The Memory of Earth

Card, Orson Scott. The Memory of Earth. (Homecoming: Volume 1.) New York: TOR, 1992.

Post-nuclear-holocaust story featuring a failing computer, first installment of a 5-novel series. See for "the Oversoul, a computer" capable of accessing "the minds of humans and influencing humans indirectly," toward peace, and considered a god by the women, who rule the city of the novel. Rev. Karen Hellekson, SFRA Review #198 (June 1992): 53-54, our source for this entry and whom we quote. Cf. and contrast H. Ellison's "Asleep: With Still Hands," and E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." (RDE, 08/02/93)