A Planet Called Treason

by Orson Scott Card and Card

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044016897X
• ISBN13: 9780440168973
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Twisted, Different, and a Compelling Read

Obviously written early in his career, this story really stands apart from much of OSC's work. It really is a fascinating read, although sometimes dark and a little graphic -- but it would make an excellent sci-fi movie. The hero of the story is a rad-regen, meaning his family has the ability to regenerate body parts (if a finger is cut off, it grows back), however he cannot control his growth as puberty hits, and he has extra limbs and internals growing all over the place. Talk about a bad day. He becomes an outcast, and wanders this planet of outcasts looking for purpose and a future. The ancestors of the planet's inhabitants were outcasts from earth, sent here for their crimes - the planet has no natural resources for them to escape - and hence is called Planet Treason. A great adventure, and a fun read. You won't be disappointed.

beyond Sci-Fi

as stated in the other reveiws, the plot of this book is very interesting and imaginative but the aspects of the book that i enjoied were first that the character lanik is a character modeled after an average teenager. all of his actions are based on that of a young adult and thus it shows how one matures over time and when exposed to various stimuli. The second aspect of the novel that i enjoied was the brilliant way in which card depicted the difference between the following catagories of actions that are treason dissent and freedom. The most prominante way in which he portrays this is with the planet treason being orbited by its two moons dissent and freedom. card also portrays this theme or idea in ay least ten different manifestations. Other than this the book was very descriptive and in other words one of those books you can't put down until your done and after that you feel remorse that it is over.

An extremely imaginative and memorable book.

I read this book about 20 years ago and I'd have to say this has been one of best books I've ever read. It is proably one of the reasons I've kept reading. The main character is an outcast. He leave his home and travels throughout his planet. As he does so he learns various skills from the people of other cultures. Instead of abusing his powers he uses them consciencely. Although he suffers various trials, he grows and rises above the the situations. This book is a must read for people who enjoy sci-fi/fantasy.

highly imaginative

The hero is the product of a society of exiled, but gifted outcasts who have individually founded Families that have in Darwinian fashion genetically adapted their various physical and mental capacities into fantastic abilities, however,they are in competition with each other for the mother planet's favor. Reviled as an outcast himself, our hero flees his Family and explores the planet, incorporating into himself knowledge and powers of the various cultures to become a true "superhero", who sees the power of the planet's diversity and singlehandedly frees it from slavery to the mother planet. Card's love of heroic figures reaches near perfection in this story, and his imaginative powers create multiple worlds within this one book, any single one of which could have engendered a story in itself. This version is much more powerful than the author's wordy second rendition. Kathryn E. Dietz c/o brozak@bear.com

Different, yet good

This book starts off really weird, but if you stick with it, it all starts to make sense and is quite interesting. It is about a prince of a "nation" who can regenerate his body parts, alter the flow of time, and command the ground to obey his every command. The plot, however, is how he is going to save his "nation" from destruction as it is being constantly attacked from more powerful ones