Orson Scott Card's 'Empire' coming to big screen

http://www.moviethunder.com/n1346.html ^ | November 14, 2006

[MinorityRepublican]

Producer Joel Silver's Silver Pictures has optioned Empire, an upcoming book from bestselling sci-fi author Orson Scott Card, for a big-screen adaptation. The novel is currently slated to hit bookshelves on November 28.

According to the Card's official Web site, here is the story of Empire:

The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.

The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side and militia foot soldiers on the other, devastating the cities and overrunning the countryside. But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons, and strategic geniuses of their own.

When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?

Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science-fiction and fantasy novels. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near-future scenario of a new American Civil War.

[zook]

I'm about 3/4 through the book. It is dynamite.

[zook]

When you read the book you'll understand why they want to make a film out of this. And it's sort of like Card wrote it with a screenplay in mind.

[zook]

It's worth it!

[MinorityRepublican]

The book is great but the ending did not seem to be that complete.

[foreverfree]

It's worth the read. But although the jacket notes say "most people want to be left alone" during Card's CWII, Card doesn't really address that issue, even in the afterword, which I otherwise found intriguing. I'd relate to "Empire" more if I were a connesur (sp) of scifi. This is the first book by Card I've read. I'd never heard of him until I found out about "Empire".

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[foreverfree]

Dominic, save your card (no pun intended). Go to the library instead. Or try interlibrary loan if you have to.

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[MinorityRepublican]

This book was not Card's finest work. You have to read Ender's Game instead.

I think Empire has potential and is "well thought out" however the minor characters in the novel did not seem well developed and the ending needs work.

Perhaps, Card is writing a sequel that would answer all our questions.

We'll see.