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** The [[Chanur Novels]], in which the viewpoint characters are alien [[Cat People|lion-like creatures]]. |
** The [[Chanur Novels]], in which the viewpoint characters are alien [[Cat People|lion-like creatures]]. |
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* The ''[[Foreigner (novel)|Foreigner]]'' 'verse, dealing with the troubles of Bren Cameron, liaison between a [[Lost Colony|stranded human populace]] and a world of aliens with [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|deceptively humanoid appearance]] and very [[Inhuman Emotion|nonhuman psychology]]. |
* The ''[[Foreigner (novel)|Foreigner]]'' 'verse, dealing with the troubles of Bren Cameron, liaison between a [[Lost Colony|stranded human populace]] and a world of aliens with [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|deceptively humanoid appearance]] and very [[Inhuman Emotion|nonhuman psychology]]. |
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* The Fortress series, [[High Fantasy]] centered on the friendship between Tristen, a reborn ancient king and Cefwyn, the current ruler of |
* The Fortress series, [[High Fantasy]] centered on the friendship between Tristen, a reborn ancient king, and Cefwyn, the current ruler of part of Tristen's realm. |
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* A fantasy trilogy set in pre-Christian Russia, starting with ''Rusalka''. [[Slavic Mythology|The rusalka is the spirit of a girl who drowned.]] She'll be more dangerous if her death was suicide than if it was an accident, and most malevolent of all if she was a murder victim. The title character was murdered by a young man she loved. Uh-oh. See also Be Careful What You Wish For below. |
* A fantasy trilogy set in pre-Christian Russia, starting with ''Rusalka''. [[Slavic Mythology|The rusalka is the spirit of a girl who drowned.]] She'll be more dangerous if her death was suicide than if it was an accident, and most malevolent of all if she was a murder victim. The title character was murdered by a young man she loved. Uh-oh. See also Be Careful What You Wish For below. |
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* One of her earliest works, ''Arafel's Saga'', is a duology, ''The Dreamstone'' and ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels'', in a place where names and terminology reflect Welsh, Irish Celtic, and Old English influences. Arafel is one of the Fair Folk, and there's a human who accidentally gets the mental patterns of Arafel's kinsman impressed on his own mind. [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] appears from time to time as a character who apparently [[Don't Fear the Reaper|regards that one human as something of a friend]].... |
* One of her earliest works, ''Arafel's Saga'', is a duology, ''The Dreamstone'' and ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels'', in a place where names and terminology reflect Welsh, Irish Celtic, and Old English influences. Arafel is one of the Fair Folk, and there's a human who accidentally gets the mental patterns of Arafel's kinsman impressed on his own mind. [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] appears from time to time as a character who apparently [[Don't Fear the Reaper|regards that one human as something of a friend]].... |
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