| | ORSON SCOTT CARD HAS A NEW BOOK OUT!
IT FITS WITH THE ENDER UNIVERSE!
I CAN DIE HAPPY!
Okay, not quite. But still, I do so love Orson Scott Card's books. I am aware that many people love his work. That is not why I read his books. I have read all of the Ender-centered ones, but not the Bean-centered ones -- odd, because I do love Bean (he's adorable. "Did you see it! Did you see it! Did you see how fast I went! Did you see how I changed direction!").
Start from the beginning: I love to read. I read all the time. It's my pet hobby. Because of this, my mom sometimes just picks up books for me from the library. Most recently, the book was A War of Gifts. This book is an Ender story, set during his time at the battle school. I shall tell you no more about the plot, but it is short (120-odd pages) and very sweet.
Personally, my favorite Ender books (Ender-centric or Bean-centric) are the ones set during battle school, Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. I know some people think Bean is annoying, that all of the books after Ender's Game are just cheap spin offs, yada yada yada. I don't agree. True, I've only gotten through half of Shadow of Hegemon, but I think when I started reading the Bean section the last one or two Bean books weren't even out yet. I didn't enjoy Speaker of the Dead (of? for? I can never keep track of which one it is, mainly because I read the preface and Card said he went back and forth... I think), Xenocide or Children of the Mind as much as Ender's Game, but I did enjoy them. Perhaps it's because I was in middle school (wow, that's getting to be kind of far away, time-wise!) when I read them (yes, all of them). Maybe it's just the type of story I was looking for when I read them.
Either way, I love the interaction of all the Battle School kids, the games, the classes -- everything. I sincerely desire for Card to write more. A War of Gifts was a great early Christmas present. It even started me re-reading all the Ender books (well, actually the Bean ones right now), and I would love to see more expansion on these children that were so brilliant and so odd.
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| | Posted 11/11/2007 6:56 PM - 43 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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