Speaker for the Dead


Speaker for the Dead
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Nebula Award - Best Novel (48 items)
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7 years ago at Apr 23 19:23
I think of all the ender books, this is the one I liked the least. It was still good... but... I don't know. I just found it a bit tedious.

Still, I think it's worth reading.

Speaks for itself

5 years, 2 months ago at Feb 28 23:52
Rarely does a sequel to a path breaking book reach the same heights. Pleasantly enough, this book is an excellent sequel to Ender's Game. It is only nominally related to the original and explores completely different ideas and characters, linked only by Ender Wiggin himself. Science fiction at it's best.

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2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 4 11:45
This was a great Card book as always. However I found it to be one i cared for less than the others. It wasn't as focused or enthralling as others have been.
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Description: 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 ... (more)
Manufacturer : Tor Books
Release date : 15 August 1994
ISBN-10 : 0812550757 | ISBN-13: 9780812550757
Sci-fi (6), Orson Scott Card (3), Fiction (3), Science Fiction (3), Ender (3), Hugo Award (2), Sci Fi (2), Society (1), Questionable Morals (1), Psychology (1), Word (1), Philosophy (1), Card (1), 2006 (1), Prodigy (1), Gift (1), Psychological (1), Series (1), Nebula Award (1), Ramen (1)
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JPHOLT added this to a list 9 months ago
Books I read in 2009 (35 books items)

"Completed reading Mar. 18, 2009"


JPHOLT posted a review 9 months ago

“After reading Ender's Game (a classic sci-fi novel), Speaker of the Dead was really a disappointment.

The story really had potential but somehow it got lost in the process of the storytelling. That is not to say that Card is a bad writer. This book just didn't hold my interest or my imagination.” read more

The_Dash08 posted a review 2 years, 9 months ago

“This was a great Card book as always. However I found it to be one i cared for less than the others. It wasn't as focused or enthralling as others have been.” read more

The_Dash08 added this to a list 3 years ago
A World to Escape To (16 books items)
CelShader added this to a list 4 years, 2 months ago
Nebula Award - Best Novel (48 books items)

"1986"


CelShader added this to a list 4 years, 2 months ago
Hugo Award - Best Novel (57 books items)

"1987"


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Summer Reading List 2008 (13 books items)
Abhi posted a review 5 years, 2 months ago

Speaks for itself

“Rarely does a sequel to a path breaking book reach the same heights. Pleasantly enough, this book is an excellent sequel to Ender's Game. It is only nominally related to the original and explores completely different ideas and characters, linked only by Ender Wiggin himself. Science fiction at it's best.” read more

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The Ender's Game series (10 books items)

"Book 2"


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Rosemarie posted a review 7 years ago

“I think of all the ender books, this is the one I liked the least. It was still good... but... I don't know. I just found it a bit tedious.

Still, I think it's worth reading.” read more