Some 15 years ago I binged on all of the Ender books. By the end I was kind of tired of them and didn't keep up with the series. So I as a bit hesitant to have to re-read Speaker for the Dead. I enjoyed it again but part of me thinks that some of the ideas are ridiculous. If mankind started colonizing far away planets, would each colony really be keeping alive the culture of a small segment of Earth from 3000 years prior? And whenever a book devotes a lot of space to a philosophical debate in the middle of some life or death situation, I always roll my eyes. But regardless it was a good read. A-
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