Re: "Treason" by Orson Scott Card

On 12/1/2020 11:55 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> 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.

Less words ?

Lynn