This is a novel that’s about relationships, intrigue, and bridging the gap between cultures that have previously been at war. I have a background in linguistics, Mediterranean archaeology, and a hobby in space science.īyrt: Foreigner was first published 17 years ago – how has the SF genre changed since then? Do you think SF is more in the zeitgeist these days, or less?Ĭ.J.: People are less scared of science, they’re quite okay with life on other planets, but there’s still a lot of education to do…which good SF does better than any other form of literature.īyrt: This audio-movie adaptation will give us all the chance to experience your story in a different way – so what are you most looking forward to hearing? Is there any sound effect in particular you’re dying to hear?Ĭ.J.: I’m most interested to hear the voices. And beware of my grandmother.īyrt: How did you come up with your alien culture? Was there anything in particular that inspired you?Ĭ.J.: It’s Earth, where, ultimately, the space program has to be invented iin reverse…in this case in the 1950’s, culturally but lightyears away, in terms of the culture, the planet maybe the Borgia court, for the politics.….I just build as I go. Or in the ruler’s words – watch yourself. And he receives an invitation from the ruler of the world to go shooting with him…and he also gets the present of a firearm.
He is the first to become fluent in the difficult language. The story is the evolving relationship between the newest appointee to the job and the ruling family…he begins with the job of adding words to the official dictionary. The native authority allows one human to come to the mainland as interpreter and official contact, and as the price of their survival, he has to mediate the slow, sensible turnover of human tech to their government. But cultural mistakes trigger a war that strands the human population, disarmed, in an island enclave with no access to space. all about it.īyrt: For those who have never read the Foreigner series, could you give us a quick introduction to the world and story?Ĭ.J.: Scenario: a human-origin colony ship has a deep space accident bringing it ultimately to an alien world as their last resort. A project is underway (soon to hit Kickstarter) to turn each of the first three books of Cherryh’s legendary Foreigner series into 6+ hour audio dramas, complete with a full cast, total soundscape and original score, and I was lucky enough to get the chance to ask C.J.
Cherryh is embarking on a new frontier: movie-in-audio.
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