Restoree
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Restoree (1967) is a science fiction novel by American-Irish writer Anne McCaffrey, her first book published.[2] It is the story of a young woman who survives being abducted by aliens and finds a new life on another planet.
Betty Ballantine edited Restoree which initiated a long relationship between McCaffrey and Ballantine Books, or later its science fiction imprint Del Rey.[3][4]
Origin
Restoree features "an intelligent, survivor-type woman" as a "once-off jab at the way women were portrayed in science-fiction".[5] While always reading about women cowering in a corner, awaiting rescue by the hero, McCaffrey objected that she would have been in the fighting herself.[6]
Plot summary
Restoree is the story of Sara, an introverted, beak-nosed, 24-year-old virginal librarian originally from near
Sara comes to her senses in a mental institution on Lothar with no memory of what happened, little knowledge of the local language, and a beautiful, golden-skinned body. At the institution, she is treated as if she were retarded and given menial tasks to do, as are other "restorees" who have been clandestinely salvaged from Mil ships; it is apparently some factor of Sara's Terran origins that allows her to fully recover from the shock of the Mil ordeal, while Lotharian restorees are of limited intellect at best. One of her jobs is to care for Harlan, the deposed planetary regent, who is being drugged into a moronic state. Recognizing what is being done, Sara helps Harlan to regain his senses and escape the mental institution. Sara and Harlan then gain the advantage over Harlan's political enemies, defeat the Mil, solve some of Lothar's emerging domestic problems and, of course, fall in love.
Reception
References
- ^ Restoree title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ISBN 0-345-42217-1.[page needed]
- ^ Dragonholder, p.[page needed]
- ^ Anne McCaffrey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ Frequently Asked Questions (2007). The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey. Pernhome.com (c) 2010 Todd McCaffrey. Question 21. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ Dragonholder, p.[page needed]
- Mary T. Brizzi, in Patterns of the Fantastic: Academic Programming at Chicon IV, edited by Donald M. Hassler; published 1983 by Wildside Press
External links
- Restoree title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database