C. J. Cherry: Downville Station 1

A Space Opera Classic: A Spirited Space War Epic by a Female Author Hugo Award Winner Selected by Locus as One of the World's 50 Greatest SF Novels A classic masterpiece introduced for the first time in 37 years. C. J. Cherry's *Downbelow Station*, one of the greatest masterpieces in SF history and a representative work of the *Space Opera* genre, has been published by Open Books in translation by Choi Yong-jun. This marks the first translation into Korean. Cherry, a rare female author in the SF world at the time, won the Hugo Award for this book. *Downbelow Station* is the first volume of the epic *Union-Alliance Novels*, a 27-volume series, and Cherry's representative work. It depicts the process by which Earth's control inevitably weakens as space is developed, the conflict between Earth forces and New World (space) forces escalating into a long war, and the conclusion that war ultimately faces. Translator Choi Yong-jun, who majored in astronomy and space engineering, is Korea's leading expert in science fiction translation. He has devoted many years of effort to providing a reliable Korean edition of this classic, which is known for being complex, vast, and difficult.

Korean title: 다운빌로 스테이션 1

Korean author: C. J. 체리

Korean publisher: 열린책들

ISBN-13: 9788932918334