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Description edit
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... read more
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Summary edit
The fourth and final book of the Ender Series.
The Starways Congress is shutting down the net world-by-world, threatening Jane's survival.
Peter and Wang-Mu are trying to convince others to influence the Congress to revoke the order to destroy Lusitania. While they succeed, the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Andrew "Ender" Wiggin: Ender Wiggin is known to history as both the first Speaker for the Dead and Ender the Xenocide. He is believed to have died 3000 years before the events of this book.
- Valentine Wiggin: Also known as "Old Valentine," she is the sister of Andrew "Ender" Wiggin and Peter "The Hegemon" Wiggin. She has published multiple works under the pen name "Demosthenes." She is married to Jakt of Trondheim.
- Peter Wiggin: A child of Ender's mind, modeled after Ender's older brother Peter Wiggin.
- Si Wang-mu: A peasant girl from the planet Path and named for the Chinese Mother Goddess. She partners with Peter Wiggin to attempt to stop the Fleet heading towards the Lusitania Colony.
- Jane: An artificial intelligence existing within the ansible network.
- Miro: Ender's stepson, and Novina's eldest son. Former Xenologer of the Lusitania Colony retired after an accident crippled him. He spent thirty years in space transit, returned home to Lusitania crippled, and was healed by traveling "Outside."
- Quara (Lembraanca das Milagres de Jesus) Ribeira: Unpleasant sister to Miro, Ela, Olhado, Quim (deceased) and the daughter of Novinah
- Ela (Ekaterina Elanora Ribeira von Hesse): Xenobiologist of the Lusitania Colony the eldest daughter of Novinah
- Novinha Ribeira Wiggin: Xenobiologist of the Lusitania Colony after her parents died "curing" the Descolada. Married Marcao Ribeira and had 5 children by her lover Libo. Widowed by Marcao and the married to Ender Wiggin. Mother of Miro, Grego, Ela, Olhada, and Quara
- Young Val: A child of Ender's mind, modeled after his older sister Valentine Wiggin.
- Plikt: Ender's faithful follower a desciple of the "Speakers For The Dead" she idolizes Ender Wiggin and has made him and his life her lifes work.
- Jakt: Husband of Valentine Wiggin and a ships captain from his native planet Trondheim
- Bobby Lands: Admiral of the Fleet that has been sent to Lusitania Colony.
- Malu: A wise man from the planet Pacifica reviered by his people as being a man close to the Gods.
- Human: A "piggy" who serves as a diplomat of sorts between humans and pequeninos.
- Rooter: A "piggy" who provided the first real connection between humans and pequeninos.
- Waterjumper: Pequenino
- Plower: Pequenino
- Han Fei-tzu: Godspoken man on the planet of Path.
- Fukuda: Add a description of this character.
- Firequencher: Pequenino
- Yasujiro
- Grace Drinker: lady that helps Miro and Wang-mu on Pacifica, Malu's friend
- Aimaina Hikari
- Father Estevão: Quim son of Novinah and a Father of the Catholic Church
- Grego Ribeira: Ender's stepson, Novinha's son. Lusitania Colony Astrophysicist.
- Marcão Ribeira: Novinah's first husband the presumptive father of the children born to her during there marriage. He was not the father as he had a desease that prevented him from having children.
- Libo Figueira: Xenologer of Lusitania Colony killed by the Pequeninos in an attempt to take him into the Pequeninos 3rd life. Pequeninos did not understand death for human beings is final.
- Olhado (Lauro Suleimao Riberia): Son of Novinah Olhado is the only child of the Riberia family to not enter into the scientific profession. He also unrelatedly has optical implants and is otherwise blind.
- Kenji
- Causo
- Quim
- Eiichi
- Ouanda Mucumbi
- Ender
- Elanora Ribeira
- Old Valentine
- Peter murmur
- Andrew
Quotes edit
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“I'm all the more in need of good advice, since I can’t actually conceive of needing any.”
Peter Wiggin -
“All our rationalities are invented to justify what we were going to do anyway before we thought of any reasons.”
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“Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear.”
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“That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very very good.”
Si Wang-Mu -
“There are too many of us all. But never enough.”
Miro von Hesse -
“Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is what you build before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they're gone.”
Valentine Wiggin -
“History has no laws, and all patterns that we find are useful illusions.”
Si Wang-Mu -
“Even gentle people recognize that sometimes the decision not to kill is decision to die.”
Young Val -
“My greatest teacher once told me", said Yasujiro, "that a man who has risked his life knows that careers are worthless, and a man who will not risk his career had a worthless life.”
Yasurijo
Setting & Locations edit
- Lusitania: A colony planet where humans, pequeninos, and the Hive Queen try to co-exist. Lusitania Colony is recognized by Starways Congress as being in revolt.
- Pacifica: A colony planet settled mostly by those of Samoan and Pacific Islander descent.
- Divine Wind: A planet settled mostly by those of Japanese origin.
- Path: A colony planet settled mostly by those of Chinese heritage and ruled by an elite group known as the Godspoken.
Organizations edit
- Starways Congress: Interplanetary governing body.
First Sentence edit
Si Wang-mu stepped forward.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
1. I'm Not Myself
2. You Don't Believe in God
3. There Are Too Many of Us
4. I Am a Man of Perfect Simplicity!
5. Nobody Is Rational
6. Life Is a Suicide Mission
7. I Offer Her This Poor Old Vessel
8. What Matters Is Which Fiction You Believe
9. It Smells Like Life to Me
10. This Has Always Been Your Body
11. You Called Me Back from Darkness
12. Am I Betraying Ender?
13. Till Death Ends All Surprises
14. How They Communicate with Animals
15. We're Giving You a Second Chance
16. How Do You Know They Aren't Quivering in Terror?
17. The Road Goes On Without Him Now
Afterword
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Life and Death: In some sense, death and coping with death are the theme of the entire series. In Xenocide and Children of the Mind, physical bodies are created and souls transferred in a quest to escape the eventual loss of the soul unanchored to a human body.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 5 in The Ender Quartet. (standard series)
Preceded by Xenocide.
This is book 4 of 15 in Enderverse. (universe)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Orson Scott Card (Author)
Other Contributors:
- John Harris (Cover Artist)
- Carol Russo (Designer) - Cover Designer
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0312853955
Page Count: 349
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0312853955
Page Count: 349
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3553.A655 C48 1996
- Dewey: 818'.54
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