The rewrite?

[Justanotherbiblophile]

I've been told that _Treason_ is a rewrite of _A Planet Called Treason_.

If so, who has read both, and how different is _Treason_?

[Adele]

I have read both, but both long ago and far apart from each other, so take my comments with a grain of salt. ;-)

Treason is longer, more detailed, more polished, and feels more like what I think of as an "Orson Scott Card book". There are actually things I prefer about the first book, but over all I believe the rewrite is superior.

The plot is essentially the same. If you read the first book there are enough changes and additional material to make reading the second worthwhile. I'm not sure the reverse is true (reading the original when you've already read the rewrite) except out of curiosity or if you are an Orson Scott Card completist.

Note: Card really likes to take a plot idea and keep working it. Ender's Game was a short story before it became the first novel in a series with several spin-off series. Most people know this. Less well-known is that Songmaster was also a short story first and the original story can be found in Card's collection: Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

[T.L.]

I've read both but it was a long time between reads. I liked both. I lent my old version to someone who asked to borrow my "all time favorite books" and never gave any of them back. (Bad mistake!) So, when i went to buy a new copy many years later I was a bit worried to read it was revised, but it was fine. It still has the interesting concepts that had so intrigued me in the first book.