Children of the mind
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Ender Wiggin volume 4.
Series:
Ender saga volume 4.
Published:
New York : TOR, 1996.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
349 pages ; 24 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure:
860L
Rating:
860L
Status:
Description
Orson Scott Card returns at last to the story of Ender Wiggin, the child hero of the Hugo and Nebula award winner Ender's Game, who as a man found a way to redeem the Xenocide of his youth and restore the Hive Queen to life. Now his adopted world, Lusitania, is threatened by the same planet-destroying weapon that he himself used so many thousands of years before.
Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos, a strange race native to Lusitania; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But the Starways Congress fears Lusitania and a strange virus that it harbors, and they have gathered a fleet to destroy the planet.
Ender's oldest friend, Jane, the computer intelligence that has evolved with him over three thousand years, allowed the Starways Congress to discover her existence when she tried to stop the fleet. Now they are trying to kill her as well, by shutting down the network of computers and ansibles in which she lives. They are afraid of her, and of her control over all human communications.
Jane can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net world by world. Soon she will not be able to move the ships.
But there is hope: during the first trip outside, Ender's mind briefly took control and created two new beings - replicas of his brother Peter, who was the Hegemon, and his sister Valentine. These two children of Ender's mind, together with his adopted children from Lusitania, are racing against time to discover new worlds, to influence the Starways Congress to recall the fleet, and to save Jane by finding a home for her disembodied intelligence once the Human Network is closed off to her.
Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos, a strange race native to Lusitania; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But the Starways Congress fears Lusitania and a strange virus that it harbors, and they have gathered a fleet to destroy the planet.
Ender's oldest friend, Jane, the computer intelligence that has evolved with him over three thousand years, allowed the Starways Congress to discover her existence when she tried to stop the fleet. Now they are trying to kill her as well, by shutting down the network of computers and ansibles in which she lives. They are afraid of her, and of her control over all human communications.
Jane can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net world by world. Soon she will not be able to move the ships.
But there is hope: during the first trip outside, Ender's mind briefly took control and created two new beings - replicas of his brother Peter, who was the Hegemon, and his sister Valentine. These two children of Ender's mind, together with his adopted children from Lusitania, are racing against time to discover new worlds, to influence the Starways Congress to recall the fleet, and to save Jane by finding a home for her disembodied intelligence once the Human Network is closed off to her.
Copies
Location
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Bayfield Science Fiction
SF CAR
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Jan 23, 2024
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SF CAR pbk
Available
Nov 3, 2018
Washburn Adult Fiction
FIC CAR ES#4
Available
Nov 9, 2023
Subjects
Other Subjects
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
0312853955
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.2, 18 Points
Level 6.2, 18 Points
Lexile measure:
860
Notes
Description
The adventures of space warriors in a world where technology has abolished the light-speed limit and one's consciousness can be placed in other bodies. By the author of Ender's Game.
Target Audience
860L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.2,18,28455.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Card, O. S. (1996). Children of the mind. New York, TOR.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Card, Orson Scott. 1996. Children of the Mind. New York, TOR.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Card, Orson Scott, Children of the Mind. New York, TOR, 1996.
MLA Citation (style guide)Card, Orson Scott. Children of the Mind. New York, TOR, 1996.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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