I have the same Omnibus. I bought mine in Germany, though. It makes very, very little sense, but thankfully I didn't get around to reading it until I got back to school and had access to the SSFFS library, where we have all kinds of wonderful stuff. Like more Cherryh. (Also, access to Constance, who got me hooked on Cherryh by gushing about it all the time.)
And then I walked downtown here and managed to find Chanur's Homecoming and whatever the fifth one is called in a used bookstore.
They're in a kif-eat-hani world! Who wouldn't be a little bit impatient with personal problems if you had to spend time dealing with creatures that, quite frankly, make you feel constantly creeped out? Not to mention those crazy mahen, but at least THEY have fur.
I forget whether you've met the Dinner yet or not. I love watching the Dinner go flying through the ship as they go into or come out of jump.
Re: *several days later*
And then I walked downtown here and managed to find Chanur's Homecoming and whatever the fifth one is called in a used bookstore.
They're in a kif-eat-hani world! Who wouldn't be a little bit impatient with personal problems if you had to spend time dealing with creatures that, quite frankly, make you feel constantly creeped out? Not to mention those crazy mahen, but at least THEY have fur.
I forget whether you've met the Dinner yet or not. I love watching the Dinner go flying through the ship as they go into or come out of jump.