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Title: Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0-441-00338-9 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: June, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (53 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: unique
Comment: I have read all of Anne McCaffrey's books and I think that the Freedom Series is one of her best. I love the originality that Anne McCaffrey exhibits in her books. These books are based on an American that gets taken along with many others from Earth, by an alien race that is trying to take over. She is turned into a slave on a distant planet, but escapes into the wilderness on the planet. She lives there for months before she has contact with Zainal, an alien of the race that has captured her. Only it is not what she would have suspected becuase he was being chased by other people of his race, Catteni, that were trying to kill him. She helped him escape from them but when she trys to return him into the city they are caught. They are dropped on a planet with many humans and some other aliens to colonize the planet for the Catteni. And that is the beggining of their adventure to try and escape from the Catteni dominance. I love these books but that is me, and not everybodys tastes are the same.
Rating: 2
Summary: Double Disappointment
Comment: As a longtime fan of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, I was bitterly disappointed by Freedom's Landing. Despite a strong female protagonist and an intriging romantic interest, the book is mediocre. Worse than that, it's offensive. It's a mediocre example of science fiction because of the cardboard characterization of most of the cast, the predictability of the plot, and the total lack of originality of ideas. Nothing surprises, nothing intrigues, nothing challenges. In over 300 pages, the only "suspense" was wondering how long it would take the heroine to bed the hero. The book is also very offensive due to its racial and ethnic stereotyping. The Catteni have supposedly captured the inhabitants of cities all around Earth--yet all the captives turn out to be white folks (Australians, Norwegians, Russians, etc.). Oh, yes, one American is described as "dark-skinned"; he's a cook who says things like "I wouldn't stand on no ceremony was I you." (Gee, did a character from Amos & Andy wander by mistake into her book?) The white folks are also described in stereotypical ways, of course; the Australians are blunt & outdoorsy, the Norwegians blond & athletic, the Doyle brothers, "being Irish", "seemed to get along with anyone". And then there's the description of the "bad guy" conquerors, the Catteni: "brutish coarse features" and "thick blubbery lips"--except the single good Catteni, who of course has "a straight almost patrician nose" and "a wide well-shaped mouth". In other words, he looks like the white folks; no wonder our heroine falls in love with him! Anne McCaffrey has never written science fiction of the the highest quality, but she has sunk to a new low with this series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another Great McCaffrey book!
Comment: This is the start of another great McCaffrey series. It has great characters and a great plot, with detailed landscapes. I enjoyed this book immensely and I think you will too! Read this book, it is a great book by Anne McCaffrey!
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Title: Freedom's Choice by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0441005314 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Freedom's Challenge by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0441006256 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Freedom's Ransom by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0441010202 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Skies of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345434692 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dragon's Kin by Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey ISBN: 0345461983 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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