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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Bean, once the smallest student at the Battle School, and Ender Wiggin's right hand, 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 wishes 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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Best of the Ender's so far
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First Meetings
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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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.
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The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: a large colony of humans; the Pequeninos; and the Hive Queen, who was brought there by Ender Wiggin. Once again, the enemy (the Starways Congress) has gathered a fleet and is threatening to destroy Lusitania. Ender's oldest friend, Jane, an evolved computer intelligence, is trying to save the three sentient species of Lusitania, but the Starways Congress is destroying the computer world she lives in.
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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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2 out of 5 stars
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a let down compared to speaker for the dead.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-11-13
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Speaker for the Dead
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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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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Shadow of the Hegemon
- Written by: Orson Scott Card
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- 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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4 out of 5 stars
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Risk
- By Anonymous User on 2018-12-11
Publisher's Summary
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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- SAMA
- 2013-07-17
This is why I enjoy Orson Scott Card's work
I gave a less than generous review for the previous book, but this action packed book with geopolitical themes is what makes Orson Scott Card shine. Highly recommended.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
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- DocJim
- 2013-06-06
This is a GREAT adventure Sci-Fi Book. Masterful!
I fell in love with Sci-Fi from reading "Ender's Game" many, many, years ago. Even great writers like Orson Scott Card can write mediocre stories -- but this one fits in the very top of the master's work and Sci-Fi as a whole! It kept me a gripped for hours. The narration was great. If you are a fan of Card you must read this one. Prequels are not always good, but this one is BEYOND good and would fit in the great category.
14 of 19 people found this review helpful
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- Beth
- 2013-06-06
Wow
What did you love best about Earth Afire?
Fast paced and action packed
What did you like best about this story?
All the different angles, agendas and depth of the different characters, as usual from Mr. Card
Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have listened to many of these narrator`s many times in other publications, and this one is right at the top. Great!!!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Be ready to experience the gambit of emotions. This one has it all.
Any additional comments?
I just have two words for Mr. Card. Write Faster.
12 of 17 people found this review helpful
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- Andrew A
- 2017-05-26
Fresh story experience in a constrained storyworld
Even though I know the ultimate outcome of the first bugger war, nothing in the narrative feels certain. Very well written. I'd love to see Hollywood take as fresh and imaginative an approach to storytelling as this does.
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- Hoto
- 2017-04-21
very good story, good pace, niece lectors
I enjoyed the second book the same amount as the first one. Recommend for every Enders Game fan.
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- Cory
- 2013-09-22
Wow, that was disapointing.
This book did not work for me, it feels like one of those books written years later by the talentless sons of a great author, similar to the Dune books being put out by Brian Hubert.
Some of the plot points simply feel like a check list bring drawn from a list titles "Things that must happen for Ender's Game to make sense."
Instead of making a great book Card has made a book that simply "Fits" in the Ender's Universe.
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- Brent
- 2013-06-18
A fun listen, might not stand on its own
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For devoted readers of the Ender books, this is a fun listen for the history of the first Formic attacks. In terms of a standalone book, it was good, but not quite as good as some of Cards other books. It felt like it was building the whole time, but didn't quite climax. I am looking forward to the next book, this one ends when it was just getting really good.
Any additional comments?
Another listener complained about the voice actors, I have no idea what they were talking about. The readers were terrific.
8 of 12 people found this review helpful
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- danny lawrence
- 2013-06-07
The Formics arrive
The Formic invasion has begun. They can pretty much do as they please, including "buggerforming" of Earth. However Victor Delgado in space and Mazer Rackham on the ground have something to say about that. Characters worth rooting for (or against in some cases) along with an intriguing storyline with action makes for a very entertaining middle section of a fantastic trilogy. I am now looking forward to the next book even more than I was for this one. Another pre-order when the third book is coming up looks to be in order.
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- connie
- 2013-06-05
ARGH - performance was too irritating to listen to
What disappointed you about Earth Afire?
I have every Enders Game book, but should have checked the performance on this prior to purchase. Very irritating, screechy. I returned the book. Stefan Rudnicki is the only tried and true performer.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Baby talk, screeching and distracting at best.
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- Joseph
- 2013-06-07
Wait for the next book!
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Lame! Just as much of a be continued as the last one, but this one is slow and totally predictable. Worst book in the whole Enderverse!
What could Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
A good story doesn't need to be a cliff hanger. Ender's Game was a complete story. The last two books have Not been!
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Narration is fabulous as always.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
It never would be!
7 of 12 people found this review helpful