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Speaker for the Dead

By Orson S. Card

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| Audio Cassette | 9781559271608

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This unabridged audio edition of the New York Times bestseller is the direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game from Orson Scott Card, winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards. In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told Continue

This unabridged audio edition of the New York Times bestseller is the direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game from Orson Scott Card, winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards. 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. Orson Scott Card infuses this tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts.

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  • 《Speaker for the Dead》，Ender Saga 的第二部。本書有的只是外星、外星人、星際旅行等，沒有第一部的不同科幻、戰爭場面。它主要以人類學、文化、心理的角度描寫人類遇見另一有智慧生物時的反應和行為。

    「Speaker for the Dead」是本書的名字，也是書中的一個職業。Speaker 在受邀請後，叙述死去的人的一生，讓人們了解死者。此職業是主角因消滅 buggers 後內疚，寫了一本叙述 buggers 的書而產生的。

    今集故事定在第一集的三千年後，人類發現之前的 buggers 原來不是敵人，可惜已完全被消滅。主角變成大惡人，只以真名示 ... (continue)

    《Speaker for the Dead》，Ender Saga 的第二部。本書有的只是外星、外星人、星際旅行等，沒有第一部的不同科幻、戰爭場面。它主要以人類學、文化、心理的角度描寫人類遇見另一有智慧生物時的反應和行為。

    「Speaker for the Dead」是本書的名字，也是書中的一個職業。Speaker 在受邀請後，叙述死去的人的一生，讓人們了解死者。此職業是主角因消滅 buggers 後內疚，寫了一本叙述 buggers 的書而產生的。

    今集故事定在第一集的三千年後，人類發現之前的 buggers 原來不是敵人，可惜已完全被消滅。主角變成大惡人，只以真名示人，因經常進行光速旅行，所以三千年對他來說只是二十多年，他只是三十多歲。他因為接到一個「Speak for the Dead」的要求，而前往住有另一有智慧的生物 piggies 的星球......

    http://gofaces.blogspot.com/2009/01/speaker-for-dead.html

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  • After loving Ender's Game sooooooo much, this one just did not even come close to doing it for me.

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    ― Deanna Kyre said on Aug 23, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Compared to Ender's Game

    Compared to Ender's Game, I didn't really like this one as much. But perhaps that is because when he grew up I felt as if I couldn't really like him as much. I'm not sure.

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    ― Tuesdayoncatnip said on Jul 26, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Speaker for the Dead

    Though very different than Ender's Game, this sequel effectively picks up Ender's story and brings him on to adulthood.

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    ― Readingrat said on Jul 22, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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