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Speaker for the Dead: Author's Definitive Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

by Orson Scott Card (Author) "Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in..." (more)

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Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (Jul 14 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812550757
ISBN-13: 978-0812550757
Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
Shipping Weight: 159 g

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Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. Like its predecessor, this book won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Card's novel Ender's Game introduced Ender Wiggin, a young genius who used his military prowess to all but exterminate the "buggers," the first alien race mankind had ever encountered. Wiggin then transformed himself into the "Speaker for the Dead," who claimed it had been a mistake to destroy the alien civilization. Many years later, when a new breed of intelligent life forms called the "piggies" is discovered, Wiggin takes the opportunity to atone for his earlier actions. This long, rich and ambitious novel views the interplay between the races from the differing perspectives of the colonists, ethnologists, biologists, clergy, politicians, a computer artificial intelligence, the lone surviving bugger and the piggies themselves. Card is very good at portraying his characters in these larger, social, religious and cultural contexts. It's unfortunate, then, that many of the book's mysteries and dilemmas seem created just to display Ender's supposedly godlike understanding. A fine, if overlong, novel nonetheless.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in the extreme to suppose we could ever look at sociable, tool-making creatures who arose from other evolutionary paths and see not beasts but brothers, not rivals but fellow pilgrims journeying to the shrine of intelligence. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read, Jul 28 2009

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I read Ender's Game about 2 years before I picked up Speaker for the Dead. I did have to reread the last chapter of Ender's Game to refresh my mind about what had happened. The book picks up right after the events of the first book. The actual story seems to move slowly, but that's what kept forcing me to read the next chapter. The real secret about Card's books is the time he devotes to character development, and this book is no different. I highly recommend the book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but..., Jun 4 2005

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This was a good book and I really enjoyed it...when I finally got into it. It took me a LONG time to get interested in the book. I loved Ender's Game which was why I wanted to read the rest of the sequels. However, the beginning of the book here was just slow and boring. It was no until 1/2 way through that I really started to enjoy it. Overall, this was an excellent book, which is why I'm giving it a 4-star rating. You just need a lot of patience to get to the good part. I have gone on and read the rest of the series. Although I own the books, I don't know if I'll ever read the sequels again, simply because I don't know if I can get through the slow parts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Books Ever, Jul 16 2004

By	Shon Tamblyn (Carmichael, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD, along with ENDER'S GAME both rate as some of the best books ever written.

I remember when I discovered SPEAKER as a freshman in high school. Ender's Game had been one of my favorites since childhood, and over the years I had heard rumors of a second in the saga. On a school trip I entered a book store and discovered not only was there a second book in the Ender Series, but a third. I felt like I had discovered a buried treasure. I rushed back to my hotel room, ripped open the front cover and was shocked by what I found.

Ender was no longer the child that I loved, but a 45 year old man. The book takes place 3000 years after the first (Ender is still alive due to almost constant near-light speed travel). Instead of being the savior of the world as he was in the first book, Ender is the equivallent of satan, and he is the one who wrote the "scripture" that is used against him. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the book.

To make a long story short...I loved the book, but it did take some getting used to, as I had grown very attached to a much younger and different character. The book had moved onto more of a philisophical tone, a tone that as a child I had completely overlooked (but is still present to a minor degree) in the first book. I can't say I completely understood the philosophy in this book, but the intrigue and mysteries that were unravled by Ender helped to keep my interest, and as I have read it many times over the years, social issues continue to emerge that I had not considered before.

After finishing SPEAKER, I tried to compare it to ENDER'S GAME. It is like comparing apples to oranges. Both book were great in their own way and it is extremely difficult to decide which book was actually better.

I leave it to you. Decide for yourself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of sequel that you will thoroughly enjoy.
Card does not go the traditional route with sequels to books as many authors have done in the past. Speaker For The Dead is meant to be a standalone book , which means you do not... Lisez davantage

Published on Jul 6 2004 by Travis Stein

5.0 out of 5 stars My all-time favorite book - full stop!
Seriously.

It does take some 'work' - the Portugese names are an enjoyable challenge to pronounce right - even in your head. The story is COMPLEX and brilliant. Lisez davantage

Published on Jun 16 2004 by thoughtstorms

5.0 out of 5 stars Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card is a sequel to the book, Ender's Game. In Speaker for the Dead, a new alien race is discovered on a small colony on the planet Lusitania... Lisez davantage

Published on May 24 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected treasure!
Somehow I missed Ender series and when I started to read it now, the first book, 'Ender's Game', didn't impress me so much (I am not saying it was a bad novel, it just wasn't up... Lisez davantage

Published on April 23 2004 by Vahania63

5.0 out of 5 stars Necessary Reading for Lovers of Sci Fi
Orson Scott Card is by far my favorite author of any kind of genre. I fell in love with his books when I was about eleven years old and read Ender's Game, the prequel to this... Lisez davantage

Published on April 12 2004 by whizkid2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Speaker for the Dumb
Where is the hero of the war against the buggers... why bouncing around the universe giving eulogies 3,000+ years later of course! Lisez davantage

Published on Mar 24 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars The average reader's review guide....report......thing
Ok I dont read a huge amount of books so for anyone that just casually reads like me then maybe my review will be more relevent to you. Lisez davantage

Published on Mar 8 2004 by J. R. Buck

3.0 out of 5 stars An amazing novel
Speaker for the Dead is the second book Ihave read by Orson Scott Card, and I have to say I don't care much for his style. Lisez davantage