Greetings everyone. I'm a new reader of Cherryh's works, starting late last year and growing more and more a fan with each page turned. I'm also fairly new to the science fiction genre after having avoided it for no particularly good reason.

My name is taken from another series that has grown dear to me, the Rocinante from The Expanse. The Expanse I love for its grit, the Cherryh books I've read so far (Chanur, Foreigner, Faded Sun) I love for the way she portrays her aliens and their worlds. Not so alien to be incomprehensible, but enough to be fascinating to read and learn. I often dread finishing a series in any media and experiencing the slight emptiness of knowing the story is over, so I'm glad to see I have a great many books ahead of me to postpone it!

Bios, huh?

I recently retired from a lifetime of providing computer support for a particle-physics research lab at a major university. I still kibitz on their trouble-ticketing system. Work-from-home has greatly increased the amount of computer-related support required. Until a few months ago, I regularly went out to lunch with the people I had been working with. Now that lockdowns are starting to relax, maybe we'll start doing that again someday. Of course, since I'm in one of the high risk categories, my enthusiasm is somewhat tempered.

I've long been fascinated with astronomy and science fiction. I think my first CJC title was Downbelow Station although I have to admit that I'm not at all certain about that.

I've attempted to write some SF stories, but not very successfully, and have not at all tried to get the fragments published. Recently I've been messing around with trying to write some choice-based Interactive Fiction (using Twine, Tweego, and SugarCube), with much the same lack of success. I've spent quite a bit of time creating my own software framework to support that activity, though.