false 31360 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg 31360 19 1959402 book 1996 Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, Book 4) total:10160|5:1941|4:3433|3:3422|2:1100|1:264| 10160 36167 12799 321 589 3.90 227419 15664 18417172 1001572 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 9464 1996 3 6 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...]]> 9960923 337084 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 5 1 false Tue Dec 04 20:33:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 02 22:05:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1612748 112217 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 4 1 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...]]> 11475739 342436 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 4 1 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...]]> 4623150 283249 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 3 1 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...]]> 52686864 1084398 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 4 0 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...]]> 61672365 45836 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 2 1 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...]]> 69962276 318072 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 2 0 false Thu Sep 03 14:33:31 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:48:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45524648 1336669 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 4 0 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...]]> 9531047 629503 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 4 1 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...]]> 620305 51289 539810 0812522397 9780812522396 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175634662m/539810.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175634662s/539810.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/539810.Children_of_the_Mind 3.48 584 The destruction of Lusitania draws near...
The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once again the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania.

Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net, world by world.

Soon Jane will not be able to move the ships. Ender's children must save her if they are to save themselves.]]> 1996 4 1 false Sat Apr 07 12:41:22 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:40:40 -0800 2009
What is the soul, and what is the self? Where are ...more...]]> 31365819 1468984 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 5 1 false Wed Aug 27 15:00:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:02:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 32298944 889182 539810 0812522397 9780812522396 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175634662m/539810.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175634662s/539810.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/539810.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 The destruction of Lusitania draws near...
The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once again the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania.

Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net, world by world.

Soon Jane will not be able to move the ships. Ender's children must save her if they are to save themselves.]]> 1996 2 1 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...]]> 77470992 2576733 1579062 1593974841 9781593974848 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185435238m/1579062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185435238s/1579062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1579062.Children_of_the_Mind 3.62 21 Children of the Mind, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book, Xenocide. 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. But does the author really mean to imply that Ender's wife literally bores him to death? --Brooks Peck]]> 1996 1 0 false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:18:35 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:33:03 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 50779379 298278 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 4 0 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...]]> 37850764 1683228 842954 1857239547 9781857239546 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178831032m/842954.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178831032s/842954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/842954.Children_of_the_Mind 3.28 18 Children of the Mind, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book, Xenocide. 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. But does the author really mean to imply that Ender's wife literally bores him to death? --Brooks Peck]]> 1996 3 0 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...]]> 50985424 1602975 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 3 0 false Mon Mar 30 19:28:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 20:59:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43473760 1592683 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 3 0 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...]]> 50565463 2164871 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 3 0 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

"...more...]]> 67392790 572027 31360 0765304740 9780765304742 282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083m/31360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276083s/31360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31360.Children_of_the_Mind 3.56 10160 1996 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:21:41 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 22:03:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31360