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11-10-2001, 10:30 AM | #1 |
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Orson Scott Card Books
If anyone wants to talk about one of the greatest writers ever, do it here! I've read the Ender Quartet, am reading The Shadow Trilogy, and the Alvin books, and have read the stand-alone Enchantment. All these books are good. Anyone want to talk?
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11-10-2001, 11:56 PM | #2 |
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Card rules. Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon are great books.
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11-11-2001, 05:57 AM | #3 |
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hmmmmm......
Have you read Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind? They're all great, though a little different than Enders Game. If you haven't read them, do it. And while your at it, look for a book called The Seventh Son. That's great too.
On another notice, if anyone wants to check out Orson Scott Card books, go to www.hatrack.com
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11-13-2001, 11:01 PM | #4 |
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I love the Ender series! I haven't read past "Xenocide" but I love all the ones I read. I think the first ones will always be my favorites. I just love the game! I want to play the game! But I'm sure I'd suck and be flashed right off the bat! Every time I read them I'm both jealous of Ender for getting to play the game, and furious with how unfair it all is to Ender.
But my favorite Orson Scott Card book has nothing to do with Ender. I love "Songmaster". Anyone read it?
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11-14-2001, 11:21 PM | #5 |
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Yes, Songmaster was very good. The characters seemed very different from Card's previous ones.
Ender's Game was intense. I think it was powerful writing and will probably become a science fiction classic. I was not so captivated by the sequels. I very much enjoyed the Postman short stories, but have not seen the movie. Whoops, that wasn't Card was it! Was it David Brin? (edited to acknowledge my mistake) Last edited by cee2lee2 : 11-14-2001 at 11:23 PM. |
11-16-2001, 09:34 AM | #6 |
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I also think that CArd is a great writer. Has anyone read any of the "Bean" books??
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11-19-2001, 05:03 PM | #8 |
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I absolutely love Card's writing. I've read the Ender Quartet, Seventh Son, and The Memory of Earth. All of these were really great, although Ender's Game and its sequels are still my favorite.
I'm reading Ender's Shadow right now, a companion novel to Ender's Game that features Bean. It is, of course, incredibly good. It's really cool, because you get to see many of the events in Ender's Game from another point of view. Bean is a great character. I think I might even like him better than young Ender!
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11-19-2001, 11:14 PM | #9 |
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I've never read Ender's Shadow, but Ender's Game was my favorite, so I'm going to have to get a copy! I'd love to see it all through Bean's eyes!
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11-21-2001, 04:39 PM | #10 |
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I like Card, too. I haven't read any of the Ender books, but I have heard a lot about them. Maybe I'll check it out one of these days. I have read all of the Alvin Maker books to date, though, and I must say, they are really great. There is some thing nice in thinking about the America that could have been. It is a very creative idea and lots of fun to read.
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12-09-2001, 10:31 AM | #11 |
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Card's books are for the most part pretty good. I liked Ender's game, but Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and Speaker for the Dead were a tad bit out there for my tastes. They tended to take me to far into the mind.
I did like the Shadow series so far though. Of the two books I have read that is. When is the next one due out... |
02-04-2003, 09:25 PM | #12 |
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in TAG we read ender's game...i though it was VERY good, and i cant wait to read the rest....but my teacher is projecting this project to the max~!
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02-09-2003, 06:20 PM | #13 |
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I've been planning to read these, because I'll my friends are reading them. I have Ender's Game sitting on my shelf because I got it for Christmas but haven't had time to read it.
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It was still worth reading, however. The characters were great; I especially loved how Peter was portrayed.
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I have read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Speaker For The Dead, Xenocide, and Children Of The Mind.
Ender's Game is the best. I want to play the Game so bad sometimes, it's freaky! Peter is such a little ****! The Fantasy Game is wierd! I would probably be good at the Game, because reality is whatever I want it to be. Usually. There aren't any bugger-lovers in here, are there? 1st time I read Ender's Game, I dreamed that night about the Game. I've always dreamed about being weightless, but that was the ultimate! Ok, I've run off at the mouth long enough. Later......
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03-15-2003, 11:10 PM | #16 |
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It is one of those books that you can talk all day about, isn't it? I first read it when I was about nine and the fantasy game especially disturbed me to no end. It was just so bizarre....
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yeah........*looks thoughtful*
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I read all four of the books about Ender and just finished "Ender's Shadow," and I love the books so much. Slight obsession case, actually. Has anyone here read "Pastwatch"? My friend Sarah made me promise not to read it until I'd read every other Orson Scott Card book I could get my hands on, she's that impressed with it. What I want to know is: is it THAT good, or should I just go ahead and read it? IT IS SITTING ON MY BOOKSHELF AND DRIVING ME NUTS.
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05-09-2003, 03:10 PM | #19 |
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Pastwatch is enormously impressive. Card's so good at making historical figures come alive, and the sci-fi aspect of it is really cool too.
I still like the Ender's Game series best, but I love (or at least strongly like) all of his books, so it's difficult to pick favorites.
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05-09-2003, 03:45 PM | #20 |
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I read Ender's Game, and the Ender trilogy, (can't seem to think of them as a 'quartet') and just recently finished Ender's Shadow. Looking for Shadow of the Hegemon. My very very favorite science fiction. REALLY great books.
Estel13: You would want to play the Game? ...to each his own.
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