Title: highly imaginative
Product review: 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
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