
The Worthing Saga
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Orson Scott Card
It came near to destroying humanity.
After a long, long time of decadence and stagnation, a few seed ships were sent out to save our species. They carried human embryos and supplies and teaching robots and one man. The Worthing Saga is the story of one of these men, Jason Worthing, and the world he found for the seed he carried.
Orson Scott Card is "a master of the art of storytelling" (Booklist), and The Worthing Saga is a story that only he could have written.
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Second, DO NOT buy this book if you just finished breezing through the Ender or the Shadow books. Yes I know they are fantastinc but, that doesn't mean that this book is for you. Worthing is clasic Card. Like some of his early short stories where he tried to jam deep meaning and some of his religion into every work.
If you loved the kind of book that Ender and the Shadow books are, Worthing is not that type of fiction. This book is not about the sci-fi. It is about Jason Worthing and all of the lives his touched for good or ill.
Not for the Lover's of Ender
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I also don't like books written with a clear moral agenda. This dealt with moral themes, but didn't feel preachy. It's not hard to figure out where Card's sentiments lie, but I didn't mind. Bottom line, if you're a fan, it's worth a listen.
Oh, and the stories at the end are great if you were into the main Worthing Saga and kind of wished it wouldn't end. If you're done, you can skip them without feeling guilty - you're not missing anything serious, plot-wise.
Overall, very satisfying
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With that said, if novellas are your thing, you'll enjoy these. Typical Card, bringing up questions that that you make you think. At times a lot of fun, others holding on for the ride.
A collection of novellas.
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Scott Brick was an excellent choice for narrator and fits the story very well. However, after the main story concludes, there are several short stories narrated by the various narrators that do the Ender's Game series, and they range in skill from decent to absolutely terrible. I don't understand how some of these hacks keep getting paid to narrate.
Masterpiece
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These stories require some patience. Don't expect alot of action and aliens. This isn't Ender's universe.
Card examines the influence of two technological events on the development of human society; the ability to "sleep" for decades at a time, and psychic ability to control the thoughts and memories of others. How do these changes influence the way people act and relate? What happens when whole classes of individuals can skip through time like stones across a pond? The stories are thought provoking and prove that card is a much more interesting writer than the recent "Ender and Bean" novels would indicate.
The production is excellent and the readers are first rate.
Early Work of a Master
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Scott Brick narrates the novel part and is very good, the other narrators aren't as good (especially following immediately after Brick), but are still easy to listen to.
This is the 4th audiobook of 70s scifi that I've listened to and if I didn't know better, I would never believe it was written in the 70s. The story comes ahead of the scifi, the characters feel real, and the author makes you care what happens. There's an underlaying sense of injustice running through the stories that the author makes us want to correct.
I wanted the stories to go faster, not to get through them, but because I wanted to know what happened. This audio is worth the price for sure!
Can't be a 70's scifi!
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Great Story
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Would you try another book from Orson Scott Card and/or Scott Brick?
Yes, I just thought this one was too long. I liked the story but, it went on forever.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The most interesting was the play between the child and Jason Worthing. The overall concept of Somac made me think about how it's use would affect our species.Did Scott Brick do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes I had no trouble following the characters.If this book were a movie would you go see it?
NoWaaay to long.
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weird
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Can't decide whether to recommend this or not!
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