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by Orson Scott Card (Author), David Birney (Narrator), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 14 hours and 9 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 18 Oct 2002
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SPZ6BI
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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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.

This, the author's definitive edition of the sequel to Ender's Game, also includes an original postscript written and recorded by the author himself, Orson Scott Card!.

©1986, 1990 Orson Scott Card; (P)2002 Fantastic Audio, an Imprint of Audio Literature

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a fascinating, generational story of life on Lusitania, where humans have come into contact with the second sentient beings--the piggies--since the xenocide of the buggers in Ender's Game. Feeling guilty, the Starways Congress decides to allow xenologers to study these aliens and live among the Catholic colony on Lusitania. When two xenologers die at the hands of the piggies, the old calls for war ring again but instead of an armada, the Speaker of the Dead is summoned. Andrew Wiggin, Speaker of the Dead, sets off for Lusitania where he hopes to repair the lives of two of families on Lusitania and solve the mystery of the piggies.

This story is VERY different from Ender's Game, and yet it succeeds in many ways. The very idea of a Speaker for the Dead is incredibly moving and to have Ender, the slayer of the buggers, fill this role proves even more powerful. The dramatic effect he has on Lusitania is enough to declare the book a triumph. However, the culture of the piggies is at the heart of the story, and the gripping mystery of the xenologer's deaths, when resolved, will not disappoint. Card really doesn't need to continue this series; I can't image a more fitting ending.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Card's original Ender's Game I was eager to get my hands on other copies of his work, however a friend of mine - the one who had introduced me to the Ender saga in fact - warned me that I would be disappointed with the sequels. Gladly I can say he was wrong.

The first thing to note is that this is not Ender's Game 2 - don't expect it to be the same as the first one, it's not. Instead this is an evolution of the storyline that devolops the character of Ender, mirroring the developing maturity of Card himself as a writer.

The luscious character descriptions remain, Card once more gives us characters we can emote to, and his main strength - the interaction and tension between those characters is amongst the best in the business.

The creation and realisation of alien societies reminds me of times of Asimov in The Gods Themselves (another underestimated work) and never at any time feels artificial or unbelievable.

Although you may guess some of the twists before hand this is a good book - it is not worse than Ender's Game, just different and deserves to be judged on its own merits.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Genius 10 Dec 2005
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Format:Paperback
In this book the true genius of Orson Scott Card is revealed. 3000 years after Enders Game, Ender is still travelling the stars until he hears about the brutal murder of a scientist by 'pigies', a new intelligent lifeform, and a call for a speaker for the dead.
Orson Scott Card makes his characters so believable that you cannot help feeling for them and their pain. I found myself especially feeling for Ender, because when he first killed the 'buggers' everyone loved him for it, but when he became The Speaker for the Dead, and wrote his book about them, eveyone demonised him, and 3000 years later he can't even tell people that his name is Ender.
An absolutely excellent book, that in my view should be compulsory reading!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Okay, it has nothing on enders game.
I found this book hard going. Its alright, but only alright. It has absolutely nothing on the enders game, which was fantastic. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John
Compulsive Guilt Trip
Ender's Game was mindblowing. It was pithy and intriguing with a twist. This, however, feels like it's written by a completely different person. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sandrome_42
excellent book - poor copy editing
I enjoyed this immensely, and it's a thought provoking and gripping sequel to Ender's Game.

I have one major gripe with the Kindle edition, which is that it's clear from... Read more
Published 7 months ago by brian
Change of Pace Sequel
The Ender Saga has taken a very different approach in this novel set 3000 years after the events of the original. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. M. Poulain
5-star book with 2-star proofing...
Have to say, the book itself was an excellent read. And I would give it 5 stars under normal circumstances. Read more
Published 7 months ago by JamesG01
"As long as you keep getting born, it's all right to die sometimes"
The 2nd installation of the Ender Saga, is set 3000 years later on a colony planet Lusitania, one of the Hundred Worlds of human space travel. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Urban Scrawl
I kept wondering when the big bad wolf would appear
But I have to say, a superb book - one of the best SF books I've ever read. At the end of 2008 "New Scientist" magazine polled its readers for their 10 favourite science fiction... Read more
Published 15 months ago by DB
Surprisingly different to Enders Game, but still a good read
After massively enjoying Enders game, I eagerly started reading Speaker for the Dead.

Its a completely different book to the authors first, and again it was not what I... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. K. J. Santi
`No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless.'
Three thousand years ago, Ender Wiggin completely destroyed the alien race known as the Buggers. Ender disappeared after and was reviled for this xenocide: the total destruction... Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Cameron-Smith
Storyline and characters need to be tighter
Very diffferent from the first book in the Saga. Not quite sure if I like is as much or not. It works well in places and asks a lot of questions relating to colonisation and other... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Yvonne N
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