Un planeta llamado traición

by Orson Scott Card

Paper Book, 1981

Status

Available

Call number

813

Genres

Science Fiction

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

Barcelona : Edhasa , 1981,(1989 reimp.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Radaghast

As a huge fan of Card, I was still somewhat leery of reading one of his earliest works. I've been disappointed before when reading authors I love at the beginning of their craft, Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain for example. Still, the premise was exciting.

The novel's premise is based on the

idea that a future society has banished all of its best minds to an isolated planet called Treason. All those who rebelled against what seems, from my reading, a communist government were then permanently cut off, save through robotic Ambassadors. But that is the least important part of A Planet Called Treason. The book takes place three thousand years after these events, when we see the descendants of these geniuses and the strange societies that have been shaped around them. We see them war and struggle from the perspective of a violent nobleman named Lanik Mueller. We see his transformation as he sees what other societies have been able to accomplish and learns an awful truth about Treason.

Fans of Card's other books, especially the Alvin Maker series, will recognize themes and plot devices from A Planet Called Treason. That's not to say nothing is original, but you will definitely recognize ideas Card put to better use later in his career.

The book works though, as a whole, and I was not as disappointed as I feared. A Planet Called Treason is certainly no Alvin Maker or Ender's Game, but it is a quick, fun read.

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LibraryThing member PMaranci

An imaginative and well-written book about various branches of science developed to an unheard-of degree by the descendants of rebels on a prison planet. Quite a memorable work. Unfortunately Card rather ruined it in a later re-write under the name Treason.

LibraryThing member delta351

Kind of a bumpy start, which was a bit too freakish for me. However, the farther you read, the better it gets to a point. The concept of every 'country' having a specialty was clever, and quicktime is fabulous. I wish there was more explanation of the backstory to this book, which may well be

included in the updated version "Treason."

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LibraryThing member fdholt

In one of his early works, Orson Scott Card has written about a planet named Treason in which various revolutionaries were imprisoned. The first family to build a spaceship would get many rewards. Families could sell things via an ambassador from their home planet and would receive iron in return,

a metal lacking on Treason. The problem was in finding a product that would sell. Lanik is born into the house of Mueller, which specializes in genetics. The family grows extra body parts which are removed and sold for iron, making them a powerful family. Each of the other families has its own unique specialty. Lanik is forced to flee Mueller when he starts growing body parts which are deemed regenerative, going to many different parts of Treason. Here he discovers several secrets.

Card does a wonderful job imagining the planet and its different specialties. One is religion, one history, another physics. The inhabitants live in so many different ways, from farmhouses and cities to a city entirely in the trees. He also prvides a map so you can follow Lanik in his travels.

An enjoyable novel from one of the masters of science fiction.

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