The Memory of Earth
- Published
- 1 March 1992
- Pages
- 332
- ISBN-13
- 9780812532593
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Memory of Earth opens the Homecoming Saga in March 1992, introducing Harmony -- a planet kept deliberately pre-industrial by the ancient orbiting computer Oversoul -- and the family of Nafai it recruits to journey back to a mythic, half-remembered Earth. It runs 332 pages.
Key facts about The Memory of Earth
The Memory of Earth is a novel by Orson Scott Card. Readers have had it since March 1992. It runs to 332 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Memory of Earth. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780812532593 to find the main one.
The Memory of Earth is book 1 of 5 in the Homecoming Saga series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Ender's Game, Tales of Alvin Maker and Ender's Shadow, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Master Alvin is the latest published Orson Scott Card book on file, from 28 April 2026.
About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction author best known for Ender's Game, a 1985 novel following a child military prodigy trained to command Earth's defense against an alien threat, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and remains one of the most widely read science fiction novels of its era, particularly popular as an entry point for younger and reluctant readers. See every Orson Scott Card book in order.
Its place in Homecoming Saga
The Memory of Earth is book 1 in the Homecoming Saga series. It is followed by The Call of Earth. See the full Homecoming Saga reading order.
Forty million years in the future, the last remnants of humanity live on the planet Harmony, kept deliberately primitive and pre-industrial by Oversoul, an ancient orbiting computer originally programmed to prevent the kind of technological self-destruction that drove humans off Earth in the first place. When Oversoul's degrading circuits threaten to fail and release Harmony's people into unrestrained technological development, it recruits the family of Nafai to journey back to a mythic, half-remembered Earth and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780812532593