Children of the Mind
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Children of the Mind
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
|---|---|
| Published | 1996 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The fourth Ender book and the most explicitly metaphysical — minds without bodies, bodies made to hold minds — in which the fleet is still coming and the network-dwelling intelligence that has been Ender’s companion faces the shutdown of the system she lives in. |
Children of the Mind
Where I heard about it
- The a16z infrastructure team — on the a16z Infra Reading List, in the Sci-fi — Must reads section (S tier), the last title under the Ender’s Saga entry.
About this edition
Written as the back half of Xenocide and picking up mid-crisis, it closes the Lusitania arc. It does not work as a standalone; it is the second half of one long book.
Connections
- a16z Infra Reading List — where this is listed, in the top tier.
- Orson Scott Card — the author.
- Ender’s Game — volume one.
- Speaker for the Dead — volume two, already carded.
- Xenocide — volume three, of which this is effectively the continuation.
- Artificial Intelligence — Jane, an intelligence that emerged inside a communications network and can be switched off with it.
- Science Fiction — the genre.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.