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   Downbelow Station

   Downbelow Station is a science fiction novel written by C. J. Cherryh and published in 1981 by DAW Books. It won the 1982 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was named by Locus Magazine as one of the top 50 science fiction novels of all time in 1987.
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   Downbelow (planet)

   The stationers begin referring to the planet as Downbelow, while the station itself naturally becomes known as Downbelow Station.
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   Alliance-Union universe

   The works in the series are usually described as Space Opera, or especially for works such as Cyteen and Downbelow Station, Hard Science Fiction.
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   C. J. Cherryh

   She has since won the Hugo Award for Best Novel twice, first for Downbelow Station in 1982 and then again for Cyteen in 1989.
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   Downbelow

   Downbelow Station, a science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh set in her Alliance-Union universe
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   Mazianni

   In Downbelow Station, Norway has four of them.
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   The Merchanter novels

   Cherryh's Hugo Award-winning novel Downbelow Station (DAW, 1981), is also closely related to these works, as it covers the conclusion of the Company Wars between the Earth Company Fleet and Union, and the formation of the Merchanter's Alliance itself.
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   Themes of C. J. Cherryh's works

   In Downbelow Station, the author further explores the issue of loyalty within the armed forces by portraying combatants from opposing sides of a war who must reconcile the conflicting dictates of their missions with their sense of honor, even to the point of contemplating treason.
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   Finity's End

   It all comes crashing down when Fletcher's spirit stick, a valuable gift from the hisa Satin (from Downbelow Station), is stolen.
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    Rimrunners

    Stranded on Pell Station when the Fleet was forced to pull out abruptly (as told in Downbelow Station), she managed to blend in with the many displaced war refugees.

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• The Merchanter novels,
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• Finity's End,
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