Speaker for the Dead : Author's Definitive Edition

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Summary: a bad book
Review: I'll explain by giving an example A sequel to this book could be this "Ender goes back in time, saves John F. Kennedy, travels first to the moon, brings a Cure to Cancer, travels again through time and dies as Jesus". Ender does everything. It's so stupid. I really liked the first book, I would've given it a 9, but this..I think this book should never have been written.

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Summary: Don't expect Ender's Game II and you won't be disappointed.
Review: I read somewhere that frequent boredom is a sign of stupidity... I disagree. I think, in this case, a lack of understanding is more applicable. I thought _Crime and Punishment_ was boring when I first read it--at the age of eleven. _Speaker for the Dead_ is a philosophical tract under the facade of hard Science Fiction. It should be read as such. I didn't forsee that Card could top _Ender's Game_; Fortunately I was wrong.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: The second book in Card's masterpiece Ender Saga. This series is one of the best series' in the world as of now, and this is coming from a reader-- not a ignoramus. I have read books from Hesse to Sartre to Asimov to Rand, and Ender's Game (+it's series) is up with the best of them. Enjoy the reading!

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Summary: Best!
Review: It is my best boo

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Summary: An interesting sequel
Review: After reading Enders Game I had high expectations of Speaker for the Dead. I enjoyed the book but found it to be quite different from Card's first in the series. There is not as much action and more philosophy. If you read for intrigue, irony, and plot you will greatly enjoy this novel. If you like lots of action, you may be disappointed. It is definitely worth reading for the sophisticated SF reader

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Summary: LISTEN TO ME GOOD-AGAIN!
Review: A DAMN GOOD CONTINUE FOR ENDR!!!! AGAIN, O.S.CARD MAKE ME IN LOVE WITH THE FIGURES IN THIS BOOK-AND NOW ENDR IS MY TRUE AND ONLY GOD. HOW CAN I PLAY THE MOVIE??????????? IM 14 AND I'M GETTING THIS BOOK BETTER THEN EVERYONE ALSE!!!! I SAW IN THIS SITE THAT U R LOOKING FOR A BILION KIDS FOR THE MOVIE. IM 14 AND I WILL PAY TO PLAY IN THE MOVIE!!

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Summary: Which bad novel am I reading now?
Review: Take away all the recycled irritants from "Ender's Game" -- the characters who exist only to tell us how wonderful the hero is, the judgemental self-righteousness masquerading as Compassion (with a capital C, yes), the lead character who's always better at everything than the experts, and (of course) gallons and gallons of self-pity, Ender's mother's-milk, and "Speaker for the Dead" still has at its core the mark of a bad novel -- the Big Secret that any idiot can guess before Chapter 1 is over. Imagine mating one of Ayn Rand's crypto-fascist heros with one of those mystery novels where everyone overlooks the clue except the little old lady's cat, toss in some SF ideas cribbed from other novels, and we're done.

I'm currently fulfilling a pledge to read all the Hugo-winning SF novels before the year is out, the only reason I finished this book -- really, the only reason I restarted "Ender's Game", which I stopped reading midway through 15 years ago. Some New Year's resolutions are more productive than others, I guess...

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Summary: Sequel to Ender's Game requires a different mindset.
Review: As a teacher, I have insisted that my high school freshmen all read Ender's Game. The fast pace and excellent character development engage the students and lead them toward discussion of serious issues, like how we treat those who are "different" and the ultimate goals and purposes of education. Speaker for the Dead has a different focus, and perhaps a different audience. Although many of my students have read it because they so loved Ender's Game, not many were ready for its sophistication. Speaker for the Dead works for me in its treatment of two major issues. The first of these, expressed through the interaction (and its disastrous results) between the piggies and the humans, has to do with cultural relationships and the arrogant assumptions often made by the dominant culture. The humans function at a level of cultural blindness hard to understand through most of the novel, and that blindness has tragic consequences. The second issue I love in this book is the concept of the Speaker for the Dead, the role that Ender Wiggin has taken on in his adulthood. A Speaker's job consists of traveling to places he is called to "speak" the life of someone who has died. These itinerant Speakers come to the person's life completely objectively, and thus they are able to speak the truth about that person--good and bad. The speaker helps the community deal with the person's death by allowing them to see that person completely; all the person's facets, foibles, and fortes are displayed. I found myself thinking that if mopre people read this book, we might have a whole new funereal ritual to deal with. In short, while of a completely different tone than Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead brings up some important issues, and it is well worth the time spent in reading it. Invest several days in this book; it deserves them. --Prudence Plunkett ([e-mail])

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Summary: This book is one of the best books
Review: I read the first Ender's book. Before I finished Ender's game, I bought this book. It is one of the best books. You may have read my other review for Enders game. I reccomend this book

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Summary: Une des plus belle histoire de toute la SF!
Review: Les personnages les plus attachants qu'il m'ait été donné de rencontrer. Une compréhension et une description des rapports humains comme jamais je n'en ai lu. Le deuxième volume de la plus belle saga de l'histoire de la SF. O. S. Card : un auteur visionnaire et enchanteu