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)

Too much back story

Pretty good but too much rehash of prior books. Also too much internal, redundant chatting. So good story, well read. Could have been much shorter.

Pretty good.

Pretty good. I can't wait for the next book in the series. A lot of good theological stuff.

Amazing! so contemplative

I enjoy conteplating the meaning of life. Children of the Mind had me contemplating the meaning of many species' lives as well as the different parts of each life. Awesome.

A Tremendous Story, from an unfortunately evil author

It is a modern tragedy, that the vision of author Orson Scott Card can pierce through to the very core of the hearts of men, and yet be so addled and drowned in the conservatism of his twisted and decaying morality as to wound his prospective fan. This book, as with many of his works, is a triumphal masterpiece, weakened only by the blood-spatters found on their creator's hand.

Excellent

This was the last of the end or series of books that I've listen to I haven't listened to any of the shadow series this, ties it all together awesome book and
awesome series

Mind working wonderment

Keeps your mind working the entire time. The voice actors add to the story with their accents to accent a wondenderful mind workout of a book.

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.

awesome

it's awesome! make sure to start at the beginning of the series. love these books.

A life philosophy and excellent science fiction

Give me things to think about and a story to examine . entertainment at its best.

Profound and Insightful

Unusually deep look at the existential condition of man, life, and existence. At the same time, riveting. A must read.