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Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)

Orson Scott Card

Why we're reading this: Hugo Winner 1987
Nebula Award Winner 1987
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Nebula Award Winner 1987

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Oct 27, 2009 Alex rated it liked it

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Judging by most people's star ratings, they either loved or hated Speaker for the Dead. I'm one of the few it seems who thought it a very good book with an intriguing scenario and interesting personal dilemmas, but felt it nevertheless fell shy of great on a number of points, not completely unrelated to it's brilliant predecessor Ender's Game.

It didn't bastardise the character of Ender in ways I can't handle, but it failed to utilise the fact that Ender was a fascinating character in his own rig ...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Dea rated it really liked it

I really like it when science fiction talks more about humanity than it does about abstract beings somewhere in the future. I was reading this during the Boston bombings and I could not stop myself thinking how many people out there view the terrorists as animals not worthy of compassion, and how many know that they are a part of humanity just like everyone else; and how each person justifies their thoughts to themselves to support their beliefs.
While “Ender’s Game” was really about action with ...more

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