This time it wasn't a signed copy at least. I loaned it to a coworker, who is far more sympathetic to my sci-fi habit than others. They are currently homeschooling their kids because of a severe nut allergy, however both are gifted as well. I've been giving him book reccomendations for the kids every now and then. Anyway I loaned him Ender's game to get him out of the schlock that is Dan Brown.
His pronouncement, even though he was only a few chapters in? "It's everything you said it was. Just perfect!" AJ
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
*high fives BannaOj*
I just loaned out Seventh Son yesterday, and he called today to say he's three chapters in and wanted to discuss it already. And wanted to be sure I have Red Prophet waiting. And Prentice Alvin. That oughta hold him a few days.
I have made another Alvin Maker fan. Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I've loaned out so much OSC that my collection stands at about half strength. The only Alvin books I still have are Seventh Son and Heartfire.
I spent about 50 of my 100 B&N gift certificate dollars replacing the rest, including a remaindered copy of Crystal City.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I love people who lend my books. And NOT just because so often they're not returned and you have to buy another <grin>. Lent books are how writers find new readers. May your tribes increase ...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I'm terribly selfish with your books now, ever since lending Lost Boys to my mother and losing it for 6 years.
Although, that's probably the right amount of time between readings.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
At least. And definitely not long enough, if you happen to have an almost-eight-year-old son.
I really loved that book, BTW, I'm just not going to wear it out like I did Enchantment. It's too close to home.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
loaning books can be rather good for authors...since it gets people hooked.
I found Goodkind because my aunt loaned me WFR.
I first read OSC when I picked up Xenocide off my parent's bookshelf. Though, I didn't really get hooked until I read his short story in the first Legends anthology. Thats when I went out and bought all the Ender and Alvin Maker books.
Legends was a rather good idea...it helped me find several authors I hadn't read before...not because I hadn't heard of them, I just never got around to reading there stuff.
I never would have thought to pick up King's Darktower series, Feist's riftwar books, or Card's Alvin Maker books if I hadn't read the stories in Legends first.
Though, while the second Legends was OK, I didn't think it was nearly as good as the first.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
I've stopped lending EG out, I just give it away now.
I'm reading Legends now, I hope it gets better than what King has going right now.
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
In my decade of loving Card I have owned over twenty five copies of EG, and at this very moment, I have in my possession not a single one (okay, one copy of Ender's War). I always "lend" them, or just cop to reality and give them away. I really only miss the hardbacks.
I've converted a lot of people to the OSC tribe, but I'm only returning the favor, as I was converted exactly the same way (God bless you Sandy Kasinski).
Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
I did a report on Pastwatch a couple weeks ago in class, and so far I've lent it out twice as a result.
I also have lost copies of my "borrowed" Ender books somewhere along the line...but for me, any excuse to buy more books is always welcome!
Posted by Lucky_Sean (Member # 6223) on :
I do this thing where i go to the used book stores in town and buy out every copy ocasionally - not so much that im the only one buying it, but enough that I can give out lots of coppies to friends and colleagues.
Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
Incidentally, of the 141 copies of Ender's Game listed in the Hawaii State Public Library catalog, 37 of them are "lost." :-)
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
quote:Originally posted by airmanfour: I've stopped lending EG out, I just give it away now.
Amen.
Pity a tax break doesn't come with the investment. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Everyone thinks I'm a crackpot, so they don't take me seriously when I recommend books.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Stone Wolf: what is this "Ender's War" you speak of and where can I find it? or borrow it, i suppose...
Posted by TheSeeingHand (Member # 8349) on :
"Everyone thinks I'm a crackpot, so they don't take me seriously when I recommend books."
Now that I think about it, I first read EG when someone in my dorm loaned it to me.
So now that he's finished EG, and liked it, do I give him Ender's Shadow or Speaker for the Dead next? I'm leaning towards Speaker because I have a paperback of it.
AJ
Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
I vote for Speaker. Shadow goes off on another tangent. In other words, read all the Ender/Andrew books first, and then go back and read the Bean books.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Speaker, definitely.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
He's not ready for another long book yet. (And I have to give him credit, if it took me as long to read a book as it took him, I'd probably never read) What I can go through in an evening, took him two weeks. So I've decided.
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And definitely not long enough, if you happen to have an almost-eight-year-old son.![[Smile]](smile.gif)