Falling Free (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrapolatory
- Time of Work: Undefined future
- Setting: The Cay Habitat, orbiting the planet Rodeo
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Slavery or slaves, Revolutions, Future, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Bioengineering or biotechnology
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Falling Free takes place in a future galactic setting often used by Lois McMaster Bujold, in which Earth has colonized planets in other solar systems. The main characters are Leo Graf, a career engineer for GalacTech, and his supervisor and antagonist, Bruce Van Atta. Their conflict centers on the quaddies, one thousand bio-engineered humans who have been created to live and work in free fall. The quaddies have four arms and are more resistant to radiation and the lack of gravity than are bipedal humans. They were developed in a decades-long project funded by...
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