Smiley's People27 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2002

Back to his best

+ Smiley's swan song

Le Carre picks up the thread of Smiley's pursuit of Karla as it was at the end of Tinker, Tailer . . . , the first book in the series, with barely a reference to the second. And like the first, this is a return to the spare, taut writing that makes Le Carre's best writing classic, without the ...
  
  











  



  
Defender (Foreigner Universe)32 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2002

Addictive series

+ A pause-for-breath volume in the series (patience, people . . .)
+ Review of Foreigner Series
+ Hooked in spite of myself.
  
  











  



  
A Murder of Quality
John Le Carre

Signet D2529, 1964
  
  











  



  
The Looking Glass War21 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2002

Not your James Bond... literature

+ A profound anatomy of moral deterioration
+ You'll Like it if You Like John le Carre
+ Running an Agent in the "East"
  
  











  



  
Destroyer (Foreigner)21 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW BOOKS INC., 2005

Hah!

+ Amazing how quickly seven volumes can go by!
+ Bren: Trouble's my middle name.
+ Excellent
+ Guaranteed Quality
  
  











  



  
Pretender (Foreigner Universe)23 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2007

Absolutely outstanding

+ Pretender
+ Not a series you want to see the approaching end of. . . .
+ Well paced and detailed.
+ Entertaining...
  
  











  



  
Inheritor: Foreigner 3 (Foreigner)17 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 1997

one world where HUMANS are the alien threat

+ Next installment of epic story
+ Cherryh has never written a bad book

An accelerated pace and 3 months have passed since the end of "Invader". Jase has settled in, the emissary from the orbiting space ship "Phoenix" which, like the bird of legend, returned from the unknown & unexplored reaches of deep space. For a little history: Cherryh sets her world with ...
  
  











  



  
Explorer (Foreigner Universe)27 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2003

Foreigner Sevies Review

+ Here, have a brochure . . .
+ Excellent Sci-fi
+ The End of the Second Foreigner Trilogy
  
  











  



  
Deliverer (Foreigner Universe)21 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW Hardcover, 2007

Cherryh Delivers the Goods

+ Cherryh is always fantastic
+ Camera! Action!

Better and better and even more so, Cherryh just keeps on delivering the goods with her Foreigner saga. The ninth book - Deliverer, the adventures of a human on an alien world mingling with alien friends and alien enemies - furthers the story of Bren, a diplomat-linguist of the highest order. In ...
  
  











  



  
The Honourable Schoolboy39 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2002

Le Carre's Allegorical Second Act

+ Le Carre's best
+ A Book as authentic as it can get.
+ Le Carre gains weight
+ The Tragic Spy
  
  











  



  
Invader: Foreigner 2 (Foreigner)22 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 1996

Cherryh's Foreigner series

+ "Intellectual" science fiction in the best sense
+ An excellent sequel

With over 50 years of reading top science fiction, I discovered Cherryh and the Foreigner series. Its world and its characters were so truly drawn that they became "friends" in whose future I felt deeply involved. I have awaited each new book in the series with great anticipation.
  
  











  



  
Precursor (Foreigner)36 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2000

The Crown Jewel of this collection to date.

+ Classic high-quality Cherryh
+ precursor
+ If you're a fan, you'll have read this. If not, you lose.
+ Aliens alive!
  
  











  



  
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1 review
John Le Carre

Pan Books, 1975

"I still believe the secret services are the only real expression of a nation's character."

Following in the tradition of Graham Greene, who wrote spy novels contemporaneous with his own, John LeCarre uses his experience in the foreign service and MI6 to add realism to his tales of espionage. Green, however, remained a friend of traitor Kim Philby and continued to send his novels to ...
  
  











  



  
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1 review
John Le Carre

Pan Books, 1975

"I still believe the secret services are the only real expression of a nation's character."

Following in the tradition of Graham Greene, who wrote spy novels contemporaneous with his own, John LeCarre uses his experience in the foreign service and MI6 to add realism to his tales of espionage. Green, however, remained a friend of traitor Kim Philby and continued to send his novels to ...
  
  











  



  
Smiley's People27 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2002

Back to his best

+ Smiley's swan song

Le Carre picks up the thread of Smiley's pursuit of Karla as it was at the end of Tinker, Tailer . . . , the first book in the series, with barely a reference to the second. And like the first, this is a return to the spare, taut writing that makes Le Carre's best writing classic, without the ...
  
  











  



  
The Looking Glass War21 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2002

Not your James Bond... literature

+ A profound anatomy of moral deterioration
+ You'll Like it if You Like John le Carre
+ Running an Agent in the "East"
  
  











  



  
Pretender (Foreigner Universe)23 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2007

Absolutely outstanding

+ Pretender
+ Not a series you want to see the approaching end of. . . .
+ Well paced and detailed.
+ Entertaining...
  
  











  



  
Defender (Foreigner Universe)32 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2002

Addictive series

+ A pause-for-breath volume in the series (patience, people . . .)
+ Review of Foreigner Series
+ Hooked in spite of myself.
  
  











  



  
Explorer (Foreigner Universe)27 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW, 2003

Foreigner Sevies Review

+ Here, have a brochure . . .
+ Excellent Sci-fi
+ The End of the Second Foreigner Trilogy
  
  











  



  
Deliverer (Foreigner Universe)21 reviews
C. J. Cherryh

DAW Hardcover, 2007

Cherryh Delivers the Goods

+ Cherryh is always fantastic
+ Camera! Action!

Better and better and even more so, Cherryh just keeps on delivering the goods with her Foreigner saga. The ninth book - Deliverer, the adventures of a human on an alien world mingling with alien friends and alien enemies - furthers the story of Bren, a diplomat-linguist of the highest order. In ...