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The City Who Fought (Brainship #4)

Anne McCaffrey

Paperback | Pages: 435 pages

Rating: 3.98 | 4423 Users | 75 Reviews

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Title	:	The City Who Fought (Brainship #4)
Author	:	Anne McCaffrey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 435 pages
Published	:	1993 by Baen
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction

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Nearly everything about this book is insulting. The portrayal of women is insulting. The portrayal of men is insulting. The portrayal of gamers - particularly war-gamers is insulting. The portrayal of non-white characters is insulting. The portrayal of LGBT characters is insulting. Most of the characters have no redeeming qualities. The text itself is so casually insulting to the reader I wouldn't be surprised if the authors sat down and said "I've got an idea - let's write the most insulting piece of Sci-Fi we can!" at least that would explain some of the turns of phrase used even when the characters aren't openly "sparring" with each other.

So then, why am I reading it? Well, it is part of a series, and while each book in the series mostly stands alone, there is a follow up book, The Ship Avenged which follows the one sympathetic character from this story.

The worst part about this book is that it could have been so much better. It is the first in the series with a male shellperson. It is the first in the series to cover a sentient space station instead of a ship. It could have been awesome... a Sci-Fi thriller where the station is infiltrated and the characters have to work out their differences to work together to repel the invaders. Instead, the characters are so petty, the romantic subplots so tiresome, and the writing so filled with cliches, that it is hard to care about anyone when the station finally comes under attack.

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Original Title:	The City Who Fought
ISBN:	1857232607 (ISBN13: 9781857232608)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Brainship #4

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Ratings: 3.98 From 4423 Users | 75 Reviews

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11/27/2016 journal entry: "Pretty juvenile tone at times. 85% yawn, shrug... unimpressed with great volumes of (attempted) cutsey banter."

I didn't care for it much. I mostly didn't like Channa, the brawn. It's obvious the book is all about her and female wish-fulfillment. Setting her geeky little brother-ish shellperson to rights, check. The exotic incredibly handsome foreign boyfriend/lover? check. The feral kid Channa tames because the shellperson doesn't know how to raise a kid and lets them do whatever? Check. The southern belle bestie? Check. The issue for me is that the ship books tended to focus on the relationship between

The fourth book in the Brain and Brawn series, The City Who Fought can be read without any reference to other books in the series as all necessary terminology is explained early on. The novel is fast paced and engaging. As I am not very familiar with either writer's literary style, I cannot say who wrote what. Stirling is known for his strong feminine characters, and the brawn in this novel, Channa Hap along with a twelve year old highly intelligent waif, Joat (for Jack Of All Trades) certainly

Didn't like it at first; found neither the City Brain (Simeon), nor his Brawn (Chana Hap) very likable. But they grew. I'm not a big fan of military fiction, either, which this is -- details of fights don't interest me a lot. But I found the Kolnari an intriguing, if repellent, race, and it seems plausible that a particularly vicious environment, populated as a penal colony by the worst criminals in the known universe, could result in creatures like the Kolnari.

I've never been a huge McCaffrey fan. It's pretty good stuff but didn't quite hit the button full on

Nearly everything about this book is insulting. The portrayal of women is insulting. The portrayal of men is insulting. The portrayal of gamers - particularly war-gamers is insulting. The portrayal of non-white characters is insulting. The portrayal of LGBT characters is insulting. Most of the characters have no redeeming qualities. The text itself is so casually insulting to the reader I wouldn't be surprised if the authors sat down and said "I've got an idea - let's write the most insulting

This is an old favorite, but I just re-read it and entered it into Goodreads for the first time. It is definitely worth reading more than once. McCaffrey knocks scifi out of the park as usual in this excellent book!