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Speaker for the dead / Ender series Book 2 / Orson Scott Card
Summary:
Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.
Record details
- ISBN: 0812550757
- ISBN: 9780812550757 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: xxx, 382 p. ; 18 cm.
- Edition: Rev. mass market ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : TOR, 1994, c1991.
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- General Note:
- Sequel to: Ender in Exile."A Tom Doherty Associates book.""Author's preferred edition."
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- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valemount Public Library | apb sci fi (Text) | 35194014201925 | Adult paperback | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 1986 January #4
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. (March 3) Copyright 1986 Cahners Business Information.