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| Original Title: | The Ships of Earth |
| ISBN: | 0812532635 (ISBN13: 9780812532630) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Homecoming Saga #3 |
| Characters: | Nafai "Nyef", Volemak "Volya", Elemak "Elya", Mebbekew "Meb", Issib "Issya", Luet "Lutya", Hushidh "Shuya", Eiadh "Edhya", (Lady) Rasa, Shedemei "Shedya", Zdorab "Zodya" |
Orson Scott Card
Paperback | Pages: 351 pages Rating: 3.54 | 9866 Users | 143 Reviews
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I described Book 1 of this series as a sci-fi fantasy blend with interesting worldbuilding and characters. Unfortunately from there it seems to have gone downhill for me.Book 2 was different, with a few additional interesting characters and a quick read, but book 3 from the start was slower paced, and had a smaller cast of characters. The same characters again and again grew draining, but I persisted, hoping the story might pick up.
It didn't. Sure the characters got from location A to location B with some emotional journey in between (including birthing many children who really didn't have much impact on anything) but it all felt like a waste of time when it was known from the start that it's destination C (or perhaps D) that they're really after. And it was clear they were going to get nowhere close.
Rather than giving up entirely, I still progressed slowly through this book and I intend to finish the series if it doesn't get even slower from here. I'll just have to wait (and then wait some more) and see.
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| Title | : | The Ships of Earth (Homecoming Saga #3) |
| Author | : | Orson Scott Card |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First mass market edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 351 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 1995 by Tor Books (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.54 From 9866 Users | 143 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books The Ships of Earth (Homecoming Saga #3)
I described Book 1 of this series as a sci-fi fantasy blend with interesting worldbuilding and characters. Unfortunately from there it seems to have gone downhill for me.Book 2 was different, with a few additional interesting characters and a quick read, but book 3 from the start was slower paced, and had a smaller cast of characters. The same characters again and again grew draining, but I persisted, hoping the story might pick up.It didn't. Sure the characters got from location A to location BThe Oversoul, a computer built by humans escaping the destruction of Earth's ability to support life, has been guiding human evolution over the last 40 billion years to better be able to communicate with it and calm their destructive tendencies. Now the Keeper of Earth is calling that it is time to recolonize Earth. A group of 16 colonists has been selected by the Oversoul for being the top of its selective evolutionary process, but that does not mean that they are inclined to work together or
The story continues as Nafai, family, and friends disembark on their journey across the desert. They have no idea where they're going, but the supercomputer Oversoul watches them. He tells them what direction to go, when to stop and camp, and when to keep on going, alerting them to any and all dangers along the way.This journey takes a couple of decades. Along the way, the group makes babies, which then become new characters. At times, the details of the journeyings and who's who in the new
This series gets better as it moves along. In this volume, Volemak leads his family into the desert under the direction of the Oversoul, a satellite computer which was created to prevent mankind from recreating the destruction of earth society on their new home of Harmony. The Oversoul's systems continue to fail allowing the extremes of violence to return to Harmony and he/she has chosen to rescue a select family to return to Earth. The dichotomies between those who choose the right and those
I described Book 1 of this series as a sci-fi fantasy blend with interesting worldbuilding and characters. Unfortunately from there it seems to have gone downhill for me.Book 2 was different, with a few additional interesting characters and a quick read, but book 3 from the start was slower paced, and had a smaller cast of characters. The same characters again and again grew draining, but I persisted, hoping the story might pick up.It didn't. Sure the characters got from location A to location B
This story was engaging, but also moved fairly slowly. I still enjoyed the read and look forward to the conclusion.
The third novel in Card's excellent 'Homecoming' Sage involves the story of the inhabitants of Harmony who have left their home planet and are travelling on the conveyances of the title (named Basilica) to a new home. Social changes (patriarchy replacing matriarchy, lifelong monogamy replacing yearlong contracts) create tensions, a large part of which are presented in the struggles between Nafai and Elemak, who disagree about the importance of the Oversoul and the destiny of their people.
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