Talk:Downbelow Station

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Contents 1 Re-work 2 Company Wars? 3 Original Research? 3.1 Hisa

[edit] Re-work

I intend to re-work this page as soon as I'm finished with my latest read-through of Downbelow Station (p 200 and counting...) Bo-Lingua 22:12, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good. I found your recent Dramatis Personae edit confusing, though, specifically the Konstantin family listing. All those "son of" references. Right now, it reads as if Damon Konstantin is the son of Elene Quen in addition to being her husband, which is theoretically possible, but *not* what I think Cherryh intended :-) Also, might I humbly suggest "Major characters" or something similar instead of the non-English "Dramatis Personae". (Less stylish, I agree, but perhaps more enclyclopedic). Good luck with the expansion! Fairsing 19:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

As Runch pointed out to me, there's a novel template, according to which the title should be styled 'Characters in "Downbelow Station"'. Clarityfiend 05:35, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Then let us use the novel template. :) Sorry about the confusion, Fairsing. Bo-Lingua 19:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

The bigger issue for me is the absence of non-humans in the character list. It suggests that whoever wrote the character list missed the point of the novel and the point of all C J Cherryh's novels - the interaction between different races and cultures thrown together by circumstance.Ninquerinquar 21:21, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I did that because the hisa were a subplot and the summary was getting pretty long. Clarityfiend 04:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

It illustrates the vagaries of human perception. I last read the book when it was published. Tam-utsa-pitan is the only character that I remember clearly 26 years later, so I guess that in my mind, the Hisa were the main plot and all those humans were the subplot.Ninquerinquar 23:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Company Wars?

I know that Cherryh's own site uses the term, but was there more than one war? Clarityfiend 06:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original Research?

Can anyone cite a reference to the stuff after the "end spoiler" part of the plot section? Bo-Lingua 22:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Out the airlock with it. Clarityfiend 23:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hisa

While the existing plot summary is great, there is NO mention of the role the Hisa play. Can someone add that in? It seems pretty necessary for any real overview of the intention of the book.207.69.137.41 00:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC)