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np, i love his books. post back and tell us what one/s you've decided to read, eh?
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np, i love his books. post back and tell us what one/s you've decided to read, eh?
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Ooh, I LOVE Ender's Game. It's one of my favorite books.
I saw an ad before a movie (you know, the kind that last 10 seconds and is shown before the trailers start) that mentioned the fact that they were planning on making Ender's Game a movie. But this was a couple years ago. IMDB used to have a page about Ender's Game but they don't anymore. Not sure why... __________________
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Ooh, I LOVE Ender's Game. It's one of my favorite books.
I saw an ad before a movie (you know, the kind that last 10 seconds and is shown before the trailers start) that mentioned the fact that they were planning on making Ender's Game a movie. But this was a couple years ago. IMDB used to have a page about Ender's Game but they don't anymore. Not sure why... __________________
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Has anyone here read the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card? I'm on the third one and am really enjoying them. I'm also in the middle of Ender's Game. It is sooooo good!
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Has anyone here read the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card? I'm on the third one and am really enjoying them. I'm also in the middle of Ender's Game. It is sooooo good!
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Has anyone here read the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card? I'm on the third one and am really enjoying them. I'm also in the middle of Ender's Game. It is sooooo good!
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Has anyone here read the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card? I'm on the third one and am really enjoying them. I'm also in the middle of Ender's Game. It is sooooo good!
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i'm about to start the alvin maker series. so it's good, eh? kool. seventh son is the first one, right? oh, abd watch out for enders game. i've read it through a few (ok, 3) times and the lingo really catches on. you should here me in a conversation with me frieds, i sound like a battle skool brat [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]
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i'm about to start the alvin maker series. so it's good, eh? kool. seventh son is the first one, right? oh, abd watch out for enders game. i've read it through a few (ok, 3) times and the lingo really catches on. you should here me in a conversation with me frieds, i sound like a battle skool brat [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]
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i found card due to an ex-boyfriend who blew through every series (out at the time) and couldn.t stop reading them [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].
i ended up reading enders game and going through that series. i just finished xenocide and really thought the middle just dragged...too much Path and Hive Queen dialogue. though i haven.t read much sci-fi or fantasy to compare to him - i like his 'ethical' stylings (though i was surprised to find his mormon background really creeping into the storyline pretty strongly in xenocide and didn.t like it). his ethics say Tolkien and his science based stories say Rand to me -> all 3 authors have a wonderful blend of really smart characters who are affected deeply by their surroundings and their 'worlds'. enders game reminds me of john christopher.s books: a_ when the tripods came - prequel to the tripod trilogy b_ the city of lead and gold - tripod trilogy c_ the white mountains - tripod trilogy d_ the pool of fire - tripod trilogy - i read these books in 7th grade and really found enders game similar in the 'child-like infancy of morals and right/wrong development'. my one concern with the ender series is that i think he had ender grow-up to fast. this boys life is something of complexity and depth and it could have been dealt with across 5-6+ books (IMO). __________________
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i found card due to an ex-boyfriend who blew through every series (out at the time) and couldn.t stop reading them [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].
i ended up reading enders game and going through that series. i just finished xenocide and really thought the middle just dragged...too much Path and Hive Queen dialogue. though i haven.t read much sci-fi or fantasy to compare to him - i like his 'ethical' stylings (though i was surprised to find his mormon background really creeping into the storyline pretty strongly in xenocide and didn.t like it). his ethics say Tolkien and his science based stories say Rand to me -> all 3 authors have a wonderful blend of really smart characters who are affected deeply by their surroundings and their 'worlds'. enders game reminds me of john christopher.s books: a_ when the tripods came - prequel to the tripod trilogy b_ the city of lead and gold - tripod trilogy c_ the white mountains - tripod trilogy d_ the pool of fire - tripod trilogy - i read these books in 7th grade and really found enders game similar in the 'child-like infancy of morals and right/wrong development'. my one concern with the ender series is that i think he had ender grow-up to fast. this boys life is something of complexity and depth and it could have been dealt with across 5-6+ books (IMO). __________________
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^ i agree. that's why i like the shadow series, but the kids do seem to grow up kinda quick. but i'll read anything to see more peter
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^ i agree. that's why i like the shadow series, but the kids do seem to grow up kinda quick. but i'll read anything to see more peter
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I've just finished reading the Alvin Maker series (again) with the new one that came out... Crystal City. I really love the Alvin Maker series, but Crystal City... not so much. The book is pretty good, but it seems mostly like a filler book to me. It seems to have the least amount of significance to Alvin's journey. I think OSC will probably end the series with a 7th book, since 7 is such a magical number in the series. I hope the resolution is a good one.
ETA: I enjoyed reading First Meetings, even though that book is more targeted toward a younger teen audience (with illustrations and such). I had read Investment Counselor before in a short story book. Reading it again just makes me love Jane even more. And I really enjoyed reading the stories about Ender's father. [ 01-11-2004: Message edited Andia ] __________________
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