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Summary: Buy it!
Review: This is the kind of book that makes you want to go out and start reading history books because it gets you so excited about the time and the players, and Card has done his homework - I was thrilled to find a bibliography at the back. This is a book I recommend to all my friends
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Summary: Card has dealt a new hand
Review: I knew when I saw the cover of this book that it would be different. Because it was Card, I also knew it would have new ideas, outside of the traditional streams of thought. I also knew my perceptions of the world would be a little different after I finished reading it. Knowing all of this, I avoided this book like a plague.
I was chicken. I didn't think, as they say, I wanted to go there.
I'm glad I did. This book opened up my mind considerably--not in a painful way, but a pleasent, easy expanding. Although certainly not a traditional Card story (If that isn't a contradiction anyway) it is a thoughtful and involving tale of real people tackling real issues, and, refreshingly, finding real answers.
So force yourself. Pick it up. Don't let the fancy font fool you.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: An extremely poweful book that I would recommend to anyone. If you ever wonder what could have happened in history if certain events did not occur, this is the book for you. This book has all the attributes that all good science fiction books have. It makes you think
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Summary: part SF, part historical fiction
Review: At first,this book seemed to fall into the "good,but not great" category when I started reading it.Soon,however, it became great.This is simply because,unlike some of Orson Scott Card's other books (Ender's Game,for example), Pastwatch isn't exciting from the very beginning. Instead,the book builds to a climax that is impossible to predict and intertwines it with the story of Christopher Columbus's life had it been interfered with by people who watched it from the future. The best part of this book, in my opinion, was the way Card made Columbus himself the focus of the novel, instead of giving the Pastwatch characters top priority. Columbus turns out to be actually much more interesting than any of those who work for Pastwatch in the book.Card's best books (like Speaker or Xenocide) have succeeded because of his ability to write enthralling characters, and here he has the oppurtunity to write for an extremely interesting one-Christopher Columbus.
In other words, read this book whether you're a science fiction fan or a museum curator. If you find yourself a bit bored by the Tagiri/Diko/Manjam etc. part of the book,rest assured that it gets much better.If you expect the Pastwatch station to be the most important part of the book, you'll see that Christopher Columbus is, is reality, the book's focal point and the most intertesting aspect.
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Summary: Another terrific book from Orson Scott Card!
Review: Orson Scott Card has once again written a thought provoling, intelligent piece of science fiction. The characterization is rich with detail. I was particularly intrigued by the notion of altering history, and the consequences for 'playing God.' The only thing that keeps me from giving this novel a 10 is the ending. It felt a bit rushed and unfinished. Despite that, I would heartily recommend this book to anyone who enjoys an engaging story combined with thoughtful themes
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Summary: Read This Book!
Review: I didn't know Orson Scoot Card Could write this well. This book has everything a great science fiction novel needs: unique stimulating ideas; a rich fast moving plot; deep characters with engaging internal dialogue; meaningful moral issues are tackled. The story moves at a fast past and covers a lot of ground, and the world is saved (sort-off)!
A Really good book! I recomend this book even to graduate students who don't have time to read, (and they enjoy it and thank me for it!)
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Summary: The best alternate history!
Review: Card likes to write alternate histories (e.g. the Alvin
series) and this is his best yet. After explaining how an alternate history can come about (the Sci-Fi part) he
goes on to develop and compare the two histories.
For folks who have a hard time with alternate histories
because "that isn't what REALLY happened", this book can
be a real eye-opener. For those who wonder what life would
have been like if Europeans hadn't conquered the new world
there is a lot of food for thought. As with all of Card's
books this is a tale of "real" people who experience
believable problems, sacrifices and heroics.
- David H. Elrod
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Summary: Definitely Card at Full Throttle
Review: Orson Scott Card inserts moral dilemma everywhere, but this time it affects Christopher Columbus. A fair treatment of 15th Century Europe and good research about the Caribbean and Meso-American cultures. A real page-turner; I read it (~400 pages) in 24 hours.
Almost as fast-paced as Ender's game, but less tech, logistics, strategy, etc., so, in my view, not as good as Ender
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Summary: Excellent fable on what "might have been"
Review: This book isn't standard Ender's Game/Alvin Maker type material, but a wonderful read nonetheless. I found the information on Meso-American tribes to be really interesting, and the possible scenarios of a future where Columbus did NOT discover the American Continent were both thrilling and horrifying to think about. Much of the biopic writing on Columbus before he makes his voyage harkens back to Saints, OSC's novel about the life of Dinah Handy and the founding of the Mormon religion. I highly recommend this book to both history and sci-fi buffs; you won't regret reading it
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Summary: Excellent Book - Along the lines of Alvin Maker Series
Review: What? "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus" is a science fiction book? It seemed to me that this is more a historical fiction book than a scienct fiction book. Granted, the premise of "Pastwatch" is science fiction, but the majority of the book is a retelling of history that brigns a character that we have all learned about since grade school to life. This book is not only well worth the read, but one of the best Card has written. It is intriguing, fast-moving, and clever. It is good to see that even though Mr. Card has many projects that he is currently working on, it seems like none of his books (including this one) come up lackluster
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