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Original Title:	The Memory of Earth
ISBN:	0812532597 (ISBN13: 9780812532593)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Homecoming Saga #1
Characters:	Nafai "Nyef", Volemak "Volya", Elemak "Elya", Mebbekew "Meb", Issib "Issya", Luet "Lutya", Hushidh "Shuya", Eiadh "Edhya", Gaballufix "Gabya", (Lady) Rasa

The Memory of Earth (Homecoming Saga #1)

Orson Scott Card

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.58 | 15131 Users | 559 Reviews

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Title	:	The Memory of Earth (Homecoming Saga #1)
Author	:	Orson Scott Card
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	January 15th 1993 by Tor Books (first published 1992)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Audiobook. Speculative Fiction. Adult

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High above the planet Harmony. the Oversoul watches Its task. programmed so many millennia ago. is to guard the human settlement on this planet-. -to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. To protect them. most of all. from themselves. The Oversoul has done its job well. There is no war on Harmony. There are no weapons of mass destruction. There is no technology that could lead to weapons of war. By control of the data banks. and subtle interference in the very thoughts of the people. the artificial intelligence has fulfilled its mission. But now there is a problem. In orbit. the Oversoul realizes that it has lost access to some of its memory banks. and some of its power systems are failing. And on the planet. men are beginning to think about power. wealth. and conquest.

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This series had good potential, and I liked this novel, but once the series started getting "preachy" I dropped it like a hot potato. Card is a perfectly decent writer, though his style is pretty straightforward and lacking much flourish, but he let's his personal beliefs creep into most of his works. If it were just a couple of his novels that were thinly veiled Mormon mythologies it would be fine, but a large percentage of his later work is very colored by his religious beliefs. This novel and

This is the first of an older series of Card's I'd somehow never picked up. Based on ease of acquisition - either from the library or the used bookstores - I assumed that it wasn't very popular among his fans, and may not be very good. I was pleasantly surprised. It's a perfectly decent, solid start to what looks like it'll be an interesting series. Many of the classic Card elements are present: dangerously intelligent children, wildly dysfunctional family and sibling relationships, incredible

The first I realized right off the bat was that this book was a retelling of the "Book of Mormon." Not the entertaining (and not-so-accurate) musical, but the actual book. Instead of Nephi, the main character is called Nafai. His brothers Laman, Lemuel, and Sam become Elemak, Mebbekew, and Issib. And instead of God leading the way, it's the Oversoul, a supercomputer that watches over humanity on the planet Harmony over the past forty million years.At first I thought this was pretty cool and a

This is a difficult review for me to write, as it raises the question of what my book reviews need to be. On the one hand, I found this book to be very well-written, yet the themes, implications and general message I profoundly disagreed with and found a little disturbing. To deal with this, I've decided to score this one based on it's craft, not counting "against" it because I happen to disagree with it's message, although it will be impossible for me to make a full review without commenting on

RatingReview*** This review originally appeared on Out of this World Reviews. ***So I'd never read anything by Orson Scott Card before. Of course I had heard of him and seen his books all over, but he was just one of those authors I never quite got around to reading. While that misstep has now been corrected, I had to put down The Memory of Earth.I fully intended to read the book front to back, but something had been nagging me almost since the beginning. Given that I was a newcomer to Card's

If youve never read Orson Scott Card before, I wouldnt start here. Having read all of the Shadow books currently published, the Enders Saga, and the Formic War novels I was already a huge Card fan. I loved the writing in this novel, as usual; Orson brings to life a whole new world and incredibly in-depth characters. That being said, this novel felt a tad preachy to me, and dragged in certain spots as much as an Orson Scott Card book can. I loved the hierarchy of women and wish it had been

An interesting story premise, and a well-written narrative, though only the start of what will apparently be a very long tale. Unfortunately, I found all the major characters so obnoxious (and frequently stupid) that I have no interest in reading the rest of their story.