Orson Scott Card
Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.96 | 42519 Users | 1401 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0765329042 (ISBN13: 9780765329042) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The First Formic War #1, The Enderverse #1, Enderverse: Publication Order #14 , more |
| Characters: | Mazer Rackham, Victor Delgado, Lem Jukes, Captain Wit O'Toole |
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The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador's telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. It's massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
El Cavador has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. The family is getting too big for the ship. There are claim-jumping corporate ships bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt. Worrying about a distant object that might or might not be an alien ship seems not important.
They're wrong. It's the most important thing that has happened to the human race in a million years. The first Formic War is about to begin.
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| Title | : | Earth Unaware (The First Formic War #1) |
| Author | : | Orson Scott Card |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | July 17th 2012 by Tor Books (first published July 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Audiobook. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fantasy. Young Adult. Aliens |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 42519 Users | 1401 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Earth Unaware (The First Formic War #1)
A decent enough entry in the Ender saga. I would have preferred that all the various characters and plot points got tied together more before ending the book. All the MOPs backstory was a waste of time, briefly introducing Mazer Rackham and then booting him offstage. We know we'll see him again, but in this first book, it seems very gratuitous. Most of the science of this book is very fictional, so check your science background at the door, if you've got one. Finding out that the book wasSo many science issues it was distracting, either this book was written by the coaurhor with no real oversight by Card or I've lost a lot of respect for Card as an author.
The story was typical Orson Scott Card. Solid characters, I wanted to read more. I was entertained. However, the physics and common-sense errors in this book were absolutely horrible, it made me want to scream. If that was it, I would give the book 4 stars.Here is an example: In the first chapters of the book, the need for one of the characters to give an update to the board, drove all of the action - to speed up tests. Then that same character, who had to do a bunch of things for the updates to
This novel began as a graphic novel in the increasingly bloated and now franchised series that began with _Ender's Game_, and it has all the strengths and weaknesses of a graphic novel: a page-turning plot and incredibly shallow characters and setting. Though billed as the work of Orson Scott Card, the book is in fact a collaboration with Aaron Johnston, and the writing is consequently spotty. There are passages that sound like Card, with his characteristic tense dialogue and sense of character,
This book was not good. There was nothing grievously wrong with it - except the author's apparent complete lack of understanding of physics - but there were lots of little things that just rankled. First of all, some of the audiobook narrators were terrible, particularly the ones who voiced Victor and Lem. If you're going to write about a Venezuelan family of space miners you'd better find somebody who can pronounce Spanish words properly.None of the characters were that great and many of them
As a huge fan of the Enderverse, I knew that I would like Earth Unaware. I was not aware (hah!) of how *much* I would like it- I found it gripping and nearly impossible to put down.Like Michael Flynn's "Wreck of the River of Stars", there is no question how the Formica wars turn out: very, very badly for the humans. We know that from the basic premise of the universe. So knowing the doom that is coming could lend a funereal tone to the work, but in Card and Johnston's hands it does not. The
I cannot wait for the next installment on the Formic Wars.
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