Orson Scott Card

[MalReynolds]

Re: Orson Scott Card

The Lost Boys dragged a bit in the middle as the story didn't really go anywhere until near the end, and the resolution, while incredbily emotional, was kind of just... Well, it was a good book. And I enjoyed it.

[solopro]

Re: Orson Scott Card

I didn't even finish Ender's Game. My English teacher didn't get far. I forgot where it stopped.

[FoJaR]

Re: Orson Scott Card

Yes, he's a religious Mormon, but I don't think he shoves it in your face as much as people have mentioned.

i'm the only one that mentioned that he was a mormon.

i'm a mormon.

[xObserveRx]

Re: Orson Scott Card

I just finished Speaker for the Dead and I found it to be much better than Ender's Game. Not that Ender's Game wasn't good, it was. It's just that EG focuses more on political type issues IMO, whereas SftD takes a more character interaction/development type route, which makes for much better story telling. Also, Card's heart seemed to be in SftD a lot more than EG and the copy I have has a long introduction that (I think) explains why.

Bottom Line: If you read Ender's Game and liked it, Try reading Speaker for the Dead. You'll most likely enjoy it, or, in a worst case scenario, find it inferior to Ender's Game.

[Laharl]

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Orson Scott Card is a professor at my college. I believe he's busy with the script for the Ender's Game movie so he's only teaching one class this semester which I didn't get in to. However, he'll be doing 2 workshop type writing courses next semester and I should be able to get in one of those.

[Squeek]

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You mean they're actually making a movie after all these years?

Hot.

[Laharl]

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As far as I can tell, that could just be rumor (people in small town America LOVE their gossip) but it would explain why he's taking such a light teaching load.