Talk:Xenocide

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Contents 1 Comparison with other fiction 2 Origin of name 3 Cancelled Videogame? 4 Origin of name 5 Article Split 6 children of the mind

[edit] Comparison with other fiction

Young boys recruited to save the Earth from Alien forces, huh? If you exchange the spaceships with Giant Walking Gears, you get the japanese Neon Genesis Evangelion series. And inspired by that, you get the 1997 Playstation game Xenogears. Mere coincidence? ;)

That's the plot of the original book in the series, Ender's Game (This is the third book in the series, Xenocide) -- although in Ender's game *both* girls and boys were recruited. →Raul654 02:51, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of name

Did Card made up this word, or did the neologism already exist before his novel? --Lowellian 07:07, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)

See here.--Skyfiler 19:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cancelled Videogame?

I remember seeing a very early preview blurb for a videogame called Xenocide in PC Gamer magazine years and years ago, with a description sounding very familiar to the plot of the Ender Series. Does anyone know anything about this? NEMT 06:06, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of name

I pretty sure the name stems from the greek word "xeno" and the latin word "cide" like homicide or xenophobia.

[edit] Article Split

I think this ought to be split into two articles, one concerning the Scott-Card novel and another concerning the term xenocide in other works of fiction. Xenocide takes place in innumberable works of science fiction, not limited to the expanded universe of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Warhammer 40000. The Imperium in WH40K is very xenophobic and commits unrestricted slaughter of other races whenever permited. I just think that this matter needs consideration.

[edit] children of the mind

why isnt there a article on the last book??

There is. Children of the Mind QueenStupid 15:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)