![]() Not that Bujold has done anything obviously wrong, it's just that her approach to the morality of the subject is a bit clumsy – or maybe heavy handed is a better phrase. Falling Free demonstrates her mastery of all four elements of successful science fiction: plotting, suspense. Not the greatest book from Bujolds hands, but in it's own way it's quite interesting, besides its engineer turned hero aspects, it's quite funny noting how much our perspective on gen-engineering has changed since this book was written (in 1988). Lois McMaster Bujold is supremely talented. The only problem is that the Quaddies are not treated as humans – they are property of the GalacTech Corporation, so much machine parts and nothing more. Quaddies are gen-modified humans adopted to free fall, getting their name from the fact that their legs has been replaced with arms – giving them four of them. Leo Graf gets the job teaching some Quaddies space welding and construction. ![]() Taking place in the same universe as the Vorkosigan adventures, but not featuring any of our beloved characters, for the simple reason that Falling Free takes place a couple of hundred years before the birth of Miles Vorkosigan. Falling Free is a science fiction novel by the award winning American author Lois McMaster Bujold and takes place within the Vorkosigan Saga. ![]()
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