Comments on: The Turn of a Friendly Card http://libdrone.info/2007/10/11/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/ Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jared http://libdrone.info/2007/10/11/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-189 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:41:43 +0000 http://libdrone.techfun.org/2007/10/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-189 Interesting review! I was not a big fan of Lost Boys, although I appreciate where you’re coming from. I tend to think that Card hit something magical with Ender’s Game, and his struggles to reclaim that have really taken their toll.

I found Lost Boys to be a little bit preachy – a lengthy novel about a community’s discrimination against a Mormon family. Although undeniably evocative, I had a hard time mustering up any empathy given the author’s own stance on other minority groups.

]]> By: The Red Stone by Craig Smith http://libdrone.info/2007/10/11/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-188 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:30:00 +0000 http://libdrone.techfun.org/2007/10/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-188 Orson Scott Card is an awesome writer. Only read a couple of his books. Need to get my hands on some more!

]]> By: Jim's Words Music and Science http://libdrone.info/2007/10/11/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-187 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:06:00 +0000 http://libdrone.techfun.org/2007/10/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-187 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

]]> By: Alan http://libdrone.info/2007/10/11/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-186 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:45:00 +0000 http://libdrone.techfun.org/2007/10/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-186 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.

]]> By: techfun http://libdrone.info/2007/10/11/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-185 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:28:00 +0000 http://libdrone.techfun.org/2007/10/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/#comment-185 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.

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