Johnstantine
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Just finished reading "Ender's Game" for the second time. Loved the book and loved the characters.
Currently reading: Catcher in the Rye
Currently reading: Catcher in the Rye
Hey, I'm reading Ender's Game right now for the first time. It's really hard for me to take the concept of 9 year olds commanding entire armies and secretly ruling the world ... seriously.Johnstantine said:Just finished reading "Ender's Game" for the second time. Loved the book and loved the characters.
Walter said:Hey, I'm reading Ender's Game right now for the first time. It's really hard for me to take the concept of 9 year olds commanding entire armies and secretly ruling the world ... seriously.
And the way the book is written, I'm pretty sure a 2nd grader could understand it all. I suppose it's a good intro to sci-fi. I just often find myself wishing the novel went a little deeper into the concepts, and spent less time explaining all the physical nuances of how Ender flips his body around and uses his body gracefully in the Battle Room. I personally don't give a flying fuck.
Aazealh said:Well keep in mind the novel was originally a short story that the author later expanded. In the end the plot is pretty simple to understand though, and I'm certain you'll see the end coming a mile away just like I did when I first read it, but it is indeed a good intro to Sci-Fi.
Darklink286 said:Ah man, the Ender series is my favorite book series. Speaker For the Dead is where the real Sci-Fi concepts and crazy shit begins. Also, Ender's Shadow is another book that takes place within the same time period but through the eyes of one of the other Battle School students, and I actually like that one better than Ender's Game. But seriously, even if you don't like Ender's Game, read Speaker For the Dead and the sequels after that, they're much more adult oriented and have heavier themes.
Johnstantine said:I actually didn't see the end coming. Like, at all. I was completely surprised.
I actually didn't get a chance to be surprised really since I read Ender's Shadow first and Bean figures it out way before anyone else does in the book.Johnstantine said:I actually didn't see the end coming. Like, at all. I was completely surprised.
Aazealh said:What can I say, I'm a very special boy.
DT had an ending. It even had 2 endings, really.Johnstantine said:See, at least it HAD an ending though.
It's not like the end of the Dark Tower series where I was disgusted and actually threw all of the books away.
Walter said:DT had an ending. It even had 2 endings, really.
Well, I'm sure some Berserk "fans" would say the series ended with the Golden AgeJohnstantine said:As far as I'm concerned, the series ended with Wizard and Glass. The last three books were just too, well, off(imho).
Walter said:Well, I'm sure some Berserk "fans" would say the series ended with the Golden Age
aufond said:Any Bukowski fans here? I haven't read any of his, but I've been hearing a lot about him lately so I just ordered Post Office off of Amazon, I wasn't really sure where to start with him but I'm looking forward to checking it out.
Walter said:Finished Ender's Game. Reading DUNE now.
Vampire_Hunter_Bob said:Geeze Walter get with the times.
Anyways, I hit a Dune wall. I love Dune, but I can't find the urge to pick up the next book. Maybe it's school work. So In the mean time I'm reading Child of God by Cormick McCarthy, when ever I get time to go to the book store to finish it.