Items related to Children of the Mind (The Ender Saga, 4)

Children of the Mind (The Ender Saga, 4) - Softcover

 
9780765304742: Children of the Mind (The Ender Saga, 4)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once against the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania.

Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races 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 Net, 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 Ender Quintet.

THE ENDER UNIVERSE

Ender series
Ender's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind

Ender's Shadow series
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight

Children of the Fleet

The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens

The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm /The Hive

Ender novellas
A War of Gifts /First Meetings

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
Orson Scott Card's SF career began with Ender's Game, a 1977 story expanded into an acclaimed 1985 novel. Unwittingly responsible for xenocide--destruction of an alien species--while still a boy, Ender expiates his guilt on another world in Speaker for the Dead. This confronts humanity with a deadly alien-built virus whose elimination seems to demand another xenocide. The tense continuing story takes an extraordinary leap into magical metaphysics at the climax of Xenocide, of which Children of the Mind is in effect the second half. Though that virus is now defeated, this isn't believed: the planet-eating doomsday weapon still approaches. Ender's AI friend Jane, who inhabits the galactic net and is the only agency that can move spacecraft faster than light, is being killed by dismantling the net. Ender himself is fading, passing responsibility to strange young avatars of his dead brother and aging sister created from his memories in Xenocide. Even in the shadow of death there are grippingly argued political, philosophical and moral debates--plus bitter family quarrels. A master storyteller with a knack for showing painful human relationships, Card achieves almost unbearable suspense before resolving his complex tangle and finishing Ender's 3000-year story with a touching elegy. One dangling plot line suggests that Card may return again to this universe. Solid, high-quality SF despite some implausible science. --David Langford
Review:

"Card's prose is powerful." --Publishers Weekly

"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 achieved here." --Booklist

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherTor Books
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0765304740
  • ISBN 13 9780765304742
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages352
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780812522396: Children of the Mind

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780812522396
Publisher: Tor Books, 1997
Softcover

  • 9780356501871: Children Of The Mind: Book 4 of the Ender Saga

    Orbit, 2013
    Softcover

  • 9780312853952: Children of the Mind

    Tor Books, 1996
    Hardcover

  • 9781250773098: Children of the Mind: 4 (Ender Saga)

    Tor Books, 2021
    Softcover

  • 9781250773104: Children of the Mind: 4 (Ender Saga)

    Tor Books, 2021
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
LibraryMercantile
(Humble, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 20.06
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.38
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 19.16
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 19.12
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 19.47
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Big Bill's Books
(Wimberley, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 26.33
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.38
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 42.64
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Card, Orson Scott
Published by Tor Books (2002)
ISBN 10: 0765304740 ISBN 13: 9780765304742
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.35. Seller Inventory # Q-0765304740

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 77.07
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 4.07
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds