Journal Entry 1 by carlissa from Miami, Florida USA on Friday, November 21, 2008

Synopsis (from Barnes & Noble)

Orson Scott Card returns to his best-selling series with a new Ender novel.

At the close of Ender's Game, Andrew Wiggin – called Ender by everyone – is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony’s training facilities, but instead the twelve-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies. With him went his sister Valentine, and the core of the artificial intelligence that would become Jane.

The story of those years has never been told… until now.

Publishers Weekly

Set between Card's Hugo and Nebula-winning Ender's Game(1985) and Speaker for the Dead(1986), this philosophical novel covers familiar events, but puts new emphasis on their ethical ramifications. In the wake of his victory over the alien Formics, 12-year-old military genius Ender Wiggins is hailed as a hero, but governments opposed to the International Fleet, which trained him, intend to portray him as a monster. Ender winds up as titular governor of one of the new human colonies, where he struggles to adapt to civilian life and ponders his role in the deaths of thousands of humans and an entire alien species. His agonized musings aren't always sophisticated but possess a certain gravitas. Fans will find this offering illuminating, and it's also accessible to thoughtful readers new to the series. (Nov.)
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Biography

With a raft of science fiction awards and a dedicated following, Orson Scott Card writes imaginative and compelling novels that also explore questions about morality and religion. His Ender series is the most popular; but he also offers a fresh take on the Bible in his Women of Genesis books and has authored other history-based fantasy series.
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Unabridged audio from Audible.com

Narrated by David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, Emily Janice Card, Gabrielle Dequeer (?), Kirby Hayborn, Don Leslie, Stefan Rudnicki, Myron Willis, and Orson Scott Card.
 

Journal Entry 2 by carlissa from Miami, Florida USA on Tuesday, January 06, 2009

I will be starting a bookring for this book. The usual bookring rules will apply:

1. journal book when you receive it.
2. listen to book within a month.
3. journal again when you finish listening to the book and let us know what you thought of it.
4. mail book to next person (media mail is ok).

List of participants:

NMReader
??
carlissa 

Journal Entry 3 by carlissa from Miami, Florida USA on Saturday, January 10, 2009

mailed to NMReader today. 

Journal Entry 4 by NMReader from Herndon, Virginia USA on Saturday, January 24, 2009

I am looking forward to listening to this book.

 

Journal Entry 5 by NMReader from Herndon, Virginia USA on Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Thanks so much for including me
 

Journal Entry 6 by NMReader at by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (3/17/2009 UTC) at by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way home.

Delivery Confirmation # 03082040000073620595 

Journal Entry 7 by carlissa from Miami, Florida USA on Sunday, March 29, 2009

Just got back in town today and this was waiting for me!