Re: "Treason" by Orson Scott Card

Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote in news:rq3qfq$41l$1@dont-
email.me:

> "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)
> 
> Lynn

I quite liked it, though I thought OSC was making certain things a bit 
obvious. Theodicy? Um, sort of? 

_Wyrms_, though, that was _ace_! Best OSC ever, proper liked that one!