This series was really great sic-fi.

It always ticks me off when the sequal to Ender's Game is usually shown as Ender's Shadow. That spin off of Card's was alright, but Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind are my all time favorite books. THEY ARE AMAZING!!!!!

The depth of the character developments, and explinations of other worlds and alien species - I cannot even begin to put into words what an expeirience it is to read these books. Card has you thinking about so many aspects of life and where our spirits come from and where we go after death. He dives into issues of being human and what that means in the face of extermination, or even the fear of it, how far a race will go to protect themselves to keep on living.

Love these more than I could express! I hope Card keeps filling in the 3,000 year gap between Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. I just can't get enough!!!!

Goes down a bit towards the end, but a good message and read overall

Ha, Just found out there's like 15 books to this series and even sub series. Guess I'm going to be reading a lot of this Author..

Orson Scott Card's Speaker of the Dead is the sequel to Ender's Game, a novel about one boy facing up to the challenge of defending the human race. in this sequel, Ender Wiggins disappears after defeating the buggers. years later, the buggers return and attack humans again. when all hope was lost, a mysterious figure calling himself the speaker of the dead appears to give insight to his people. no one knew where the voice was coming from or who it was, when in fact it was Ender, the boy who defeated the buggers once already. through his voice, he commanded his people and helped to defeat the buggers.
i liked the twists and turns of the book, for example, the return of the buggers happened 3000 years after their last encounter with the humans. Ender, who should be have died of old age, is still alive, though he is 35 years old. Ender was able to accomplish this by some sort of time traveling device that allowed him to go to the future. in this future he goes by the name Andrew, (his birth name) or his alias "the speaker of the dead". This novel brings back all the action and strategic tactics from the first, except now there is a mysterious twist to things. i recommend this book to all those Ender's Game reader's or everyone who likes strategic action.

The three sequels to Ender's Game are nothing like Ender's Game. They were okay I guess, but were more philosophical than they were about war. I was kind of bored, but I finished them because once I start a series I have to finish it.

I really enjoy this saga. Card is a visionary.

Great set of four covering Ender (Andrew Wiggin).

I really like the beginning of the Ender's Game Series. I'm not much of a young adult reader but these books are of interest to adults too. He has a very interesting way of exploring religion and science in a way that really makes you think. His characters are kind of goofy (like the "buggers") but it gives it a child like tone that I think allows you to be more receptive his thought process.

Great book from a great series.

I loved this searise, how intenegent they were writen. admitedly they were quite philosofical but I enjoied that part.

I read these as a young girl, right after Ender's Game. While I enjoyed them, they were much more "hard science fiction" and I didn't really love them like I did Ender's Game. I have reread them a few times since then, but I think I am still somewhat influenced by my initial bias and they are just drier on the whole.
I have heard from many people who read them as adults, that they really enjoyed them, so that's something to note.

It's interesting since this jumps many years, after Ender's Game, we start to toy with the Science Ficiton concepts of what a government spanning a galaxy looks like. The politics of control were really interesting, and the checks and balances a government might try to put on different peoples and systems were a fascinating read.

Many of the character's and their relationships felt true and human and were heartbreaking because of it. I thought that was a really good sign, that the author could make characters whose actions you hated still seem relatable and understandable.

While I unreservedly recommend Ender's Game to anyone, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind might not be for everyone.