Again Cherryh

In Poul Anderson's Ensign Flandry, four intelligent species interact - plus a few Irumclagians in a later chapter. Merseians back the sea-dwelling Starkadians. Terrans respond by backing the land-dwellers but also approach the sea-dwellers. Thus, Dominic Flandry, unlike some of his xenophobic comrades, befriends members of all three other species and learns Eriau.

Apparently, eight non-human intelligent species interact in CJ Cherryh's The Pride Of Chanur. See the combox for C.J. Cherryh. So that will be my next attempt at inter-future history comparisons - when a copy of this Chanur novel has arrived. (Do they look a bit like Tigeries or kzinti?)

In Future History Treks, I listed four comparable future histories. Cherryh's Alliance-Union History and Larry Niven's Known Space History also belong on this list. This blog has ventured into Known Space mainly because Poul Anderson and SM Stirling contributed to the Man-Kzin Wars. The blog has yet to be grabbed by Cherryh but there is a first time for everything.