Thursday, September 26, 2013

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the hearts of a child named Gloriously Bright.

On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought.

Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Startways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered eh destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The Fleet is on its way, a second xenocide seems inevitable

7 comments:

  1. As the series progress it seems almost to evolve into a lecture on human thought. These are great books.

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  2. Do these books also go into character development, or is it mostly about the plot line?

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  3. I wonder if Card read a lot of philosophy? (I don't know the answer to this question, btw).

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  4. Sounds like an excellent combination of creepiness and excitement! Looks great!

    ...how long did it take you to read this one?!

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    1. It took about a week to read it. These are kind of dense.

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