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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

I LOVED Lost Boys and just finished the one about the guy going way back in time, the one that is about Sleeping Beauty. That was just pretty good. I just discovered Orson Scott Card, where has he been all my life?

Should I read the Ender series?


70 posted on 10/03/2011 11:04:55 AM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Auntie Mame
Should I read the Ender series?

Well, I can only say that I loved it. The series fascinated me in two main ways: (1) Card excels at putting his characters in the midst of impossible (yet realistic) dilemmas, where pretty much any choice leads to a bad result. He takes us through the reasoning processes by which the characters finally make their imperfect choices. IMO he represents well the fallen nature of humanity and how this affects their choices. (2) Card has a good, realistic grasp of geopolitics (the "Bean" branch of the series takes place here on Earth).

72 posted on 10/03/2011 11:29:24 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Palin or Perry, whoever is ahead in the delegate count on primary day)
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