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Speaker for the Dead

Authors:: Orson Scott Card (author) and John Harris (covers)
Language:: English
Original language:: English
Publisher:: Tor Books
Categories:: Novel and science fiction
Universe:: Enderverse
Series:: Ender's Game (2/6)
Publication year:: 1994
Original publication year:: 1986
ISBN:: 0-812-55075-7
Synopsis:: The book follows a family on the Catholic colony planet Lusitania and centers around the xenologers who find an intelligent porcine alien race there which does some (to them) bizarre things. In a manner that I won't spoil, Ender is entwined into the story.
Review:: I like Speaker for the dead better than Ender's Game. There are more major characters, which is good, but also many more minor characters, which I didn't like. But the porcine alien race, which the inhabitants of Lusitania call pequeninos, were interesting enough to save the book for me. I also think Ender is an excellent speaker, and he's a likeable character.
Has read?: Yes
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Introduction

Some People of Lusitania Colony

Pronouncing Foreign Names

Prologue

1. Pipo

2. Trondheim

3. Libo

4. Ender

5. Valentine

6. Olhado

7. The Ribeira House

8. Dona Ivanova

9. Congenital Defect

10. Children of the Mind

11. Jane

12. Files

13. Ela

14. Renegades

15. Speaking

16. The Fence

17. The Wives

18. The Hive Queen