I read Ender's Game and I was hooked to the point that I was sad when I finnished reading the series. And I don't usually read much. This series was just so awsome. Anyone else a fan?
Janathoras
23-04-2004, 08:36
A big fan. :D
The downside is that Orson Scott Card himself doesn't really believe in the values he promotes in the Ender books. *sigh*
Capsule Corporation
23-04-2004, 09:16
A big fan. :D
The downside is that Orson Scott Card himself doesn't really believe in the values he promotes in the Ender books. *sigh*LOL he tries :P
(OK, maybe he doesn't :P)
I haven't heard anything on him lately... I know he was a Less-Active Mormon, but I haven't kept tabs on him.
DemosthenesLocke
23-04-2004, 09:17
The Series was Great, I think i've still got one more to go though.
Discontents
23-04-2004, 09:35
Ender's series is great, but I like Bean's one more. Of course it's easier to "rewrite" than to create from scratch, mostly because in the meantime the writer is supposed to have adquired more experience.
Ender's series is, IMO, far too unbelievable. I know it's SF and that's supposed to be hard to believe, but hey, one thing is writing about alien species and tecnhologies unknown, and other quite different thing is rambling about aiuas, the ability of make your thoughts real, and thinks like that.
Bean's series, on the other hand, is far more realistic. You can believe what you read. Part of the reason, I guess, is because it's set on a future closer to us than the one depicted in Ender's series from Vol II on. But also because Card uses politics, warfare, religion... things we are used to read about, instead of philosophical arguments about the essence of the being (like when he goes about whether Jane is alive or not).
Ok, I bored you all enough for a single post, so I'll just shut up :wink:
Yeah, I agree. I also prefer Bean's story.