Julie E. Czerneda

10 Quotations from Julie E. Czerneda
first contact n. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 32 I heard the growing wonder in his voice as he surveyed the being stuffed into his ship. ‘Rugheran. Sira. Do you realize what this means? First contact.’
fresher n. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 16 They'd been wrong, I thought contentedly, following Morgan into the fresher. About so many things.
fresher n. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 358 She kept scrubbing. Barac had told her to clean up, and he was waiting for his turn in the fresher.
homeworld n. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 32 I opened my mouth to contradict his humanocentric view of things, given the Heerii Drapsk had found the Rugheran homeworld and I, another non-Human, had already had a more-or-less successful encounter with a member of the species.
mind shield n. | 2015 | This Gulf of Time and Stars 13 Mind-shield implants were risky by nature, being alien tech wired to Human flesh. When that flesh objected—
non-human n. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 32 I opened my mouth to contradict his humanocentric view of things, given the Heerii Drapsk had found the Rugheran homeworld and I, another non-Human, had already had a more-or-less successful encounter with a member of the species.
offworld adv. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 77 On my order, the Council stayed away from Acranam’s affairs, beyond ordering any Choosers be sent offworld to protect their remaining unChosen.
offworld adv. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 424 Unless Council had moved them offworld already, she thought suddenly, trying to calculate the date.
sapient n. | 2002 | To Trade Stars 300 ‘They do it so they can get away with eating other sapients?’ Ruti demanded in horror… ‘Only if those sapients invade their pool.’
xenological adj. | 2001 | In Company Of Others 239 Titan U, in the persona of Secretary Vincente—the voice of power in the Department of Xenological Studies wasn’t pleased.