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Cyteen is the story of a group of people who create people. These created people (called azi in the story) are controlled by psychological manipulation throughout their lives, using drugs and indoctrination tapes. These tapes can modify the belief system of the azi's mind, making them completely loyal to an individual, called their Supervisor. They can also teach skills quickly. The creation of these azi gives tenuous political control of the world Cyteen and the Union of space stations to the people who design these azi.

The next step, one that has not been successfully accomplished when the story begins, is to replicate people, make them live again by creating clones with the same genetic makeup and psychological stresses that the original had. Cyteen is mainly about this next step, and how it plays out. There are rewarding intertwined plots about the repressive society these people live in; about family and its importance; about love and hate; about political manipulation and control; and many other subjects, all swirling around the central plot line.

Cyteen teaches you about the world in stages, but does not give a gentle introduction to this world; it abruptly throws you into a world that uses unfamiliar terms and definitions. Part of the fun is learning the lay of the land, from the point of view of the characters.


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Cyteen CJ Cherryh 9780446671279 Books Reviews

I have read many books by CJ Cherryh, she is one of my favorite authors. Her characters are what draws me. She leaves enough to my imagination to allow me to get to know them and form my own opinions. This latest book is a political side of Cyteen culture, cloned individuals and made men, and the values their culture places on them. This book was meant to be read prior to Down Below Station with her new book Regenesis to be a sequil, 40 thousand in Gienna is kind of a parallel as it explores the Azi and their culture as throw aways. I admit that each of these company books makes me feel like I am missing something and need to read more to catch up. The one thing I have noticed with CJ Cherryh's writing however is the basic human story underneath all the action and intrigue that keeps me coming back and looking for more.
As with all of her books I've read, she develops these characters to the point that you miss them when the book ends, and as usual, her plotting is complex and absorbing.
I have read Cherryh before, but I have to admit I never really got why she had such an impressive reputation before reading Cyteen. After reading Cyteen, my biggest question is why she does not have *more* of a reputation.

Cyteen (a repackaging of three shorter novels set in the Merchanter universe) is a sprawling intergenerational book which is entertaining to read even as it raises important questions about morality and identity. At its center, it features three main characters who are all genetic replicas of other older characters. These three struggle to accept their heritage while at the same time they try to own their own lives in a way that hardly seems possible, given the controlling and invasive atmosphere on Cyteen.

This is my first exposure to any of the books in the Merchanter Universe, and I did not feel as though I were missing any backstory. Cyteen is well able to stand on its own as a novel. Readers should be advised to not waste too much time trying to grasp all the concepts introduced in the first 50 pages at the time that they are introduced. Cherryh dumps an awful lot of ideas into the first few chapters, but they are all explained gradually as the book unfolds.

I would recommend Cyteen for almost any science fiction fan, particularly those who are interested in biotechnology issues. Cyteen should generally safe for teenage readers-- sexual situations (including a rape) are implied, but not made explicit.
This book, originally published as a trilogy, explores an attempt to recover the special genius of a deceased woman by not only cloning her body, but recreating as exactly as possible the circumstances of her growing up. Moral issues, practical issues, and especially the unintended effect of a major difference the mother of the original genius regarded and treated her child as an experiment; the mother-surrogate, while replicating the recorded acts of the mother, loves the child. I have read this book and its sequel with great pleasure, several times.
CYTEEN is not a fast-paced science fiction adventure. But to have won the 1989 Hugo Award, it must have impressed somebody besides me.

Progressing on a distant planet in the 25th century, the story has a background theme of psychology, genetics, and psychogenesis (the developmental growth of a person's mind into that person's cloned body). Politics and family infighting are interesting, and these reminded of Mario Puzo's THE GODFATHER, but action sequences are rare, and a great deal of the narrative immerses readers into mundane activity and expositions of technical psychology. Therefore my rating of only four stars.

The best part is the main character, Ariane Emory. You may think she is nothing special at the beginning, but later on she and her friends stimulate the plot with vitality. Generally all of the many characters are diverse and colorfully emphasized. Indeed an entire social class draws our attention. These are the azi, a word derived from their A-to-Z classifications, based on genetically engineered specializations.

Gravity is more artistically valuable than levity, and no reader can doubt that CYTEEN is imbued with the former. If you get tough and forge ahead through the slow passages, Cherryh immerses you into a credible, futuristic society. And you will surely be aroused by the final pages.
Cyteen is the story of a group of people who create people. These created people (called azi in the story) are controlled by psychological manipulation throughout their lives, using drugs and indoctrination tapes. These tapes can modify the belief system of the azi's mind, making them completely loyal to an individual, called their Supervisor. They can also teach skills quickly. The creation of these azi gives tenuous political control of the world Cyteen and the Union of space stations to the people who design these azi.

The next step, one that has not been successfully accomplished when the story begins, is to replicate people, make them live again by creating clones with the same genetic makeup and psychological stresses that the original had. Cyteen is mainly about this next step, and how it plays out. There are rewarding intertwined plots about the repressive society these people live in; about family and its importance; about love and hate; about political manipulation and control; and many other subjects, all swirling around the central plot line.

Cyteen teaches you about the world in stages, but does not give a gentle introduction to this world; it abruptly throws you into a world that uses unfamiliar terms and definitions. Part of the fun is learning the lay of the land, from the point of view of the characters.