# 2016 SFWA Grand Master - C. J. Cherryh

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**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-sfwa-grand-master-c-j-cherryh/746391 "2016-02-17T23:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-sfwa-grand-master-c-j-cherryh/746391/1 "2016-02-17T23:58:26Z")

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Congratulations to C. J. Cherryh!

[http://www.sfwa.org/2016/02/35732/](http://www.sfwa.org/2016/02/35732/)

“The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA, Inc.) is pleased to announce that C. J. Cherryh has been named the 32nd Damon Knight Grand Master for her contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy.”

P.S. Last year, I predicted that the next few Grand Masters would be Niven, Vinge and Cherryh - so far, I’m two for three [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18140778&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18140778&postcount=1)

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-sfwa-grand-master-c-j-cherryh/746391/2 "2016-02-18T00:45:40Z")

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Congrats to her on the honor and congrats to you on your prognosticative ability.

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-sfwa-grand-master-c-j-cherryh/746391/3 "2016-02-18T02:11:40Z")

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Nifty! I love so much of her stuff. She does science fiction and fantasy – and kind of hard-to-characterize stuff like “Wave Without a Shore” which is largely an interpersonal story, which Dickens could (almost) have written. There’s Dickensian touches all through it.

She’s remarkably versatile! The collection Sunfall highlights six earth cities, as they might appear in the future, from near future to far future. Each story works with the cultural tone of the city (as it is today) to project the “personality” of the city forward. Thus each story has its own tone and personality. Very clever way of putting together a book!

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-sfwa-grand-master-c-j-cherryh/746391/4 "2016-02-18T10:52:27Z")

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Wonderful news. Love her work - one of the best at writing _alien_ aliens, even when they’re humanoid.