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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 436.1 | Hivequeen Lives | ZEPPO::TASCHEREAU | | Tue Feb 03 1987 13:16 | 6 |
| The Science Fiction Book Club offers both Ender's Game and
Speaker For The Dead in a 2-in-1 volume (hard cover of course)
titled: Ender's War. It's good reading and only costs about
$4.95 if I remember correctly.
-Steve
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| 436.2 | ON THE OTHER HAND ... | USMRW2::KSHERMAN | | Fri Jul 31 1987 20:11 | 11 |
| Different views are the spice of life.
Enders' Game was readable; Speaker for the Dead went into my
wastebasket after page 60 or so. And I HATE to throw-away any book.
1/2* out of ****.
KBS
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| 436.3 | Devil's Advocate criticism? | POLAR::ROTOR | NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO ... THERE YOU ARE | Fri Oct 30 1987 19:47 | 7 |
| I can only assume you are trying the tried and method of critizing
great literature as an excellent intellectual device.
re: 436.1
If you wish to read my views on "Speaker For The Dead" and Orson
Scott Card, please read 416.8 on conference DSSDEV::BOOKS
Cheers Dave
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| 436.4 | Sequels to SFTD | SWSCIM::GEOFFREY | JIM | Tue Apr 19 1988 13:15 | 8 |
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Has anyone read "wyrms or "Reel Prophet" by O.S. Card and if
so are either of these books a sequel to SFTD ? Even if they
are not sequels are they any good ?
Thanks,
jim
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| 436.5 | One is sequel, but not to SFTD | TALLIS::SIGEL | | Tue Apr 19 1988 16:01 | 9 |
| re .4
"Red Prophet" is the sequel to Card's "Seventh Son", in the "Tales of
Alvin Maker" series. "Wyrms" is a stand-alone novel. I haven't read the
latter, but I can heartily recommend both novels released thus far in
the "Alvin Maker" series, and I understand that there are three or four more
novels to come.
Andrew
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| 436.6 | | SOFTY::HEFFELFINGER | Tracey Heffelfinger, Tech Support | Fri Apr 22 1988 16:46 | 14 |
| If I remebre correctly from hearing OS Card talk at Worldcon
'86, there are/will be 7(?) books in the Alvin Maker series.
I have read Wyrms. It is a standalone. It is (at least in
my opinion) worthwhile. I have liked everything that I have read
of Card's. He seems to have a knack for writing *different*, thought-
provoking worlds and cultures.
I am heartily impressed with Card both as a writer and as a
speaker/reader. (Got to hear him read aloud from Tales of Alvin
Maker at the con. Excellent reader!)
tlh
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| 436.7 | | HANZI::SIMONSZETO | Simon Szeto, ABSS/FER, Hongkong | Sun May 01 1988 12:32 | 17 |
| While I enjoyed Wyrms too, I thought that even though the style
was very much Card, it somehow wasn't quite the same. I didn't
think to check when the book was written, and I don't have the book
with me. Songmaster seemed to me to me more like Card, as in SFTD,
for example, although I saw in another note that Songmaster was
from circa 1979.
I'm looking forward to the Alvin Maker series, but I guess I have
to wait until I'm in the U.S. to look for any of Card's books.
(I read Seventh Son while on a trip to San Francisco.) Haven't
found Card yet in the local bookstores.
--Simon
P.S. Please ADD KEYWORD CARD if anyone writes any new topics on
Orson Scott Card.
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| 436.8 | LIVE CARD | POLAR::BARKERS | | Mon May 02 1988 20:36 | 5 |
| On June 10-12 Orson Scott Card will be a guest writer at AD ASTRA(sic)
in Toronto. If anybody cares they can CALL me at DTN 621-2140.
Please do not send EMAIL.
Dave Rotor
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