Re: "Treason" by Orson Scott Card

On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:07:51 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Treason" by Orson Scott Card
>    https://www.amazon.com/Treason-Orson-Scott-Card/dp/0765309041/
>
>Standalone science fiction fantasy book, no prequel or sequel that I 
>know of.  This is a rewrite of "A Planet Called Treason" by OSC in 1979. 
>  I read the ok printed font and well bound trade paperback published in 
>1988 by Orb Books.
>
>Here is the first paragraph of the marketing blurb, "Lanik Mueller's 
>birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will 
>never be realized.  He is a "rad"--radical regenerative.  A freak among 
>people who can regenerate injured flesh... and trade extra body parts to 
>the Offworld oppressors for iron.  For, on a planet without hard 
>metals--or the means of escape--iron is power in the race to build a 
>spacecraft."
>
>The author has a website at:
>    http://www.hatrack.com/
>
>My rating:  4 out of 5 stars
>Amazon rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars (137 reviews)

IIRC, I read both, and preferred the original.

Although I can't actually remember why.
-- 
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."