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Freedom's Landing (1997)

por Anne McCaffrey

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Series: Freedom Series (1)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal life was over and her fight for freedom was just beginningâ?¦

The alien Catteni value strength and intelligence in their slavesâ??and Kristin has managed to survive her enslavement while hundreds of other humans have not. But her trial has just begun, for now she finds herself part of a massive experiment. The aliens have discovered a new world, and they have a simple way of finding out if itâ??s habitable: drop hundreds of slaves on the surface and see what happens.

If they survive, colonization can begin. If not, there are always more sla… (más)

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I read a fair amount of McCaffrey's work back in my twenties, but hadn't encountered this particular novel, so when it turned up on sale in Kindle format, I looked forward to re-acquainting myself with a favorite author. The brief description of the plot had me looking forward to something perhaps in the same vein as Godwin's Space Prison (a.k.a. The Survivors). Alas, Freedom's Landing was an unpleasant surprise.

I found the characters largely two-dimensional, the plot poorly developed, and the dynamic between protagonist Kris Bjornson, and Zainal predictable and uninteresting. It was pretty much inevitable from right from their first meeting that they were going to eventually become lovers. At least this wasn't too raunchy, but even so, I got a vibe of those ho-hum "Human woman abducted by virile humanoid space aliens who finds her irresistible" soft-core porn pot-boilers.

It's often the case that an author whose work I like occasionally publishes a book that I don't enjoy. That's only to be expected. It's also true that my tastes in books have evolved considerably since those long-ago days of my teens and twenties, to the point that books that I loved at that age make me cringe today. Without going back to re-read McCaffrey classics like The Ship Who Sang, I suppose I can't be certain whether it's just the Catteni setting that irks me, or if I just don't like this author's work anymore. I suspect it's the former, and I may well circle back to an older book or two of hers that I remember fondly, just to find out for sure. But at this point, I've no intention of reading further in the Catteni series. ( )
  Ailurophile | Feb 27, 2023 |
It's the dawning of a new age for mankind when the Catteni descend to Earth and easily overcome the Earth's population. Thousands are herded onto slave ships headed for the intergalactic auction block.
Kris Bjornsen is captured in Denver on her way to her college classes and wakes up on the primitive planet Barevi. Courageous and resourceful, she manages a single-woman escape from the Catteni and is living in the wilds of the planet when she comes to the aid of a Catteni soldier pursued by his own ranks.

Recaptured together, they join forces with other slaves to outwit their captors and a hostile planetary environment.

Readers will delight in this "against-the-odds" story of survival, ingenuity and romance. ( )
  Gmomaj | Apr 27, 2022 |
Anne McCaffrey is one of my all time favorite authors and was one of the first fantasy authors I ever read. Her books can come across as a bit dated now but on the whole I quite enjoy them. Her world building is wonderful and I always find her characters engaging. The Catteni series is one of my favorites by her. ( )
  KateKat11 | Sep 24, 2021 |
[Freedom's Landing] is the story of Kristin, who was snatched from her Denver neighborhood and taken to a distant planet as a slave by the Catteni's. This is a survivalist story, and not a very good one. I'm not a sci-fi or space fan so perhaps this book is better than I think. I listened to this on audio and the characterizations were not good. Mitford's southern is very much put upon and the Australian accent is abysmal. Also too much focus on a man's "member" and no need for so much taking the Lord's name in vain--it added nothing to the story. Sigh. 331 pages 2.5 stars ( )
  Tess_W | Jul 27, 2021 |
This series is going to keep me up nights. Clearly in the Science Fiction category of the author's talents. I appreciate the author's ability to develop and flesh out alien species, behaviors, health issues, etc. I believe I see the beginning of the conflict between spacefaring species. ( )
  bdinsman | Sep 10, 2020 |
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal life was over and her fight for freedom was just beginningâ?¦

The alien Catteni value strength and intelligence in their slavesâ??and Kristin has managed to survive her enslavement while hundreds of other humans have not. But her trial has just begun, for now she finds herself part of a massive experiment. The aliens have discovered a new world, and they have a simple way of finding out if itâ??s habitable: drop hundreds of slaves on the surface and see what happens.

If they survive, colonization can begin. If not, there are always more sla

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