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Children of the Mind
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein
- Series: The Enderverse, Book 13, The Ender Saga, Book 4
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Xenocide
- Volume Three of the Ender Saga
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Amanda Karr, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
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Xenocide is the third installment of the Ender series. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to transform into adults.
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a let down compared to speaker for the dead.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-11-13
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Speaker for the Dead
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. But again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.
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just an amazing book!
- By Zachary Wood on 2022-03-25
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadow Puppets
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Best selling SF author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth.
Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. The unity forced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most of all, seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School.
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Strong start and tappers off from there
- By Robert Walters on 2021-08-07
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Ender in Exile
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Andrew Wiggin is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but instead the 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.
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Can’t get enough of it!
- By Frank Borst on 2021-02-25
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadow of the Hegemon
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Orson Scott Card tells a tale long awaited by millions of fans: the story of how Bean turned away from his first friend, Ender, and became the tactical genius who won the Earth for Ender's brother, Peter, who became the Hegemon.
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What happens with this audio book?
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-12-10
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadows in Flight
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten - a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.
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Back to the roots
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-02-03
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Xenocide
- Volume Three of the Ender Saga
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Amanda Karr, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
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Xenocide is the third installment of the Ender series. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to transform into adults.
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a let down compared to speaker for the dead.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-11-13
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Speaker for the Dead
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. But again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.
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just an amazing book!
- By Zachary Wood on 2022-03-25
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadow Puppets
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Best selling SF author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth.
Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. The unity forced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most of all, seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School.
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Strong start and tappers off from there
- By Robert Walters on 2021-08-07
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Ender in Exile
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Andrew Wiggin is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but instead the 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.
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Can’t get enough of it!
- By Frank Borst on 2021-02-25
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadow of the Hegemon
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Orson Scott Card tells a tale long awaited by millions of fans: the story of how Bean turned away from his first friend, Ender, and became the tactical genius who won the Earth for Ender's brother, Peter, who became the Hegemon.
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What happens with this audio book?
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-12-10
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadows in Flight
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten - a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.
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Back to the roots
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-02-03
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Shadow of the Giant
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Full Cast
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Bean was the smallest student at the Battle School, but he became Ender Wiggins' right hand. Since then he has grown to be a power on Earth. He served the Hegemon as strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire attacking Earth. Now he and his wife Petra yearn for a safe place to build a family - something he has never known - but there is nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies - old enemies from the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth.
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Ender's Shadow
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
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Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this book, Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean, the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers. Bean's past was a battle just to survive. His success brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters.
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Better than Enders game
- By Kris C on 2020-10-10
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Ender's Game
- Special 20th Anniversary Edition
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Why we think it’s a great listen: It’s easy to say that when it comes to sci-fi you either love it or you hate it. But with Ender’s Game, it seems to be you either love it or you love it.... The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.
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Probably a great story. But...
- By Ben & Maggie McGrath on 2018-03-12
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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The Last Shadow
- Other Tales from the Ender Universe
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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One planet. Three sapient species living peacefully together. And one deadly virus that could wipe out every world in the Starways Congress, killing billions. Is the only answer another great Xenocide?
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We waited years for THIS?
- By Anonymous User on 2021-11-29
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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First Meetings
- In the Enderverse
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir, Amanda Karr, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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First Meetings is a collection of three novellas (plus the original "Ender's Game") that journey into the origins and the destiny of one Ender Wiggin.
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Earth Unaware
- Written by: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
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The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador’s telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it’s hard to know what to make of it. It’s massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
El Cavador has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. The family is getting too big for the ship. There are claim-jumping corporate ships bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt.
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earth unaware
- By Kim Ford on 2020-06-18
Written by: Orson Scott Card, and others
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Earth Afire
- Written by: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, Stefan Rudnicki, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
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One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston is the story of the First Formic War. Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely. Not soon enough to convince skeptical governments that there was a threat. They didn’t believe that until space stations and ships and colonies went up in sudden flame. And when that happened, only Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police could move fast enough to meet the threat.
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The book is great. The voice acting is not
- By Gavin Frei on 2020-12-14
Written by: Orson Scott Card, and others
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Earth Awakens
- The First Formic War, Book 3
- Written by: Aaron Johnston, Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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Nearly 100 years before the events of Orson Scott Card’s best-selling novel Ender’s Game, humans were just beginning to step off Earth and out into the Solar System. A thin web of ships in both asteroid belts; a few stations; a corporate settlement on Luna. No one had seen any sign of other space-faring races; everyone expected that First Contact, if it came, would happen in the future, in the empty reaches between the stars. Then a young navigator on a distant mining ship saw something moving too fast, heading directly for our sun.
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Great audiobook with some minor annoyances
- By Willem Buitendyk on 2021-06-07
Written by: Aaron Johnston, and others
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The Swarm
- The Second Formic War (Volume 1)
- Written by: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Vikas Adam, Stephen Hoye, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
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The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China struck fear into the other nations of the planet; that fear blossomed into drastic action when scientists determined that the single ship that wreaked such damage was merely a scout ship. There is a mothership out beyond the solar system's Kuiper Belt, and it's heading into the system.
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If you liked the first Trilogy, this is for you
- By Michael R Wood on 2020-10-29
Written by: Orson Scott Card, and others
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The Hive
- The Second Formic War, Book 2
- Written by: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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A coalition of Earth’s nations barely fought off the Formics’ first scout ship. Now, it’s clear there’s a mothership out on edge of the system and that the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth’s warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense?
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Fails to move the story forward
- By Stuka Pilot on 2022-07-20
Written by: Orson Scott Card, and others
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A War of Gifts
- An Ender Story
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
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At Battle School, there is only one purpose, only one curriculum: the strategy and tactics of war. The children are drawn from all nations, all races, all religions. There is no room for cultural differences, no room for religious observances, and certainly no room for Santa Claus.
Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Children of the Fleet
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Ender Wiggin won the Third Formic war, ending the alien threat to Earth. Afterwards, all the terraformed Formic worlds were open to settlement by humans, and the International Fleet became the arm of the Ministry of Colonization, run by Hirum Graff. MinCol now runs Fleet School on the old Battle School station, and still recruits very smart kids to train as leaders of colony ships, and colonies.
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Nice addition to the endervers.
- By spitfire402 on 2020-05-22
Written by: Orson Scott Card
Publisher's Summary
Children of the Mind is the fourth and final volume in the original Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card, winner of the Hugo and Nebula award.
What the critics say
"This is a worthy ending to what might be styled a saga of the ethical evolution of humanity, a concept seldom attempted before and never realized with the success Card achieves here." (Booklist)
"Card's prose is powerful." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-09-17
beautiful story loved it.
the whole series is very depth and interesting. Great writer. bravo. voices were great too . have queen voice is my favorite.
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- Frank Borst
- 2021-04-24
Never disappointed
Can’t get enough of the ender verse!
Thanks Orson Scott,
P.s.
Never stop lol your the best
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- Lola Devi
- 2019-06-04
Very annoying narration ruined excellent story
Such a shame. Even though there was a few female narrators, some female voices were spoken by a whiny nasal male. That voice was difficult to listen to representing a man, what to speak of women. It ruined a wonderful story, The philosophy was interesting and deep. Why ruin it with frantic, whiny, rough voices. I really hope these last few books are redone with pleasing narration.
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- Brandon
- 2019-03-02
Wonderful Ending
I know this is not the end of all the compilation of books but it is a great ending to the Ender saga. Brought to a beautiful end for his story. Can't wait to see what's next!
Production with the multiple voice overs was nice to listen to.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-11-16
Great Read
Wasn't my favorite so far, hoping for more from the next. Very good though, a lot of philosophy.
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- Dominic Bazinet
- 2018-09-13
I enjoyed it!
This is a good book to finalize the series.
Good Read, Good writing. Read the previous books first or you will be confuse.
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- EFH52
- 2005-01-03
2 Clear Schools of thought.
Reading the reviews, I found two prevailing views. "Bravo" and "Boo!". Little in between. The "Bravo"'s enjoyed a thoughtful and insightful tale telling. The "Boo"'s missed the action found in the first novel of this series Ender's Game.
Read what the auther says . . .
. . ."I have never found it surprising that the existing sequels -- Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind -- never appealed as strongly to those younger readers. The obvious reason is that Ender's Game is centered around a child, while the sequels are about adults; perhaps more importantly, Ender's Game is, at least on the surface, a heroic, adventurous novel, while the sequels are a completely different kind of fiction, slower paced, more contemplative and idea-centered, and dealing with themes of less immediate import to younger readers." . . .
He further went on to separate the two tales. Saying that Ender's Game stands on it's own. The following 3 books are their own tale.
Bottom line: They are all great books, but if you seek action stop at Ender's Game. Good thought provoking writing continues in the other books in the series, but much less action oriented.
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- Jim
- 2007-04-10
Hmm
OK look, this book AND Xenocide must be read/listened to together; they are essentially one book. So if you cannot make it through Xenocide then there is no real reason why you should continue on through Children of The Mind, even though C.o.T.M. IS a better book. It would be stretching the truth if someone said these two were solely about Ender. Yes, Ender is in them and he plays a very pivotal role but it's also about his family. (A Very VERY dysfunctional family) There are some VERY useless characters these two books, in fact the whole Chinese thing in Xenocide could be axed completely.
The whole point of these two books is for Card to relate and discuss philosophy. Why are we here, who are we, etc. IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED OR MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THIS MUCH DEEP THOUGHT IN PHILOSOPHY THEN THESE ARE NOT THE BOOKS FOR YOU. If you're just reading these books to finish the Ender story you WILL be disappointed in the story but you will be satisfied in knowing what becomes of Ender. I listened to these books to finish the story and found myself wondering why useless characters were arguing over silly subjects; A LOT! Until you take a step back and accept the philosophical discussions that take place you will have a hard time continuing through the books.
Realize this, Card wrote Xenocide in '91 and Children of the Mind in '96 and states in his audio version of Children that there will be another book that will tie in to the Shadow series and wrap this up. Expect a wait.
As for the Audio presentations for both Xeno and Children, the voice actors were EXCELLENT. The only problem I had was the randomness of musical interludes in Xeno and the randomness of who was reading in Children. Although I very much appreciated the spacing out of sections read, even though they weren't tied to chapters. It felt like they read enough for someone driving to and from work.
I loved the ending and Children was a very redeeming book compared to Xenocide.
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- Etcetera
- 2016-12-09
That fake Chinese accent is the one bad thing here
Wonderful story. -1 Overall star because of that reader with the awful fake Chinese accent
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- Cranberry
- 2008-07-22
More good stuff
I continue to enjoy these books and their narrators. The story has changed so much from the original Ender's Game, but I enjoyed this one as much -- for very different reasons.
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- Phil
- 2005-01-12
A Refreshing Point of View
Children of The Mind is the best in the 4 part series. It put a fresh twist on reality that is both fasinating and enjoyable. You have to read the first three for this one to make any sence. I am disappointed that he asn't come out with another book in this series. It leaves you wanting more. The story should go on!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2005-04-15
A Masterwork for Card
I have read some of the reviews here so far and I have to assume that they are mostly written by children. Card is one of the premier fiction authors of our age. In a genre such as science fiction, it is not common to find an author who can articulate the human experience while developing unique, interesting speculations on science and philosophy. In all of Card's works, he breathes life into the characters and creates palpable tension throughout the story. The acid test is this: do you care about the characters and find what they are doing relevant? There is no doubt that Card can pull this off with aplomb and style.
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- Ed
- 2017-01-08
End Your Ender Addiction
The narration is very good but it still can't breath life into this drawn out philosophical story. If you find yourself addicted to the Enderverse, this book will break your cravings. You will stop caring about the amazing characters from the previous books. The issues addressed in the book are very interesting but could be delivered better in a more efficient combination of Xenocide and Children of the Mind.
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- Mister O
- 2016-06-08
Couldn't even finish
Having read the Ender series thus far as well as the Shadow series, I was looking forward to a satisfying conclusion and was faced with this cringeworthy over the top emotional tragedy. Which is a shame because the science fiction isn't half bad, but hidden so deep in tear filled confrontation and completely unrelatable characters and jagged pacing. The narrators are abut uneven, a few really shine (the father tree springs to mind) but several set my teeth on edge. 4 hours before the end I deleted the audiobook, very close to the end but realizing life is too short and I should spend more time on the books I want to hear.
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- Corey
- 2004-10-04
Terrible, doesn't do the series justice
Flee while you can! Don't waste your money on this book. The reading is fine, but the book itself is TERRIBLE! I'm a big fan of Orson Scott Card's, and I've read just about every Ender book in the series, but this is just awful - I couldn't make it through the book, try as I might. In my opinion, after the second half of Xenocide the story just went downhill.
The dialogue is just impossible to bear - it's like being stuck in a car with people who bicker ALL THE TIME and just won't let up. And it's not even interesting bickering, it's just a lot of mindless soap-opera-esque banter that just makes you want to drive off the edge of the highway to provide sweat relief to yourself, your stereo, and anyone else nearby who might have had the misfortune of overhearing your audiobook.
Ok here's my advice: if you felt like the later portion of Xenocide was really great (i.e. that extra-special form of travel and the "creation" of certain individuals from a key character), then ignore my opinion. However, if you thought "OK that was a little lame, but _surely_ the next book will make it all better." then heed my warning! Save yourself! It's not too late!
Cheers!
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- Bethany
- 2004-09-14
The Worst Ender Book By Far
Ugh. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead were two of my favorite books because each presented a new "aha!" concept. Speaker for the Dead was especially interesting to me with the concepts of the third life and the philotic connections. In those books, Card made his point in a subtle way that I enjoyed greatly.
Sitting through Children of the Mind was like going to a bad college lecture in which the ponderous professor *tells* you his lesson instead of bringing it to life through an example.
The story here was slow, and it went nowhere. The characters were endlessly lecturing themselves and each other. And Card seemed to spend half of ths book reprising the concepts in the previous ones.
All in all, a great disappointment.
26 people found this helpful