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Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Turn of a Friendly Card
Posted by Alan at 12:16 PM
Labels: book reviews, Books, Ender Wiggin, Ender's Game, Lost Boys, Orson Scott Card, science fiction, Speaker For The Dead
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The best part of the Ender's Game is that it has become something truly unique. I don't know any other books that have spawned such VERY different series.
Enders Game acts as the DNA for both the series that continues with Speaker for the Dead, and also with the Ender's Shadow books.
I've known many people who went on from EG to Speaker and lost interest after Speaker because the books move into very cerebral/philosophical territory. When these people pick up Ender's Shadow (which is the story of Bean, Ender's chief lieutenant in the original book) they fall in love with Card's universe all over again.
Excellent point, JD. I loved the Bean series too. Truly OSC has written too many to talk about in one blog post. I expect I will write about OSC again.
Card is a big hit in my home. I've mainly experienced him by reading to my boys, but I enjoyed it all (they are too cool to be read to, most of the time, now).
I've been getting lots of referrals from your site on my fiction blog. Thanks for all the support.
My recently-launched environmental site http://greenchemistry.wordpress.com/ has rapidly developed a larger readership than my lit blog (though still tiny!), and I've been neglecting my fiction reviews a bit as a result (I think you know all about being slave to multiple blogs!!). I have a big backlog of books to write about, but I'm struggling to finish the new books at present. A minor problem in the Grand Scheme.
Best wishes, Jim
Orson Scott Card is an awesome writer. Only read a couple of his books. Need to get my hands on some more!
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