by Orson Scott Card · Tor Science Fiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780812532630
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«The Ships of Earth» is the science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor Science Fiction in paperback (362 pages, in English).
Basilica has fallen. Wetchik, Nafai, and their family must cross the deserts of Harmony to a hidden spaceport where ships await to return to Earth. Of the sixteen exiles, only some have accepted the path; others, like Elemak or Rasa's daughters, have been forced to join, and their grudges make the march harder.
Third novel in the Homecoming saga, originally published in 1995. The story takes place on the planet Harmony, overseen by the artificial intelligence Oversoul.
For science fiction readers and fans of the series.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
