Cyteen (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: C. J. Cherryh
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: The twenty-fourth century
- Setting: The planet Cyteen
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Robots or robotics, Clones or cloning
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Fifty years after the Treaty of Pell established an uneasy peace between Earth and its former colonies in the Merchanter’s Alliance and in Union, an aging Ariane Emory is the most powerful figure in Union politics. She is the virtual owner of its most advanced research laboratory, Reseune; councillor for science to the Council of Nine in Union’s government; and, within the council, leader of its majority faction, the Expansionists.
Through Reseune labs, she developed the “azi,” androids whose expanding population enabled Union to secede from Earth. Now...
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