Earthfall (Homecoming Saga)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812532961 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the latest in the Hugo- and Nebula award-winning author's Homecoming series, the great artificial intelligence has lost control of the population, forbidden technology has been rediscovered, war has broken out, and the only repair lies light years distant on a lost and ruined Earth. "There seems little doubt that the whole series will prove as readable--and as morally committed--as we've come to expect from Card." --Locus. High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches, programmed forty million years ago to guard the human settlement from all threats, especially themselves
Good read Being. Big fan of most of Cards work, I've enjoyed this series a lot. Being Mormon, of course I knew what was up right away but I still love the adaptation. I thought for. Short Tim's about weather I felt hits works to be any kind of blasphemous but I really don't. I've felt number of times before that big works are strongly inspired by faith and I like that about him.. Wonderfully imaginative. The recolonization of Earth. Chip Hunter This book, just like all the others in this series, is great for many reasons, but what I especially liked about this particular one was the greater role played by the angels and the diggers. In getting to know the digger/angel people (particualarly Pto and Poto) on a personal level, a whole new demension is added to the story. All of the original characters continue to act just like you'd expect them to, so something new was needed and Card provided it with the introduction of the angels and diggers and their societies. I really liked how all of the events in this book unfolded and the next book promises to hol. A Customer said Perhaps the biggest disappointment in all Science Fiction. I must give credit to Card for having won me over in the previous three volumes of the Homecoming Saga. Initially frustrated by the endless character development and interaction of the large group of characters and longing for the plot to move along, Card won me over to becoming interested in the characters and appreciating the nuances of the changing interactions among them. When the humans finally return to Earth and meet not one, but two sentient species, I was anticipating the plot of the meeting of peoples and looking forward to the continuing interaction of the human characters. And Card did not disappoint
And only Nafai, who wears the Cloak of the Starmaster by the Oversoul's command, really understand what this will mean to all their plans for the future.. Now grown to a tribe in the years of their journey to Harmony's hidden starport, they are ready at last to take a ship to the stars. Two factions are each making secret plans to awaken the children, and themselves, early from the cold-sleep capsules in which they will pass the long decades of the journey. Each side hopes to gain years of influence on the minds of the children, winning their loyalty in the struggle for control of reclaimed Earth.But the Oversoul is truly in control of this journey. The Oversoul of the colony planet Harmony selected the family of Wetchik to carry it back to long-lost Earth. It has downloaded a complete copy of itself to the Ship's computers. But from the beginning there has been bitter dispute between Nafai and Elemak, Wetchick's youngest son a