Falling Free

Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4

De: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrado por: Grover Gardner

Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall.

Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?

He hadn't anticipated a situation where the right thing to do was neither safe, nor in the rules. Leo adopted a thousand quaddies. Now all he had to do was teach them to be free.

©1988 Lois McMaster Bujold (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

Nebula Award Finalist, Best Novel, 1988

"Superb....Read, or you will be missing something extraordinary." (Chicago Sun-Times)

"Bujold's best work in my opinion." (Science Fiction Chronicle)

Vorkosigan Series is EXCELLENT

Would you listen to Falling Free again? Why?

I would definitely listen to this again. This series is enthralling and I have already listened to several pars of it more than once.

What about Grover Gardner’s performance did you like?

I love the narrator of these books. He brings it off perfectly.

Good book, give it time

It takes a little while to get in to, but great book in the end. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Not as refined as her later works.

Falling Free is interesting and worth a read if you want the whole Barayar story line, but not as good as her later work. still, it was entertaining.

nice background story

Like the book Ethen of Athos, this story has little baring on the rest of the Vorkosigan saga, but it is great background on one of the bio-engineered races mentioned in various books of the series. As usual, Grover does a great job with his narration.

First in the Series

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. I liked this book and look forward to reading the next one.

What did you like best about this story?

Strong woman character.

What about Grover Gardner’s performance did you like?

He is competent.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Space thriller!

Any additional comments?

As noted above, looking forward to the next book in the saga.

Sci Fi Sociology

Reminiscent of Heinlein, this deals with the personhood of the genetically engineered. A bit dated and heavy-handed, but good solid work in the genre. I'm surprised it's a jumping off point for a series, it didn't have that feel to me.

quality story, writing and performance

quality story, writing and performance... looking forward to the rest of the series. good read.

This was great!

It's like a great mixture of Robert Heinlein and McCartney!
I can't wait to hear the next book!

Wonderful world building and characters

This is a wonderful book and well worth the read. I have reread this book 5 times over the years, often as the start of rereading the Miles Vorkosigan series. This last time I listened to the audible version and enjoyed it. The story is really best thought of as YA fiction, and is wonderfully fun in execution. The scope of the world is amazing both in terms of the vision of the future and the perceptive approach to how people behave.

Engaging space tale with an ethical twist

This was great story that reveals human biases inherent in profiteering and the ethical question of what constitutes being human.