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Smiley's People 27 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 ...
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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.
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A Murder of Quality John Le Carre
Signet D2529, 1964
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The Looking Glass War 21 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"
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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
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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The Honourable Schoolboy 39 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
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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.
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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!
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1 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 ...
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1 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 ...
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Smiley's People 27 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 ...
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The Looking Glass War 21 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"
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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...
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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.
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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
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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 ...
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