This is a thread for posting memorable moments from reading OSC's books. Since I have two of them, I figured I can't be the only person to have any.
This is my first story: I finished Ender's Game and was on to Speaker for the Dead, only the second OSC book I read. I brought Speaker with me to an over-night retreat at a church. I was getting ready to go to sleep (in the church's library) and I decided to read a little bit first. One girl came in and casually asked what I was reading. I told her, and I think I tried to describe it a little to her. As soon as she left, this guy came bounding in the room and yelled, "I MET HIM!" He was clearly very excited, which caught me off-guard. He also said I just had to read the Alvin Maker series. He was right.
My second story: Art classes at this college are three hours long, twice a week. They are long classes, so the teachers give us a short break sometime in the middle. And what do I do? I usually read a book. One day in my photography class, we were on one such break. There were a couple people sitting at the table, and some people milling around, chatting. I sat there reading Ender's Shadow. I got to a part that surprised me so much, I actually gasped out loud. Then I remembered where I was and looked up. The girl next to me said, "Good book?" My answer of, "Yeah," didn't even begin to describe it.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Um.... I used to check out OSC books to hit on geek boys.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
mm, this is a good topic. I've got to think about it, but one I remember right off the top of my head is when I was reading Earthborn. When I got to the end, when we get a peek into what Akma went through after he had been 'struck down,' I had such a personal experience with it. Some of his descriptions of feelings and realizations really hit home and I remember sniffling my way through it. I remember thinking "This must have been the book that OSC really wanted to write...the other four were just for background purposes."
That was a great experience.
There are more, I'll have to sleep on it and get back to you.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
When I finished reading Ender's Game for the first time, I had actually forgotten about gravity. I walked around funny for the rest of the day, and had to hold on to stuff. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
The first OSC book/series I read was the Homecoming Series. I loved it.
A few years later I'm back in the Science Fiction section of my library (ahem, I never actually really entirely left it...), and since I'm not very observent, I don't notice that the book I've just picked up, although it looks interesting, is by the same author as my beloved Homecoming series. This is the first Alvin book. I forget what it's called . I love this one too.
More years pass. Finally, I go for Ender's Game. I still do not notice the author. I love the book. I am totally blown away. I write a review on Amazon that is rediculously glowing...
I return to the library to find Speaker for the Dead and POOF! I discover that three of my favourite serieses belong to the same author.
*sigh*
(Sidenote: Ender's game, when I first read it, read a lot like one of my own stories; A young boy, extremely bright, space, a moral conundrum... I was annoyed. Who was this Card person to steal my idea!? I haven't written that story since, although it is quite different from Ender's Game.)
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
My brother gave me Ender's Game when I was about 12. I tore through it and Speaker for the Dead. When it came time for Xenocide, I happened to have a long layover in the Pittsburgh airport while traveling by myself. I managed to find a copy in the airport bookstore, but my pile of change wasn't quite big enough. The clerk made up the difference for me, and I got to spend the next several hours in my own little world reading instead of cowering from weirdos.
Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
When I travel I often pack a copy of an OSC book with me to reread on the plane. On one particular flight from Pittsburgh to Seattle (a nice 5-6 hour flight), I had brought Ender's Shadow. I was sitting next to a relatively young businessman and he was reading Ender's Game. Naturally he noticed my book, and I let him read the back cover, and we discussed Card for a while, and I convinced him to get Ender's Shadow and Speaker for the Dead after he'd finished Ender's Game. It was the first and only time I've talked to a stranger on a plane. Otherwise I agree with fiazko, strangers are wierd.
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
quote: When I finished reading Ender's Game for the first time, I had actually forgotten about gravity. I walked around funny for the rest of the day, and had to hold on to stuff.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
The first time I read Ender's Shadow, I finished it just in time to leave for work. I was so touched by the end of the book, that I was still crying when I got to work. My boss was amazed that a BOOK could make me cry. He was more of a TV guy himself. Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I actually had to borrow Ender's Shadow from my English teacher and promised to return it at the end of the day. I wound up skipping my last two classes, hid in the library, and finished the book. Turned it in at the last minute.
After that, I thought of the world from a cold, calculating, inhumane point of view.
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