The Ships of Earth
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Ships of Earth” continues Orson Scott Card’s “Homecoming Saga” as a desert journey and family drama. Card recasts the first centuries of the Book of Mormon as science fiction. Some readers lose patience with the prophetic dreams, the constant quarrelling and the long trek, and feel the saga moves slowly toward its goal. It works best for readers already committed to the series and curious about its religious source.
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About the book
The Ships of Earth (1994) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. It is the third book of the Homecoming Saga, a fictionalization of the first few hundred years recorded in the Book of Mormon.
Reading order · Homecoming Saga
Full order & progress →- The Memory of EarthStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - The Call of Earth
7.57.5 / 10 - The Ships of EarthThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Earthfall
7.57.5 / 10 - Earthborn
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 67 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 8 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 59 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Ships of Earth?
It has 384 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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