Xenocide (Enders Saga, #3)

Posted on 16 March 2017 by Orson Scott Card

The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the hearts of a child named Gloriously Bright.On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last Or so he thought.Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there The Fleet is on its way, and a second xenocide seems inevitable. Download Xenocide (Enders Saga, #3) – kino-fada.fr This xkcd web comic makes for the best review of this book didn t hate it The philosophy and science annoyingly reminded me of Tom Clancy s later stuff where he rambles on and on over minutia no one but him...TOO LONG I grudgingly give this book a 3, based only on my affection for the characters and the creativity of the story Most of the book suffers from overkill in one sense or another, which leads to its main problem of length Its impossible to deny that Card is brilliant, but I can think of no writers other than Tolstoy and Dickens barely that can justifiably write 600 orpages of novel Yes I m aware I m including Dostoyevsky in this statement sorry Karamazov lovers Card could have TOO LONG I grudgingly give this book a 3, based only on my affection for the characters and the creativity of the story Most of the book suffers from overkill in one sense or another, which leads to its main problem of length It s impossible to deny that Card is brilliant, but I can think of...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here The war for the survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named gloriously bright.Says the cover Such a misleading thing to say This novel was 500 pages of bullshit, and 91 pages of slight enjoyment More or less 81.8% of useless shit Nominated for the Hugo award Thank heavens it didn t win.I loved Ender s Game and Speaker for the Dead, but Xenocide was just bullshit It even felt like Card didn t write this How could he create amazing characters, and manage to The war for the survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named gloriously bright.Says the cover Such a misleading thing to say This novel was 500 pages of bullshit, and 91 pages of slight enjoyment More or less 81.8% of useless shit Nominated for the Hugo award Thank heavens it didn t win.I loved Ender s Game and Speaker for the Dead, but Xenocide was just bullshit It even felt like Card didn t write this How could he create amazing characters, and manage to make them lifeless all of a sudden I didn t feel any kind of connection with any of the characters in this third novel To make things worse, this novel is way to...This may be my favorite of the Ender series The dynamic with all of the different forms of alien life and the debate about when and whether it is OK to destroy such life is facsinating to me I think that part of the reason I enjoy science fiction so much is that, not only does it force me to use my brain, but it can address real life issues in a setting that, although comparable to real life, does not have quite the same affect on my while still making me think about real principles I am not This may be my favorite of the Ender series The dynamic with all of the different forms of alien life and the debate about when and whether it is OK to destroy such life is facsinating to me I think that part of the reason I enjoy science fiction so much is that, not only does it force me to use my brain, but it can address real life issues in a setting that, although comparable to real life, does not have quite the same affect on my while still making me think about real principles I am not...Had this been a stand alone novel, rather than a continuation of the Ender Wiggins series, it probably wouldn t have irritated me so much In the interview with the author at the end of the CD, he pretty much verifies what I thought throughout the whole novel The premises of this book is one that he had first thought of as an independent story line, but since Ender Wiggins was a ready made hit, rolled it into the trilogy instead With each subsequent book, Card looses a bitof the initial Had this been a stand alone novel, rather than a continuation of the Ender Wiggins series, it probably wouldn t have irritated me so much In the interview with the author at the end of the CD, he pretty much verifies what I thought throughout the whole novel The premises of this book is one that h...Let me tell you the most beautiful story i know.a man was given a dog, which he loved very much.the dog went with him everywhere,but the man could not teach it to do anything usefulinstead it regarded him with the same inscrutable expression thats not a dog, its a wolf said the mans wife he alone is faithful to me said the manand his wife never discussed it with him again.one day, the man took his dog with him onto his private airplaneand as they flew over the winter mountainsthe engines Let me tell you the most beautiful story i know.a man was given a dog, which he loved very much.the dog went with him everywhere,but the man could not teach it to do anything usefulinstead it regarded him with the same inscrutable expression thats not a dog, its a wolf said the mans wife he alone is faithful to me said the manand his wife never discussed it with him again.one day, the man took his dog with him onto his private airplaneand as they flew over the winter mountainsthe engines failedand the airplane was torn to shreds among the trees.the man lay there, bleedinghis belly torn open by shards of sheared metalbut all he could think of was his faithful dogwas he alive was he hurt imagine his relief when the dog came padding ...This is one of the most profoundly philosophical science fiction books ever written.Humans have colonized the planet they call Lusitania, home to the piggies, intelligent mammal like animals with no technology Then Ender Wiggin arrives, with the Hive Queen, the last remaining member of her high tech species Now three intelligent species must cohabit one world for if they leave it, they will take with them the ultimate biological weapon, the descolada virus.Human contact with not one but t This is one of the most profoundly philosophical science fiction books ever written.Humans have colonized the planet they call Lusitania, home to the piggies, intelligent mammal like animals with no technology Then Ender Wiggin arrives, with the Hive Queen, the last remaining member of her high tech species Now three intelligent species must cohabit one world for if they leave it, they ...5.0 stars I was amazed by how good this book is Speaker for the Dead is one of my all time favorite books and this book picks up right where Speaker left off Superb characters, amazingly orginal concepts of life and the universe and intense ethical debate Card s ...I can t say that I enjoyed this as much as the other two.I found the characters bland There wasn t one that I could connect with among them, other than Jane, and perhaps Valentine The women were all ridiculously emotional, leading to foolish and irrational decisions that made me want to scream Quara, Gloriously Boring Bright, Novinha The only redeeming factor was a female computer and Valentine, as the other women just opened their mouths and madeproblems or spent the entire book ta I can t say that I enjoyed this as much as the other two.I found the characters bland There wasn t one that I could connect with among them, other than Jane, and perhaps Valentine The women were all ridiculously emotional, leading to foolish and irrational decisions that made me want to scream Quara, Gloriously Boring Bright, Novinha The only redeeming factor was a female computer and Valentine, as the ...Ender s series has long been one of my favorite in the sci fi genre and that is why I am slowly working through the series long after I have moved on from most of my childhood favorites There was something about Ender s world even for a reader who was most at home with the most elaborate of high fantasy and sci fi, the subdued world of Ender had a different sort of fascination It did not try to sell a fancy world or any fancy technology or an advanced race of humans none of the regular tro Ender s series has long been one of my favorite in the sci fi genre and that is why I am slowly working through the series long after I have moved on from most of my childhood favorites There was something about Ender s world even for a reader who was most at home with the most elaborate of high fantasy and sci fi, the subdued world of Ender had a different sort of fascination It did not try to sell a fancy world or any fancy technology or an advanced race of humans none of the regular tropes It was the most human of sci fi stories in a way ...

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16 March 2017

Orson Scott Card