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Restoree
Restoree (1967) is a science fiction novel by American writer Anne McCaffrey, her first book published.
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.
Origin.
"Restoree" features "an intelligent, survivor-type woman" as a "once-off jab at the way
women were portrayed in science-fiction."
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.
Plot summary.
"Restoree" is the story of Sara, an introverted, beak-nosed, 24-year-old virginal librarian originally from near Seaford, Delaware, who is abducted from New York City by the Mil, amorphous alien creatures that eat human flesh. She is kept alive, with her skin removed and