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Posted by Deucalion (Member # 5790) on :

Hi there.
I am helping to run a Book of the month type club on another forum.
The book that the members choose for the very first book of the month was Enders Game (My suggestion). We have all been reading it over the past few weeks and are about to start posting our reviews.
Most of the members have never read any Science fiction at all. So what did they think? Find out here.
http://www.friendshipforum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=2019

If you are reading this Orson, why not pop over and see what non Sci Fi readers think, post a reply, that would really freak them out!!!!!!

Thanks for reading.
Nick. [The Wave]

[ October 11, 2003, 04:41 PM: Message edited by: Deucalion ]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Hint: he doesn't actually go by Orson, Nick. [Smile]

Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :

Sure he does [Smile]

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

quote:
Sure he does

Ooooh, stomped by Mrs. Card herself! [Taunt]

jk Tom

By the way Deucalion, isn't Nick a great name? [Smile]

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

By the way, there are a lot of other GREAT (and I mean GREAT!) books by Orson Scott Card (we call him OSC here for short [Smile]

).

Check out the Library .

Read the samples. You can read the first few chapters on most of them. They're all pretty awesome books. I would recommend The Memory of Earth if you like Sci-Fi. It's the start of the Homecoming series, which I think is the better overall series compared to the Ender books. But, that's just my opinion, and many others will disagree with me.

Ender's Game & Speaker of the Dead pretty much dominate the top two favorite Sci-Fi books, and it's hard to say which is better. OSC is a great writer, check him out. [Wink]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

[Laugh]

KACard

Nick
Hint: She doesn't go by Mrs. Card.

[Wink]

Hobbes

Posted by Deucalion (Member # 5790) on :

Thanks for the replies.

Have read first 3 Ender, First two shadow, first two Alivin Maker, first two of Homecoming, then I ran out of money. I thought I was was pretty well versed in OSC (See I am learning)before I came on this site!!!!

I am sure that OSC's Mom still calls him Orson.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Hobbes, I think you're forging a path into a bright new future in which people communicate by smilies alone.

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Hobbes:
[Confused]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Well smilies and names...

[Laugh]

Tom

Nick, I was just poking fun at Tom, I'm sure she goes by Mrs. Card. [Big Grin]

Hobbes

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Oh okay.

I was pretty confused for a second there. [Big Grin]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Well, you could always ask her if that's what she goes by ... [Wink]

Hobbes

Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :

::twitches::

So...many...smilies

Looks almost as bad as a wieczorek post.

::twitches::

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

quote:
Looks almost as bad as a wieczorek post.

Is there some feud between you two?

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

Remember: the enemy's gate is fictional. [Smile]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

And here I thought this thread would be about the sentience of aiua s.

A new form of communication based entirely on smilies. You know, posts are limited to eight smilies. ASCII was 8 slots of 1 or 0. Someone smarter than me would know how many permutations we can have with 32 unique smilies in 8 place configurations. Heck, that's already more than there are characters in the english language. [Kiss]

Hobbes

Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :

Wow, people on that site don't seem all that enthusiastic about posting. Although I'd have to disagree with the part where you said Ender's parents didn't want him. They did, they wanted ten more kids. They just didn't want all of the complications that go with a third child. Even though they were proud to be able to break the population limitation laws, the Wiggins were ashamed because that was all they were willing to break the law by. They wished it were possible to go off into the middle of the country and have a ton of children. Maybe I should post that there, but I'm too lazy to like, register and stuff. And I'm not sure what the website is actually for and again, I'm too lazy to like, find out and stuff.