Earthborn (Homecoming Saga #5)
This was a very strange book, quite a radical departure from the first four of the series and with weird religious overtones. I view it as a quartet with a sequel which is set quite some time in the future after the end of book 4 , which does wrap up like the final book in a series ought to. You could (and perhaps should) just read the first 4.
I'm a little amused by all the reviews bitching about the religiosity of this book. How the hell did you make it through the first four books in the series? Did you fail to notice the overt Biblical themes, topics, characterizations, language and moralization for the previous four books? Did you somehow think that the enemies of the Oversoul and the Keeper were going to be proven right now in Book Five? The revelation regarding the Keeper was even more disappointing than I expected, however. I
Still overly detailed and challenging. I wanted more from the series.
I am finally giving up on this.
This book pissed me right the eff off. I read this whole series two and a half years ago and I'm still mad thinking about it. You spend four whole books getting invested in a series of characters, a particular world and culture, etc., and then the final one is set thousands of years in the future with a totally new society? If that's what you wanted why not just write it as a stand alone? It really felt like he just got bored with his premise and got as close to rocks-fall-everybody-dies as he
Yea, what I've come to dread somewhere in the middle of the 3rd book has happened.The cat is out of the bag.The bird is out the cage.The hammer has fallen.The curtain has also fallen over this series and I am so mad with it.The long awaited cool revelation at the end never came.The long promised character development or super action also never came.What a waste of time...
Orson Scott Card
Paperback | Pages: 430 pages Rating: 3.41 | 7666 Users | 179 Reviews
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Original Title: | Earthborn |
ISBN: | 0812532988 (ISBN13: 9780812532982) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Homecoming Saga #5 |
Characters: | Shedemei "Shedya" |
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High above the earth orbits the starship Basilica. On board the huge vessel is a sleeping woman. Of those who made the journey, Shedemai alone has survived the hundred of years since the Children of Wetchik returned to Earth.
She now wears the Cloak of the Starmaster, and the Oversoul wakes her sometimes to watch over her descendants on the planet below. The population has grown rapidly--there are cities and nations now, whole peoples descended from the who followed Nafai or Elemak.
But in all the long years of watching and searching, the Oversoul has not found the thing it sought. It has not found the Keeper of the Earth, the central intelligence that also can repair the Oversoul's damaged programming.
She now wears the Cloak of the Starmaster, and the Oversoul wakes her sometimes to watch over her descendants on the planet below. The population has grown rapidly--there are cities and nations now, whole peoples descended from the who followed Nafai or Elemak.
But in all the long years of watching and searching, the Oversoul has not found the thing it sought. It has not found the Keeper of the Earth, the central intelligence that also can repair the Oversoul's damaged programming.
List Epithetical Books Earthborn (Homecoming Saga #5)
Title | : | Earthborn (Homecoming Saga #5) |
Author | : | Orson Scott Card |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 430 pages |
Published | : | May 15th 1996 by Tor Books (first published 1995) |
Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.41 From 7666 Users | 179 ReviewsCriticize Epithetical Books Earthborn (Homecoming Saga #5)
This is the only book I've ever bothered to review on Amazon because it pissed me off so much. Text follows.So you've read books one through four. You were impressed by Card's fascinating premise in book one, started to get really turned on to his idea of "god as a machine" in book two, loved the fantastic revelations and conflict in book three, and were intrigued by the first-hand narratives of diggers and angels in book four. I guess I should see how it ends, you say to yourself.Don't be aThis was a very strange book, quite a radical departure from the first four of the series and with weird religious overtones. I view it as a quartet with a sequel which is set quite some time in the future after the end of book 4 , which does wrap up like the final book in a series ought to. You could (and perhaps should) just read the first 4.
I'm a little amused by all the reviews bitching about the religiosity of this book. How the hell did you make it through the first four books in the series? Did you fail to notice the overt Biblical themes, topics, characterizations, language and moralization for the previous four books? Did you somehow think that the enemies of the Oversoul and the Keeper were going to be proven right now in Book Five? The revelation regarding the Keeper was even more disappointing than I expected, however. I
Still overly detailed and challenging. I wanted more from the series.
I am finally giving up on this.
This book pissed me right the eff off. I read this whole series two and a half years ago and I'm still mad thinking about it. You spend four whole books getting invested in a series of characters, a particular world and culture, etc., and then the final one is set thousands of years in the future with a totally new society? If that's what you wanted why not just write it as a stand alone? It really felt like he just got bored with his premise and got as close to rocks-fall-everybody-dies as he
Yea, what I've come to dread somewhere in the middle of the 3rd book has happened.The cat is out of the bag.The bird is out the cage.The hammer has fallen.The curtain has also fallen over this series and I am so mad with it.The long awaited cool revelation at the end never came.The long promised character development or super action also never came.What a waste of time...
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