Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow and so on.

Rainbow Dash · 08-10-2009, 11:56 AM

Anybody else a fan of the series? I like them and hope he gets around to tying the two stories back together.

Swordmaster Link · 08-10-2009, 12:38 PM

Ender's Game is undoubtedly my favorite book. I've read it many times...I've also read through the Bean Quartet and have made a couple of attempts to get into the Ender Quartet but I always stall out halfway through Speaker for the Dead. One of these days...

Anywho, last I checked Orson Scott Card was in the process of writing a book that ties the two storylines together.

heh · 08-10-2009, 12:41 PM

both those books own, speaker for the dead owns, stop reading right there.

Rainbow Dash · 08-10-2009, 01:06 PM

sorry I read on and read about lusitania!!!

Metal Man · 08-10-2009, 01:20 PM

I liked it a bit, it wasn't my favorite but I read the first one.

t3hDarkness · 08-10-2009, 01:44 PM

Ender's Game is one of the books you have to read more than once.
Best read it at least four times with about 10 years apart.

Metal Man · 08-10-2009, 02:22 PM

I guess I could do that. What I was going to say, is that it seems to tarry on about things which sort of don't seem to add up in the end, and it seems as if all is resolved in a very quick moment...

Rainbow Dash · 08-11-2009, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Man

I guess I could do that. What I was going to say, is that it seems to tarry on about things which sort of don't seem to add up in the end, and it seems as if all is resolved in a very quick moment...

But isn't that realistic?

**Valigarmander** · 08-11-2009, 07:11 PM

Never read Ender's Game. But it's a book I've been meaning to read sometime.

Rainbow Dash · 08-11-2009, 07:13 PM

You should. If you really like the characters, read the other ender and bean books, they're good (Bean's are a little better than the later ender ones)

heh · 08-12-2009, 11:12 AM

no just don't read anything beyond enders game, enders shadow, and speaker for the dead because the shadow books are really tom clancy novels in disguise (with child soilders and child villians) and xenocide is a book where absolutely nothing interesting happens for 600 pages and children of the mind is a collection of love stories (in space)

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 08-12-2009, 11:19 AM

I've read Ender's Game a couple of times, but still don't really feel it. It's a good book and very well written, but never ranks in my favourite stories. I also read a few other books in the Ender series, but I don't remember much around them.

Metal Man · 08-12-2009, 01:24 PM

Well, I guess it's realistic, but in science-fiction, I usually prefer the realism to be in attempts to portray new technology. Attempting to be realistic too much with plot tends to make it feel kind of vague... though it's definitely well-written as far as the goal of a sort of organic plot is.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 08-18-2009, 09:44 PM

Ender's Game is my favourite book of all!! I have read it at least a dozen times and some parts are very poignant!!

Kil'jaeden · 08-18-2009, 11:44 PM

I read the book, and after I finished I had to take 30 minutes to just sit blankly. I was kind of blank for the rest of the day.

08-10-2009, 11:56 AM	#1
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow and so on. Anybody else a fan of the series? I like them and hope he gets around to tying the two stories back together.

08-10-2009, 12:38 PM	#2
Swordmaster Link Super Bodyguard & King of the Arcade Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Wherever you want me to be Gender: Posts: 32,132 Thanks: 253 Thanked 951 Times in 640 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Ender's Game is undoubtedly my favorite book. I've read it many times...I've also read through the Bean Quartet and have made a couple of attempts to get into the Ender Quartet but I always stall out halfway through Speaker for the Dead. One of these days... Anywho, last I checked Orson Scott Card was in the process of writing a book that ties the two storylines together.

08-10-2009, 12:41 PM	#3
heh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lo-ca-tion; Noun- 1. a place or situation occupied: That house is in a fine location Gender: Posts: 9,849 Thanks: 710 Thanked 955 Times in 628 Posts	both those books own, speaker for the dead owns, stop reading right there.

08-10-2009, 01:06 PM	#4
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	sorry I read on and read about lusitania!!!

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Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	I liked it a bit, it wasn't my favorite but I read the first one.

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t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Ender's Game is one of the books you have to read more than once. Best read it at least four times with about 10 years apart.

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Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	I guess I could do that. What I was going to say, is that it seems to tarry on about things which sort of don't seem to add up in the end, and it seems as if all is resolved in a very quick moment...

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Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Never read Ender's Game. But it's a book I've been meaning to read sometime.

08-11-2009, 07:13 PM	#10
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	You should. If you really like the characters, read the other ender and bean books, they're good (Bean's are a little better than the later ender ones)

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heh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lo-ca-tion; Noun- 1. a place or situation occupied: That house is in a fine location Gender: Posts: 9,849 Thanks: 710 Thanked 955 Times in 628 Posts	no just don't read anything beyond enders game, enders shadow, and speaker for the dead because the shadow books are really tom clancy novels in disguise (with child soilders and child villians) and xenocide is a book where absolutely nothing interesting happens for 600 pages and children of the mind is a collection of love stories (in space)

08-12-2009, 11:19 AM	#12
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	I've read Ender's Game a couple of times, but still don't really feel it. It's a good book and very well written, but never ranks in my favourite stories. I also read a few other books in the Ender series, but I don't remember much around them.

08-12-2009, 01:24 PM	#13
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Well, I guess it's realistic, but in science-fiction, I usually prefer the realism to be in attempts to portray new technology. Attempting to be realistic too much with plot tends to make it feel kind of vague... though it's definitely well-written as far as the goal of a sort of organic plot is.

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Kil'jaeden Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your mind Gender: Posts: 2,134 Thanks: 21 Thanked 146 Times in 99 Posts	I read the book, and after I finished I had to take 30 minutes to just sit blankly. I was kind of blank for the rest of the day.