false 31360 18 <I>Children of the Mind</I>, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book, <I>Xenocide</I>. The author unravels Ender's life and reweaves the threads into unexpected new patterns, including an apparent reincarnation of his threatening older brother, Peter, not to mention another "sister" Valentine. Multiple storylines entwine, as the threat of the Lusitania-bound fleet looms ever nearer. The self-aware computer, Jane, who has always been more than she seemed, faces death at human hands even as she approaches godhood. At the same time, the characters hurry to investigate the origins of the descolada virus before they lose their ability to travel instantaneously between the stars. There is plenty of action and romance to season the text's analyses of Japanese culture and the flux and ebb of civilizations. <I>--Brooks Peck</I> 1959402 1996 Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, Book 4) total:9768|5:1862|4:3318|3:3283|2:1053|1:252| 9768 34789 12270 307 3 6 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 20:14:48 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 20:15:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Dec 04 20:33:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 02 22:05:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 14:41:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 12:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 14:46:27 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 10:28:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 15 22:11:45 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:17:00 -0700 2007 Sci-Fi writers write a great book, then take all the left-over good ideas and put them in the sequel. Then, if the series is still selling, they squeeze out anything they can into part three. If it makes it any further...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:01:01 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:07:29 -0700 2009 Children of the Mind and Xenocide together tell one story, and I can't help but lump them together and assign a single rating. Rather than write my thoughts again, here's what I wrote about Xenocide

"I loved this book. I had heard so many reviews about how weird Orson Scott Card...more...]]> 2 1 false true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:07:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:06:14 -0700 2009
I suppose I have to recant the part of my Xenocide review where I called the "birth" of Peter and You...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 03 14:33:31 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:48:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 20:12:04 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:29:35 -0800 2009 I...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 17:05:47 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 17:09:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 07 12:41:22 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 12:42:25 -0700 2007
What is the soul, and what is the self? Where are ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 27 15:00:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:02:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 19:38:53 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 11:31:34 -0700 2008 1 loved Speaker for the Dead. I even loved Xenocide! So I really wanted Children of the Mind to be just as good. But, the first half really dragged, and the second was interesting, but nothing special. I am glad I persevered through the story so I could find out how OSC ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 23:45:08 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 23:56:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 04:05:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 03:54:31 -0800 2008
This final part of the Ender quartet (if you don't count the recently...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 19:28:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 20:59:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 11:35:56 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 11:37:49 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 18:14:26 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 23:32:52 -0700 2009 'You have small ones,' said Peter. 'Surely you're aware of the distinction.'"
-pg 67 Wang Mu and Peter

"I know I'm a shit and I'm not going to change just because you look so downcast."
-pg 70 Peter

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