![]() ![]() ![]() Then, Pell's World is found to be not only habitable, but already populated by the gentle, sentient (if technologically backward) Hisa. Nine star systems are found to lack planets suitable for colonization, so space stations are built in orbit instead, stepping stones for further exploration. Space is explored not by short-sighted governments but by the Earth Company, a private corporation which becomes enormously wealthy and powerful as a result. It was the first novel edited by current DAW president Elizabeth Wollheim, who worked alongside her father. Wollheim, believed that the moniker lacked commercial appeal, so Downbelow Station was selected as the title for publication. The working title of the book was The Company War, but Cherryh's editor at DAW, Donald A. The station serves as the transit point for ships moving between the Earth and Union sectors of the galaxy. ![]() The book details events centering on a space station in orbit around Pell's World (also known as "Downbelow") in the Tau Ceti star system. ![]() The book is set in Cherryh's Alliance–Union universe during the Company Wars period, specifically late 2352 and early 2353. It won the Hugo Award in 1982, was shortlisted for a Locus Award that same year, and was named by Locus magazine as one of the top 50 science fiction novels of all time in 1987. Cover of 1981 Book Club edition (hardcover)Äownbelow Station is a science fiction novel by American writer C. ![]()
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