Children of the Mind

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein

Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos, a large colony of humans, and the Hive Queen, who was brought there by Ender Wiggin. But now, once again, the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania. Ender's oldest friend, Jane, an evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient species of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the network of computers in which she lives, world by world.

Soon Jane will not be able to move the ships. Ender's children must save her if they are to save themselves.

Children of the Mind is the fourth book in Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga.

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Critic reviews

"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)

awsome

A bit more long breathed with a longer buildup than enders game itselve, yet still thrilling. And the ending brings many revelations

great series one of my favorites. amazing narrator

love this book and all of them. well done on the author and narrators of this book. hope there is more

Apologetics for Mormonism, but a Rich Story

Card does well in this one and it is a nice transitional work bridging his former Shakespearean wit and style with his later style which can be described as modern. Each style is on full display here and in good form. For many the end of the Ender stories will be somewhere in the middle of Xenocide, but I felt rewarded by its sequel. The interplay between Peter and Si Wang Mu is good fun and the continuation of her character a great and pleasant joy. As for the story, I always felt unfulfilled at the end because of a rather outsize cliff hanger concerning a molecular development but was pleased to hear Card's afterward despite this.

Great Finish to the Tale.

these reveiws REQUIRE 15 words or they wont submit. the title says everything I need.

Endless talking, no action

i love OSC's writing style. but sadly these last two books increasingly felt like a bait and switch. The first book was a perfect balance of introspection, dialog, and action. This book is all dialog, cheesy romance, and no action. It DOES have some physics discussions that are worth noting, but this is certainly not a book i would recommend. Do yourself a favor: read the first book for sure, and pretty much stop there. Maybe read the second book. But this book... i would not recommend.

A nice closure

Although some of the female characters dialog was almost intolerable. And the family conflict tiresome, this is a nice closure to the series. I started some 25 years ago.

First Impression, it's good 👍

First time through, it's very good typical Mr. Card story. Very engaging, plausible characters and science within the established world. It will definitely be a brain candy go to for me.

Some of the background stories rubbed a raw chord and there's a few odd inconsistencies that may clear up on a second perusal. These do not detract from the main story, so overall very minor issues.

Do not like the lengthy dialogues

This book was about 48 minutes too long. The dialogue seems a bit pedantic and maudlin at times. I think that there could have been much better end scenario’s.

Excellent Book

All of the Ender series are excelletn but you have to have a taste for philosophy. You need to have read the previous books in order to really make sense of this last of the current series since refereneces to the previous books and events in them are sparse.

Lovely but heavy

It is a great book, but keep in mind that this book is fairly heavy (in a philosophical sense) and that you require to read (listen) the book before it for some much needed context.