Speaker for the Dead

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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On a distant planet humanity has encountered a race of intelligent creatures that living in a primitive state. Rule number one is that they must be left alone to find their own way in the universe. But it becomes clear that leaving them alone is not an option.

This book explores the themes of guilt, religion, love, truth, genocide, the relationship between humans and aliens and whether a sentient computer program can survive with humans. It's a very powerful and well-crafted novel and thoroughly enjoyable. In addition it quite relevant for today's reader as globalism makes inroads into every aspect of life. In some respects I found it a a little heavy-handed in terms of its moral perspective but overall I think this is an excellent book to read.



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