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  <title><![CDATA[The Memory of Earth (Homecoming Saga - Book #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet--to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. To protect them, most of all, from themselves.The Oversoul has done its job well. There is no war on Harmony. There are no weapons of mass destruction. There is no technology that could lead to weapons of war. By control of the data banks, and subtle interference in the very thoughts of the people, the artificial intelligence has fulfilled its mission.But now there is a problem. In orbit, the Oversoul realizes that it has lost access to some of its memory banks, and some of its power systems are failing. And on the planet, men are beginning to think about power, wealth, and conquest.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1979</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this first book in Card's &quot;Homecoming&quot; series pretty well, but the others get worse by the page. Even in this book, though, I was annoyed as much as intrigued. It was interesting when the boys realized their thoughts were being controlled and they decided to defy the Oversoul--go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4634148">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of an older series of Card's I'd somehow never picked up.  Based on ease of acquisition - either from the library or the used bookstores - I assumed that it wasn't very popular among his fans, and may not be very good. <br/>I was pleasantly surprised.  It's a perfectly decent, sol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43715584">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51133480">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 08 17:40:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Somehow Orson Scott Card makes writing look easy. Every word flows in unity with every other word. The seamless blend of character development, world creation, science, story, and descriptions was awe inspiring. <br/><br/>Nafai hates it that his father had a vision from the Oversoul. It ruins his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51133480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8678070">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Nov 04 21:05:45 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card is a very creative science fiction and fantasy writer!  This book (series) is a great look into the philosophy of life on other planets and the possibility of higher intelligences.  The last books in the series introduce new characters that are not a likeable as the earlier books an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8678070">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10368755">
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 13 09:00:40 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 13 09:16:33 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this whole sci-fi series.  I've heard that it has a lot of Mormon themes in it (the author is Mormon or lapsed Mormon or something like that) but to be honest, I didn't notice it at the time I was reading it and it didn't interfere with my enjoyment.  Dramatic stories, fun characters, big my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10368755">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1884759">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 12 10:16:08 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 12 16:21:14 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first Orson Scott Card novel I read and I liked it a lot.  If I remember correctly I went through the five books in this saga (Homecoming Saga) in about two weeks. Several years later I found out that the series is loosely based on the Book of Mormon (Orson Scott Card is mormon).  Go fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1884759">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52555369">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 16:16:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 13 16:24:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Being an Orson Scott Card fan, my daughter Tracy loaned me this book along with the other 4 in the series.  She told me it took its basic plot from the Book of Mormon.  This is certainly true.  &quot;The names were changed to protect the innocent&quot;, and were a little difficult to get in my head,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52555369">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54351498">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 29 07:46:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hello 1 Nephi!!!!!!  I know Orson Scott Card is LDS and if you didn't you would after reading this book.  So far a father has had a &quot;dream&quot; sent from a higher power about the destruction of his home world unless everyone returns to the old ways.  The father is forced to flee with his 4 son...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54351498">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62058784">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 03 16:13:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 03 16:45:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This review covers the 5-volume Homecoming saga, which I started in January, 2009.<br/><br/>This series is a fictionalization of the Book of Mormon (BoM), 1 Nephi through Mosiah.  The sci-fi elements are serve the appropriate function of personalizing Card's interpretation of the story so that he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62058784">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 24 15:56:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 27 13:39:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting story...wait!  I think it sounds like another book I have read....  Wealthy family with a couple of good brothers, and a couple of not so good brothers. Father has vision-family  needs to leave and live in wilderness.  Wait!  Need to go back and steal family records from evil ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72385668">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59207899">
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 17:27:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 10 17:27:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a Card fan, I open each new book hoping that it will be another &quot;Ender's Game&quot;... a &quot;top ten books I've read in my life&quot; kind of book.<br/><br/>&quot;Memory&quot; is about Nafai, to whom the Oversoul computer (why do I want to call it &quot;Mike&quot;) speaks. It's about fam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59207899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48519126">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 07 11:33:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 05 10:38:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Millions of years ago humans were rescued from the Earth they had destroyed by war. They were taken to a new planet, Harmony, that would protect them until Earth was ready for them to return. The Oversoul has been created to keep the people of Harmony from harming themselves. It controls the thought...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48519126">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36141102">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Card does an excellent job of telling the story in this novel. I enjoyed reading it, and actually found the relationships described within it very credible and easy to believe. It gave plausibility to several scriptural questions I had - like, how can you see an angel (or miracle) and still murmur a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36141102">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16851644">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The plot and story outline of this book and series was very closely based on the events in the Book of Mormon. As a practicing Mormon, Card meant this series as a tribute to the most influential book in his life. Some fellow Mormons love it, others hate it. I am also a Mormon, and I for one liked th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16851644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14715876">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite authors, I always find myself avoiding his books. Most likely this is because I know I'll get drawn into his stories and I will neglect the duties of real life for a couple of days. I also think that I hesitate picking up his books because I'll expe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14715876">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1645250">
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 04 06:59:14 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book in the Homecoming series. The background: 40 million years ago, the earth environment was destroyed and the planet became unfit to inhabit. So earth people hopped on a spaceship called the Oversoul in search of a new home, and finally settled on the Planet Harmony, with the Ov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1645250">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first OSC I'd read aside from his work in the Ender universe.  True to form, his world-building was thorough without being overwhelming and his pacing of reveals about the back-story was just about right: intriguing developments all throughout.  On reading the overview of the series on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41795367">more...</a>]]></body>
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