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Title: Absolutely outrageous and unacceptable publishing [practice]
Review: The three books combined into this single volume are part of alarger whole. Why has the publisher reprinted these three, which werealready available, and failed to reissue book four of the series, "Chanur's Homecoming"? You cannot even tell that the anthology is incomplete unless you are already familiar with it and know that the final page will leave off in the middle of a plot for which you CANNOT BUY the next chapter.This is not a criticism of the books themselves. They display Cherryh's extraordinary ability to visualize an alien society that is both skewed from and a somewhat critical commentary on our own. If you've never read Chanur, this is a cheap way to get started, but don't be surprised that there's no punch line here.
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