Oh, it was you. I thought the style seemed familiar, but I wasn't quite sure. In future I'll be more confident of my ability to identify people by orthographical means :-).

Thanks for expanding. I haven't read enough Cherryh to have any kind of opinion on her style, but so far Downbelow Station is losing out to Thomas Asbridge's much more accessible The First Crusade (non-fiction). This is rare, for me. I finish most fiction within 48 hours of starting it.