The Authorized Ender Companion

On rare occasions a book shows up in the mail from a publisher or publicist. I am always grateful when they do, because at least I know someone came to the website! But I also like to make sure that you the reader understands when something has been provided to me so that you can [...]

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Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead: Part II: Cohabitat with the Piggies

I’m spending a little more time on the Orson Scott Card Ender saga than anything else (well, except maybe for Lost) because honestly his books have really influenced how I read science fiction, and how they shape my opinions of other works within the genre. The first post that I wrote about was regarding the [...]

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Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead: Part I: Speaking

Ask anyone that knows my reading preferences, and one author will probably be at the top of the list: Orson Scott Card. The first Card book that I read, like most people, was the thrilling Ender’s Game. That novel places a young boy on a battle school in orbit, to train to fight the most [...]

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