<<I never cared much for Orson Scott Card so I read Ender's Game a long time after it came out to see why people thought it was so hot. I have to admit that he wro;te a book that touched his audience--a story of gifted children waging a computer war. As such I thought it was a very timely book which illlustrated Card's sensitivity to changes that were going on in our society then-->
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I loved Ender's Game but I enjoyed each successive book set in that > universe a little bit less. One day I'll try to finish the series. > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Nora <njem@> wrote: > > > > > I just finished Ender's Game. I already read Ender's shadow so i > kinda > > > knew the storyline and plot. I really liked the 'parallax' > (different > > > points of view) that the two books presented. > > > > > > Anybody have any thoughts on the books? > > > > I loved ENDER'S GAME. Didn't care for Shadow -- I liked the stuff > about > > Bean struggling to survive on the streets, though I'm not sure I > believed it > > -- but I wasn't really all that interested in seeing EG redone > from someone > > else's perspective. The fact that Ender wasn't infallible wasn't > the point > > of EG, IMO; it was Ender's spiritual development that made EG so > powerful. > > Bean, by contrast, did not develop along these lines at all, so I > stopped > > reading the Shadow books after the first one. > > > > What did you think of Alai's (the one black character in the > Battle School) > > portrayal? I was always put off by the fact that the majority of > kids in > > the battle school seemed to be white/European, but considering it > was Card's > > first novel I gave him some slack. I *was* annoyed that the only > thing they > > could find to tease him about was being black, and the use of the > n-word. > > Then again, I think that might actually be typical of children; > they notice > > the differences first. > > > > Nora > > > Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
