryh, Cyteen gets a sequel, Regenesis
C. J. Cherryh’s new book, Regenesis is just out.
This the sequel to Cyteen, and my colleague has informed me I need to read it first. 
C.J. Cherryh was the 2005 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, given by the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Here’s a sample of her achievements…
C.J. is one of the most prolific and highly respected authors in America. She has more than sixty books to her credit and is the winner of numerous honors, including three prestigious Hugo Awards, given by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).
Cherryh’s first book, Gate of Ivrel, was published in 1976. Since then she has become a leading writer of science fiction and fantasy, known for extraordinary originality, versatility, and superb writing. She received the John W. Campbell Award in 1977 for the Best New Writer, voted by the WSFS. Cherryh received the coveted Hugo Award for short story in 1979 for Cassandra, for novel in 1982 for Downbelow Station, and in 1989 for Cyteen. Cyteen also won the Locus Award, presented to winners of Locus magazine’s annual readers’ poll, for the best science fiction novel of 1988.
A person of varied talents, Cherryh’s personal interests lie in human genetics, astronomy, space science, aeronautics, astrophysicis, botany, geology, climatology, archaeology, cosmology, anthropology, and technology in general with practical and anthropological consideration. In her official biography she states, “I write full time. I travel. I try out things. The list includes, present and past tense; fencing, riding, archery, firearms, ancient weapons, donkeys, elephants, camels, butterflies, frogs, wasps, turtles, bees, ants, falconry, exotic swamp plants and tropicals, lizards, wilderness survival, fishing, sailing, street and ice skating, mechanics, carpentry, wiring, painting (canvas), painting (house), painting (interior), sculpture, aquariums (both fresh and salt), needlepoint, bird breeding, furniture refinishing, video games, archaeology, Roman, Greek civ, Crete, Celts, and caves.” At 61 she took up figure skating.
Cherryh has a BA in Latin from the University of Oklahoma and a MA in Classics from John Hopkins University in Maryland. She taught Latin and ancient history in Oklahoma City Public Schools. Today she lives in Spokane, Washington.
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Ooops. Forgot to mention Sunfall, a collection of short stories all taking place in Earth’s far future, when the sun is nearing the end of it’s life. Dark, fascinating stuff. Don’t read it when you’re depressed. 
Reggie,
I think I need to start with Cyteen, I read some of the really early fantasy titles, i.e. Gates of Ivrel. I really like the way she writes women. No wimps there.
Kitty
Kitty, just started Regenesis this weekend. I love it! It was so great re-entering the Cyteen-Alliance Universe. I’ve got a very busy couple of weeks coming up, so my main opportunity for reading is at bedtime and we know how that always ends. zzzzzzzz. May be awhile before I report back, but I *will* report back!
Ok, I’m ready (or almost ready, got to finish my French mystery first) to get going with the Cyteen.
Loved Cyteen, and I’m looking forward to Regenesis.
Other Cherryh novels I’ved loved: Wave Without a Shore, Voyager in Night, 40,000 in Gehenna, and Downbelow Station. I’ve read the first third of the Foreigner series and it’s good (but it’s hard for me to see how she kept the series going for nine novels.)
I haven’t read the Chanur novels, but I have a friend who counts those among her favorite Cherryh works.