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Summary: Very thought provoking sci-fi
Review: Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card, is a book that makes you think about human will. Does it exist; do we really choose for ourselves what our next move is going to be, or are humans just puppets of their genetic code? Card has presented in this novel questions that may not be answerable. Also in this book, are ethical dilemmas that make you think about your religion and what we humans are here for. Though, as thought provoking as it is, this book still entertains. What I really liked about this book was that I could read it without having read the second novel in the Ender trilogy. Also, Card is able to present many characters, species, and situations that react to problems in ways that many different people that you know would. This book keeps you interested, to the point that I recomend that you not begin reading this at night (you won't be able to sleep, I'd know!). This book gets a double thumbed, five starred, award winning, standing overationic, spectactularly large round of applause for edge of your seat suspense and a mind provoking plot.
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Summary: Not up to the caliber of Ender's Game, but good nonetheless
Review: I loved Ender's Game, certainly it is one of my favorite books. Speaker for the Dead, which introduced the piggies an Ender's post-xenocide life, was good but at times a little slow. I think Xenocide is second best of the three. I love the philosophical and scientific discussion of philotic threads, which often spans several pages. The parts with the Path, i.e. a Chinese colony highly involved with Starways Congress, were extremely dull at the beginning, but picked up speed later on. The chapters on Lusitania were overall better though. The main thing that I didn't like about the book was the seperation of Ender and Valentine and the way that Ender becomes more a part of his new family. I don't find Novinha's family (can't remember last name...) very interesting. I always liked the relationship between the Wiggin siblings, and this kills it a little. Oh well, good book, hope to read Children of the Mind soon and then on to the Bean series!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book does an excellent job of telling a great science fiction story while integrating philisophical and spiritual ways of looking at the universe. This book is an excellent example of how sci-fi no only provides new ideas in the world of technology, but also in the world of morality and spirituality.
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Summary: Not as Fast Paced as Ender's Game - Still a great read
Review: OSC is one of the best writers in the US today. In fact I will go so far as to say he is second only to Stephen King. This book is not a stand-alone book, it is a sequal to Ender's Game. I read this book around 1996. I heard about Ender's Shadow a month or two ago and have recently finished the series. I have read all of the Ender and Shadow series and will continue to do so as long as they keep being written. If you are not familiar with OSC, he is also the author/playright of the Abyss! Ender's Game is planned to be made into a movie by WB and the producer of a Perfect Storm. This book is about Ender's life off-planet after having saved the world. This book is very philosophical and has less action. It is a not as fast paced as Ender's Game. I would say more about the book, but I hate people giving away any information about books and movies so I won't.
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Summary: A terrible followup to Ender's Game's magnificence
Review: Ender's Game is one of the best novels written. Not only is it a purely enjoyable read, but it surrounds and is encapsulated by situations and events that will leave you thinking for months and years afterwards. As good as Ender's Game is, Xenocide is unworthy to follow it. It follows a simplistic premise and frustrating story. Even if you ignore the total lack of scientific developments in the hundreds of years passed since Ender's Game, it's still just a boring, unfortunate followup to a sci-fi classic. The only thing worse than Xenocide is Children of the Mind. Skip them both - if you must know what happens, ask a friend who was unlucky enough to read them both. Card is an excellent writer, and Ender's Game is too good to have been followed up with such a poor second.
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Summary: It was ok
Review: If you liked the first 2 books, those where great. But the 3rd book is a little slow moving. Id really think it over before you read it or buy.
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Summary: A little slow - not an "Ender's Game"
Review: Mr. Card dove deeper into the esoteric world of the "ansible" in this book. It is slow to get going and in fact pretty much stays slow. If you were disapointed with Speaker for the Dead, then this book will probably be even a bit more disapointing. It is more of the same (from the style of Speaker for the Dead) - and contains little of the excitment of Ender's Game. Mr. Card is an excellent writer and the book itself is good (not great) - but it doesn't satisfy the craving for the characters and excitement in Ender's Game. I only compare it to Ender's Game because it is, of course, the third in the Ender's Game series. On it's own merits - it is a good book although fairly slow. Look to Ender's Shadow for a book more along the lines of Ender's Game.
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Summary: A Great Intellectual book
Review: Orson Scott Card's Ender series is definatly a far fetched story and thats why it is so enjoyable. But this book was the thing that his series needed most, Philosophy. I think this is the best out of all the four books. Without Philosophy in Card's books all they would be is a bunch of tacky sci-fi books. This book brings up many excellent ideas in philosophy and is not for the weak minded. If you enjoy philosophy then this book will definatly satisfy your taste buds. But of course if your looking for a tacky sci-fi flick then look somewhere else because Cards Xenocide is nothing like the books before it.
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Summary: The best book of the Ender Saga
Review: Let me just start by saying that the Ender Saga is by far my favorite book series, just as Ender's Game is my favorite book, and Orson Scott Card my favorite author.
While "Speaker for the Dead" is technically a sequel, I see it more of a new beginning than a sequel. The only connection it really has with Ender's Game is in the last chapter of the novel, and with two of teh characters. The rest is a copmletely different story.
What I like about this new trilogy (Speaker for the dead, xenocide - which I think is the best one, and children of the mind) is that it almost becomes philosophical and intellectual. Not that sci-fi generally isn't, but it has something that Ender's Game lacked. Real issues. Though-provoking ideas. Intellectual points. This series made me stop at several points and just *think*. Not necessarily about the storyling, but about the points the book made.
Orson Scott Card proves not only to be a master at sci-fi, but also quite an intellectual guy. Ender's Game is to this series as The Hobbit is to Lord of the Rings. Not all that much to do with it, but it really immerses you into the story.
This trilogy is truly a magnificent one, and I recommend it to absolutely anyone who enjoys Sci-fi, intellectual ideas, and Ender's Game. I personally enjoyed Xenocide the most because I found it to have the most content (note: not especially due to the fact that it's the longest of the books!). It is one of the most inellectual and thought-provking novels Card has ever written. It brings up such brilliant topics of ethics, physics, time, and such things, it is truly not for the weak of mind (although they will certainly enjoy the storyline nonetheless). You may have noticed two other books classified under Ender's Saga: Ender's Shadow, and Shadow of the Hegemon (also coming soon: Shadow Puppets). These are basically of a different series (and with the third coming, I suppose it could be classified as a new saga). Which one would you prefer? To answer that, ask yourself this question: which part of Ender's Game thrilled and stimulated you the most: the part at Battle School, where Ender was climbing to the top and reigning victorious over everyone else with his brilliant mind and strategy -- or the last chapter of the book, where Ender found the cocoon, wrote his book, and moved onto a different planet. If you prefered the first, then I recommend you first read Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon before the other trilogy. If you really enjoyed the last chapter, and it left you breathless, then by all means, move onto Speaker for the Dead and this brilliant trilogy. You will NOT be dispapointed.
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Summary: Another fine book.
Review: I usually hate sequals but Card is truly talented at keeping a story line alive.
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