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A review by joshmccormack
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
5.0
Orson Scott Card is an amazing story teller, who can take almost any scenario and turn it into an amazing book. Saying he doesn't disappoint here would be a complete understatement. All of the Enders Game books that came before this led up to this book. The complexity of the story in it's science, religion, philosophy and language is breathtaking. Ender's character has been developing for 3,000 years, as has one of the major conflicts of this story. It delves into what love and trust are at levels that you'll rarely find elsewhere, and the beauty of the interaction of characters, their sacrifices, their differences and cultures and practices literally brought tears to my eyes.
The universe is getting more and more populated, with a 100 worlds with populations on them. Immediate communication is possible, but physical travel between the worlds, even at near light speed, is an example of relativity. A week that you will experience as 2 weeks will take 20 years for those on Earth like gravity. And while habitable planets have been found life, or at least sentient life, has not been found. It's seeming like other than man and the buggers, maybe there isn't life. In that context, what Ender did that was interpreted as saving the human race at the time, that he didn't even know he was doing then, is seen as xenocide now, and his name is the most hated. Little do people know that the reviled Ender of 3000 years ago is the first Speaker for the Dead, traveling from planet to planet, speaking, lecturing, and searching for something that would make up for what he did.
The universe is getting more and more populated, with a 100 worlds with populations on them. Immediate communication is possible, but physical travel between the worlds, even at near light speed, is an example of relativity. A week that you will experience as 2 weeks will take 20 years for those on Earth like gravity. And while habitable planets have been found life, or at least sentient life, has not been found. It's seeming like other than man and the buggers, maybe there isn't life. In that context, what Ender did that was interpreted as saving the human race at the time, that he didn't even know he was doing then, is seen as xenocide now, and his name is the most hated. Little do people know that the reviled Ender of 3000 years ago is the first Speaker for the Dead, traveling from planet to planet, speaking, lecturing, and searching for something that would make up for what he did.