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by Orson Scott Card (Author) "<Today one of the brothers asked me: Is it a terrible prison, not to be able to move from the place where you're standing?> ..." (more)
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Orson Scott Card's Xenocide is a space opera with verve. In this continuation of Ender Wiggin's story, the Starways Congress has sent a fleet to immolate the rebellious planet of Lusitania, home to the alien race of pequeninos, and home to Ender Wiggin and his family. Concealed on Lusitania is the only remaining Hive Queen, who holds a secret that may save or destroy humanity throughout the galaxy. Familiar characters from the previous novels continue to grapple with religious conflicts and family squabbles while inventing faster-than-light travel and miraculous virus treatments. Throw into the mix an entire planet of mad geniuses and a self-aware computer who wants to be a martyr, and it's hard to guess who will topple the first domino. Due to the densely woven and melodramatic nature of the story, newcomers to Ender's tale will want to start reading this series with the first books, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. --Brooks Peck --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.


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As the penultimate story in the series that began with the impeccable Ender's Game, this volume is essential for fans but neither the book nor audio rise to the level of the first two volumes. The planet Lusitania is home to a small Portuguese colony, a newly discovered sentient race called the Pequininos, the last surviving Hive Queen of the Buggers, and Descolada, a virus that will destroy the human race if it gets off-planet. Because of the virus, a starship fleet is dispatched to destroy Lusitania. On the distant Chinese world of Path, a young pious girl influences history by uncovering secrets kept well-buried for millennia and in the process sealing the fate of both Lusitania and Path. The sanctimonious tone used by the girl's reader has great depth and fits the character so perfectly that she creates a fully dimensional, aggravating character. The pacing is as uneven as the cast's ability to maintain their Chinese and Portuguese accents. The music is randomly placed throughout and loses its effectiveness. A great deal of talent went into this production and while the good parts dominate, this is still a weaker effort in the series. Available as a TOR paperback. (Mar.)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Losing faith in card, Oct 25 2003
By Ryan Thomas "Magazine Editor" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quartet (Mass Market Paperback)
Ender's Game rocked. Speaker was kind of dull, but an interesting 180 from Ender's Game. Xenocide, while I think it was a little better than Speaker, could have been so much better if he'd cut mayeb 100 pages from it. It's very long, very dry, and very slow. For four hundred pages he hits us with problems and quandries, then solves them very ho hum, as if it's no big deal. Better than a lot of stuff i've read, but a let down as far as Card's work is concerned. If the next one is any worse, I may forego Card's work for a while.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointment., Sep 21 2003
By Christian Klein (Herndon, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quartet (Mass Market Paperback)
I hate myself for writing these words, but they must be written: Xenocide is a major disappointment.

In all honesty, ANY sequel to Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead would probably be something of a disappointment. Those two books did a superb job of telling an excellent story in an extremely detailed universe. It's a miracle the Card managed to follow them up at all, given their scope, but, sadly, the follow-up will leave even the most faithful Ender fan let down.

Card clearly likes to write. That's why he's written so many books. But he must have REALLY wanted to write this time around, because every single conversation is long beyond belief. Every character has something to say concerning some ethical or philosophical issue, but then some other character who has a different take on that issue shoots down the points made by the first person. And then the first person goes and shoots down the shoot-down. Except then the second person shoots down the shoot-down of the shoot-down, and that soon gets shot down as well. I am NOT exaggerating.

This is the root of all problems in Xenocide. Card writes too much when it comes to everything, especially all the trivial, boring points, and as a result, everything else gets bogged down too. The story is good, but you can only get bits and pieces at one time because there's so much dialogue shoved in between.

All of this is encompassed in the single, biggest flaw in the entire series: Orson Scott Card only wrote half a book. Everything is left unfulfilled because the author decided to leave the end to the saga until Children of the Mind. It's a shame, too, because this book had so much potential. I'm sorry for writing this, Mr. Card; just put the whole story in one package next time, and shut up about philosophy already.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, Aug 2 2009
This review is from: Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quartet (Mass Market Paperback)
I just finished reading all the books in the Ender series, and I loved them all. Xenocide was very different from the others but still a great read. The ending also leaves you hanging so make sure you have Children of the Mind nearby to continue reading! The beginning Chinese philosophical chapters are a bit dull but they'll make more sense later in the book. The author could have spent less time on those chapters but I guess that was his choice. The book was still worth reading.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Can't believe SF readers actually enjoyed it
I can't believe all the good reviews Xenocide is getting. This book has no storyline, the so-called deep moral dilemnas could have been better laid out by a 4th grader (no offense... Read more
Published 21 months ago by S. R. Paquette

4.0 out of 5 stars Serious reading!
With every book in Ender series it's becoming more complex and sophisticated. This book is full of very interesting mostly phylosophical (especially interesting on role of... Read more
Published on May 27 2004 by Vahania63

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad
Xenocide is not quite up to par with the previous books in the Ender Series. It starts off slowly, with Jane cutting off ansible communications with the fleet that has been sent... Read more
Published on May 9 2004 by Josh Aterovis

4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-fi for the thinking-person
Xenocide is Orson Scott Card's third installment in the Ender series, and the second book of the Speaker trilogy. Read more
Published on April 2 2004 by Jason Menard

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful.
I've scanned some of the reviews for this book, to find that a lot of people found Card's change of pace difficult to digest. Read more
Published on Feb 8 2004 by Max

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh...
It wasn't bad. But it was nowhere near as good as the first two. The first two had difficult problems solvable by above average characters. Read more
Published on Jan 29 2004 by Jeff Schulte

5.0 out of 5 stars Philosophically Deep & Entertaining
The character's of the ender books are wonderful. They develop over time into mature and complex people. Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Philosophically Deep & Entertaining
The character's of the ender books are wonderful. They develop over time into mature and complex people. Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Philosophically Deep & Entertaining
The character's of the ender books are wonderful. They develop over time into mature and complex people. Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars The Way of the World
I thought that Xenocide was an all right book, but it wasn't nearly as good as Ender's Game or Soeaker For the Dead. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2003 by Nadma Dunham

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