
Earthborn
Homecoming Series, Book 5
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2009
Reading Level
9-12
نویسنده
Emily Janice Cardشابک
9781483066196
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی

May 1, 1995
This concluding volume of the Homecoming series (Earthfall, et al.) doesn't live up to the earlier books, which were notable for their subtlety in developing essentially religious themes through focused plotting and sensitive characterization. Here, the plot relies on familiar Judeo-Christian archetypes, tailored to examine discrimination, theocracy and the relationship to God-or, in this case, the powerful mystery of the Keeper. Three intelligent species now inhabit Earth: the sky people, who live in treetops; the earth people, who live in the soil and in tree trunks; and the middle people, humans descended from colonists who have returned to Earth after an absence of 40-million years. In addition to the stilted speech of some of the characters, the novel is slowed by Card's ``naming conventions,'' which increase the mystical and cultural importance of names but also force readers to refer frequently to the separate chapter on the author's system of compounded names, titles and endearments in order to determine which characters are speaking or acting. The conclusion of the story, however, in which the firstborn son of a former priest and leader sees the evil he has caused and selects his future, is vintage Card and a joy to read. This mildly disappointing wrap-up to a rich series about humanity's journey from Earth to the stars and back might be satisfying enough to Card fans, but it's not the book through which to meet Card for the first time. Author tour.

The plot of the fifth and final volume of Card's Homecoming series may be a disappointment to fans who have followed Harmony and the Oversoul since the beginning, but this reading is far from a letdown. Stefan Rudnicki is a master narrator, and nothing--not complicated names, not departures from the feel of the original four books--diminishes that talent a whit. While the first four books follow each other in close chronological order, EARTHBORN leaps five centuries into the future to follow Shedemei's, the last of the Children of Wetchik, and the Oversoul's unending search for the Keeper of Earth. Rudnicki's clear, resonant voice bestows an almost-reverent quality to the text, a characteristic that works well with the book's spiritual underpinnings. M.L.K. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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