| Full title | Speaker for the Dead [permalink] |
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| Language | English |
| Author | Orson Scott Card (author) |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Categories | Novel and science fiction |
| Series | Ender's Game (2/6) |
| Publication year | 1994 |
| Original publication year | 1986 |
| ISBN | 0-812-55075-7 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
| Pages | 382 |
| 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. |
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