Speaker for the Dead

Book Details

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Author(s):

Orson Scott Card

First Pub:

1986

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2006

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 19

Prologue

1 - Pipo

2 - Trondheim

3 - Libo

4 - Ender

5 - Valentine

6 - Olhado

7 - The Ribeira House

8 - Dona Ivanova

9 - Congenital Defect

10 - Children of the Mind

11 - Jane

12 - Files

13 - Ela

14 - Renegades

15 - Speaking

16 - The Fence

17 - The Wives

18 - The Hive Queen

Internal ID:

1483

Series:

Ender's Game
Xenocide

Ender's Game Series*

#2 of 17

Ender's Game Series*

The complete series of science fiction books set in the Ender Wiggin's / Formics / Bean universe written by Orson Scott Card.

View this series in the book list

1) Ender's Game
2) Speaker for the Dead
3) Xenocide
4) Children of the Mind
5) Ender's Shadow
6) Shadow of the Hegemon
7) Shadow Puppets
9) Shadow of the Giant
10) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story
11) Ender in Exile
12) Shadows in Flight
13) Earth Unaware
14) Earth Afire
15) Earth Awakens
16) The Swarm
17) The Hive

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Greg Keizer
who always knew how

First Sentence:

In the year 1830, after the formation of the Starways Congress, a robot scout ship sent a report by ansible: The planet it was investigating was well within the parameters for human life.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The sunlight on her back, the breeze against her wings, the water cool under her feet, her eggs warming and maturing in the flesh of the cabra: Life, so long waited for, and not until today could she be sure that she would be, not the last of her tribe, but the first.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Read this after finishing Ender's Game. Quite a bit different from the first book but a great story on it's own as well.

Extract not on file

Added: 31-Jan-2015

Last Updated: 17-Mar-2023

15-Aug-1994

Tor Books

Paperback

Date Issued:

15-Aug-1994

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$7.99

Pages*:

382

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 2006 - 1 Jan 2006

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1570

Publisher:

Tor Books

ISBN:

0-812-55075-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-812-55075-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Harris - Cover Artist

"Less brash than Ender's Game. SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD may be a much better book. Don't miss it!" - Analog

"Told with compassion and keen insight, this powerful sequel to Ender's Game is highly recommended." - Library Journal

WINNER OF BOTH HUGO AND NEBULA AWARDS!

SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD

In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told of the true story of the Bugger War.

Now long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, 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

Card is a writer of compassion and his heart breaks for the individual men and women of good will who find themselves caught up and forced to participate in the race's homocidal crossfire." - Washington Post Book World

"The most powerful work Card has produced. SPEAKER not only completes Ender's Game, it transcends it." - Fantasy Review

"A completely gripping story." - The Toronto Star

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: March 1986
Revised Edition: August 1991
Revised Trade Paperback Edition: September 1992
Revised Mass Market Edition: August 1994
Canada: $9.99
Seventeenth printing based on the number line

Other book covers for this series run

15-Aug-1994
Tor Books
Paperback

Author(s)

Orson Scott Card
Birth: 24 Aug 1951 Richland, Washington, USA

Awards

1987	Center for the Study of Science Fiction	Campbell Award	Nominee
1987	Locus Magazine	Best SF Novel	Winner
1987	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America	Nebula Award - Best Novel	Winner
1987	World Science Fiction Society	Hugo Award - Best Novel	Winner

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