She fell into the worlds of Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Tailspin Tommy and Tom Corbett and the Space Cadets. Howard's Conan stories, and "ead every 'lost world' could find and was a fanatic listener to Tom Corbett on radio." She was hooked.īy the age of 10, her family had purchased a television set, which provided her with a new platform for adventure. She read her way through the library, devouring books such as Robert E.
"Entertainment," her brother would later note, "was talking to your friends, reading a book, or listening to the radio, if you were lucky enough to have one." Cherryh found books were the best sort of escape: Her father gave her a copy of Tarzan and the City of Gold, although she had already been a fan of comic books. Life during the remainder of World War II was difficult, when necessities such as food, fuel and money were scarce.
In 1949, her younger brother, David, was born, and they would remain close throughout her life. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Joplin, Missouri, and in Lawton, Oklahoma. Cherryh) was born on September 1st, 1942, in St. Carolyn Cherry (who would come to be known as author C.J.
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