Children of the Mind

Author	Orson Scott Card
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ender's Game
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Tor Books
Released	1996
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	349 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-312-85395-5
Preceded by	Xenocide
Followed by	Shadows in Flight

Children of the Mind is the fourth book of Orson Scott Card's popular Ender's Game series, a series of four science fiction novels that focus on Ender Wiggin himself. Despite tying up the loose ends from Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide, as well as exploring various related philosophical avenues, it was criticized by both critics and fans for being too much of a departure from what was expected of the Ender sequence. Download high resolution version (400x647, 90 KB)Scan I made of the cover of Children of the Mind (Orson Scott Card) - fair use claimed This work is copyrighted. ... Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951)[1] is a prolific and best-selling author, working in numerous genres. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Enders Game (1985) is the best-known novel by Orson Scott Card. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... Tor Books is an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC which publishes popular fiction, and is particularly noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... For the computer game related to X-COM: UFO Defense, see Project Xenocide. ... Shadows in Flight is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, which is to be the 5th book in the Enders Shadow series (aka Shadow/Bean Quintet). ... Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951)[1] is a prolific and best-selling author, working in numerous genres. ... The Enders Game Series (or simply Ender Series) is a series of science fiction books by Orson Scott Card, started with the short story Enders Game, which was later expanded into the novel Enders Game. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Andrew Ender Wiggin is a fictional character from Orson Scott Cards science fiction story Enders Game and its sequels (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind), as well as in the second part of the spin-off series, Enders Shadow. ... Speaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and a sequel to the novel Enders Game. ... For the computer game related to X-COM: UFO Defense, see Project Xenocide. ...

Plot summary

At the start of Children of the Mind, Jane is using her newly discovered abilities to take the formics, humans and pequeninos to distant habitable planets to colonize them, but she is losing her memories and concentration as the vast computer network connected to the ansible is being shut down. If she is to live, she must find a way to transfer her aiúa to a human body.

Ender's wife has joined a religious order, the Children of the Mind of Christ, and Ender insists on joining with her. His own aiúa now controls his own body as well as young Valentine's and Peter's, but his own body suffers as most of his attention is devoted to the efforts of Peter and Valentine, diverting much of the aiúa of his own body into his other two. Peter (joined by Wang-mu, an intelligent servant girl from Path, introduced in the third book) goes off to distant worlds attempting manipulate the political arena to ultimately sway enough members of Starways Congress to vote against the destruction of Lusitania. Meanwhile, Miro and young Valentine are spending all available time looking for additional habitable planets (or so they think). Eventually it is revealed that they are in fact searching for the home planet of the aliens who created the devastating descolada virus. This planet is discovered and Miro dubs the inhabitants descoladores. However, the Lusitania Fleet is expected to arrive outside Lusitania and destroy it within a few weeks. These are a sentient species used in Orson Scott Cards book Children of the Mind. ...

In the end, Ender's aiúa leaves his body and previous life behind to live in Peter, and Jane is granted possession of Val's body. Jane falls in love with Miro, and Peter with Si Wang-mu. Peter's efforts finally come to fruition, and the destruction of Lusitania is averted.

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