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Currently, only threads beginning before Nov 11, 1993 are covered. The messages themselves, however, are archived
until Nov 22, 1994.
There is a hole in the archive. The messages sent to the list between June 14 and Sep 2, 1993 are currently not available.
The discussion threads are listed here in chronological order, as well as grouped by the following topics:
Threads in chronological order
- The effect of Jump for the various races (9-29-92)
- The relation between Real Time and Jump Time (10-1-92)
- Mazian's Fleet during and after the Company Wars (10-1-92)
- The 'Company War' boardgame and essay (10-14-92)
- Wishlist of C.J. Cherryh books (10-14-92)
- The social structure of the Hani (10-15-92)
- Tully's mission - Human/Compact contact (10-15-92)
- Crying of C.J. Cherryh's characters (10-16-92)
- The Mahendo'sat (10-16-92)
- Comparison of the military powers of the Compact vs. Earth warships (10-19-92)
- The correlation between the Union/Alliance Universe and the real universe - star positions (10-19-92)
- Brief descriptions of the Compact races and C.J.Cherryh's style in depicting them (10-20-92)
- Tape-teaching/Creativity/The characters of Azi (10-30-92)
- Gender roles in C.J. Cherryh's writing; incl. Azi and aliens (huge thread!) (11-30-92)
- Spaceship shapes (12-02-92)
- "Why I like C.J. Cherryh's books" (12-02-92)
- Where to start when reading C.J. Cherryh's books (12-08-92)
- The Ethics of Azi production (12-09-92)
- Comparing C.J. Cherryh's Fantasy with her SF (12-14-92)
- Comparison between Kif (Chanur books) and Iduve (Hunter of Worlds) (12-14-92)
- Hani induce 'un-Kifish' behavior in Kif (12-14-92)
- Speculations on Goldtooth, Jik and Haisi (01-11-93)
- filk songs (01-12-93)
- C.J. Cherryh's shorter stories (01-18-93)
- The Connection between Union/Ariane Emory and the Morgaine books (01-28-93)
- The Graphic Novel adaptation of the first Morgaine book (01-28-93)
- Comments on the "*** in Hell" series (02-04-93)
- The pictures in the C.J. Cherryh FTP Archive (02-08-93)
- Chanur book covers/Physical appearance of the Compact races (02-08-93)
- Sexism and Feminism in SF, C.J. Cherryh and Hani (02-14-93)
- Twisted Characters in C.J. Cherryh's books, esp. Ariane Emory (02-14-93)
- On The Goblin Mirror (03-08-93)
- On the differences between Ealdwood and The Dreamstone/The Tree of Swords and Jewels (03-10-93)
- Men at age 17 in C.J. Cherryh's books (03-29-93)
- Interview with C.J. Cherryh in Locus (03-30-93)
- On The Sword of Knowledge (03-10-93)
- Which C.J. Cherryh book have you read first? Good Choice? (04-14-93)
- On Glass & Amber (04-14-93)
- Religion and Beliefs in C.J. Cherryh's Compact and Union/Alliance books (05-04-93)
- The technology levels of the different races (05-04-93)
- Life on Carriers (05-07-93)
- Kif'ish Religion (05-11-93)
- Time compression for warship crews, example Yeager (05-11-93)
- Does Union use Carriers/Riders? (05-13-93)
- Comparison between normal and Azi ship crews/abilities of Azi in general (05-13-93)
- Drafting and pressganging by the fleet (05-14-93)
- Acceleration and maneuvering in space (05-17-93)
- Speculations on spaceship (esp. Rider) drive and fuel (05-21-93)
- On Riders: Advantages, uses, origin (05-24-93)
- On dartships (05-24-93)
- On Riders: Shape and Armor (05-28-93)
- Misc. comments on C.J. Cherryh's writing (06-01-93)
- Where did the fleet get its ammunition? (06-02-93)
- Book covers, C.J. Cherryh's face (06-02-93)
- C.J. Cherryh's name, especially the 'h' (06-02-93)
- Docking at a space station (06-04-93)
- Russian Influences (Chernevog/Yvgenie and Union/Alliance Universe) (06-11-93)
- How long is a Hani year? (09-02-93)
- Birthrates of Hani and Humans; connection with stability of the Hani society (09-02-93)
- How can the clan-based, spacefaring society of the Hani work? (09-02-93)
- The role of immunity in the Hani society (09-02-93)
- Recommendations/opinions on books not written by C.J. Cherryh (09-02-93)
- Seeing C.J. Cherryh in person: wishes and impressions (09-03-93)
- What are 'appropriate topics' for the Cherryh discussion list? (09-03-93)
- On Compact (esp.Kifish) languages and writing (09-03-93)
- Kif figures/miniatures (09-03-93)
- On Cherryh's 'Inside Outer Space' article (topic: the implications of space travel for civilizations, esp. regarding warfare) (09-07-93)
- How do the Hani clans work? (09-07-93)
- What kind of mission was Tully on? (09-07-93)
- Black and immunity - is Chanur immune? (09-07-93)
- Hani lifespans/Hilfys age (09-07-93)
- Were the Hani careless in their first contact with humans? (09-09-93)
- What happens to Mazianni crewmembers when they get old? (09-10-93)
- What happened to the Mazianni? Where did they go after the war? (09-10-93)
- Is there a Cherryh-based Traveller universe, GURPS module or MU*-game? (09-10-93)
- "Starchase": Rules discussion (09-10-93)
- Impressions on Tully's learning (09-12-93)
- How do the spaceship drives work? And what about the underlying 'Jump mechanics'? (09-14-93)
- Cherryh's attitude towards fan efforts (09-15-93)
- Shields for spaceships (09-16-93)
- Things close to the speed of light (09-16-93)
- "Starchase"/"Company Wars" - map and jumppoints (09-16-93)
- "Starchase" - a children's game? (warships, azi as merchandise) (09-16-93)
- Project: Cherryh Compendium/Concordance (09-17-93)
- "Starchase" and "Merchants of Venus" (09-17-93)
- Using the realspace/hyperspace interface (09-28-93)
- What kind of drive do Cherryh's spaceships have? (10-11-93)
- "Starchase" rule book and discussion (10-12-93)
- How to build a "Starchase" game (11-04-93)
Space Travel and Technology
Military
Union/Alliance/Earth History
The Compact
C.J. Cherryh's characters and writing
Individual books and series
Azi
Games
misc.
Threads compiled by Andreas Wandelt.
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