Ender's Shadow

[Zadok001]

Ok, first things first, I _love_ Scott Card's writing. It's that simple. I've read almost everything by him I can get my hands on. Ender's Game was the first, of course.

And now Ender's Shadow. DAMN! I would almost say it runs on-par with the legendary Ender's Game. It starts in at the same time. It ends at the same time. It follows the same events, but from a different perspective. I would have thought that would make it very, very similar to Ender's Game. Nopes. Put simply, Ender's Shadow now ranks in my top-ten book list, right next to Ender's Game. I would have put money on it being a rehash, but Bean's character is _so_ drastically different from what it seemed to be in Ender's Game, the entire book seems new again. Comes highly recommended, especially if you like Card (and I know there's a few of those freaks out there who don't, but still! J/K)!

"Harry Turtledove was pleasantly suprising as well..."

 

[FoundationOfRancor]

It was pretty good. I still think Children of the Mind was the best one though.

 

[Fire Slinger]

I don't mean to sound ignorant, but who is Scott Card and what kind of fiction does he write. As for Harry Turtledove, his Worldwar series is one of my favorites.

 

[Spiderman]

Unless he dropped his first name recently, I thought it was Orson Scott Card.

He writes science fiction.

 

[Chaos Turtle]

To my detriment, I have not read any of Orson Scott Card's novels. I will someday.

I have, however, read a writing guide by him. Something like How to Write Fantasy and Science Fiction. Something like that.

The man's brilliant.

That's all I wanted to say.

 

[Zadok001]

Yeah, that's right Spidey. I have a habit of referring to people who use all three of their names on a regular basis as ~middle~ ~last~. It's just another one of my stupid habits that never goes away.

"Like typing 'Good Thing(tm).'"

 

[Fire Slinger]

Well I just bought Ender's Game. It looks good. I plan on starting after I finish Hannibal, which is the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs.

 

[FoundationOfRancor]

Enders game is a VERY good book.

 

[Fire Slinger]

I just finished reading Ender's Game

Wow!!

Ender's Game now ranks as one of my top three favorite books. They are:

Ender's Game

Where the Red Fern Grows

Hearts in Altantis by Stephen King. If you have not read this book, Read It!. Its not horror.

 

[The Magic Jackal]

I read ender's game. It was great until you read the last chapter. The last chapter was really bad. It was so bad that I couldn't even get myself to read the next one.

If they would have stopped at the end of the second to last chapter, when ender was doen with his "games", I think it would have turned out better. you would not have known what he was going to be doing next, so it gives a good opening for a sequel. IMHO, this book fell apart at the end just like the adventures of huckleberry finn.