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Posted by hatrack_yan (Member # 5806) on :

hello, im new in this place. i feel you all have me at a disadvantage, as i have never met orson scott card and have only read 9 or ten of his books. i have thouroughly enjoyed all that i have read but i have not been reading his works for very long.
[Wave]

Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :

Only nine or ten? [Smile]

Posted by hatrack_yan (Member # 5806) on :

yeah i know its not really enough to call me a die hard fan, but im working on reading more. my next is wyrms. ever read it?

Posted by hatrack_yan (Member # 5806) on :

oh i misunderstood the question. i took it for a joking insult, but if your asking 9 or 10. then i think its 9 but i could be missing a short story or so

Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :

Actually, neither. I was jokingly implying that nine or ten is actually more than you've made it out to be.

No, I haven't read Wyrms, sorry.

Posted by hatrack_yan (Member # 5806) on :

thank you.

Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :

Have you read Treason or Lovelock? Those are my favorites aside from the Ender series.

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Wyrms is a great book. If you liked Homecoming or Speaker for the Dead, you will most likely like Wymrs. The ending is one of the most gripping out of all of OSC's books.

Posted by hatrack_yan (Member # 5806) on :

cool thanks but no i havent read treason or lovelock

Posted by Schwartz-3000 (Member # 5808) on :

I just read "treason" and its one of my favorites!
Has it reminded anyone else of "gulivers travels" by Jonathan Swift? the way lanik is bounced around all these strange places with different costumes and abilities etc...
I also noticed a lot of things about it apear in later books. for example: The scwartz ability to cure people reminds me a lot of Alvin Millers power to cure (the healing from the inside out)

Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :

Slightly off topic but I've noticed that when most people join hatrack they make a post introducing themselves and making a point of the fact that they are new. I just kind of jumped into a dozen conversations and pretended I fit in. I think I've posted enough now that I don't startle people, but not enough that anyone actually knows who I am. [Wink]

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Hey, member #5580, back in your cage!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Jon Boy, newbies have boxes. Tsk!

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

[Dont Know]

Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :

I've never read Treason, so I couldn't tell ya on that one. I was a crazy newbie once, too. I think we all go through that 'phase', don't we? [Smile]

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Yes roxy, we all do. Just don't take anybody seriously for your first week or so. I got it a big altercation by doing that my first week with this screen name last year. [Wall Bash]

Posted by Pelbar Spin (Member # 5791) on :

I didn't care for Wyrms as much as I do most everything else OSC writes. Don't get me wrong, Wyrms had an excellent storyline and was gripping, but I feel it was maybe a bit too graphic, sexually. I enjoy OSC because of his display of morals in almost everything he writes. His books aren't filled with foul language, and numerous sexual encounters. I wouldn't be embarrassed to see my kids reading an OSC book. I would reccomend almost all OSC books to my grandmother, but probably not Wyrms.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Number 4859, be quiet and get back in your cage.

Sheesh! Uppity newbies.

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Do you have the right to spew commands Jon Boy?

[Big Grin]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Nah, Nick, he just likes to think he does. It's all those user names. They make him feel powerful or something.

#4284 (et al) [Taunt]

Posted by spew the dew (Member # 2217) on :

Ha! I have all of you (except Jeni) beat! Get back in your boxes! I command you!

RRR

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

[Confused]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

No one comes close.

[Taunt]

Hobbes

Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :

Awwww.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

That's OK RRR, I wont make you go to your cage. [Big Grin]

Hobbes

Posted by Hazen (Member # 161) on :

#433, you may have been let out of the box, the cage, the dungeon, the prison, the jail, and are no longer under house arrest, but you are still on probation.

<Sincerely hopes that number of posts/continuous participation are not taken into account> [Smile]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Hey Hazen, good to see you around! [Wave]

*Looks around*

I have the highest post count in this thread, don't I? Interesting....

[Wink]

Hobbes

[ October 16, 2003, 12:57 AM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

I have at least half the posts you do Hobbes....

That counts for something....
[Wink]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

It counts for exactly half of something.

[Wink]

Hobbes

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by hatrack_yan (Member # 5806) on :

so i finished wyrms. it was good.

Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :

Read the Worthing Saga next if you haven't already. Definitely good. I assume you already read the EG series and its parallel series...

Posted by Jaxonn (Member # 5163) on :

yan- I haven't yet read Wyrms or the Worthing Saga, but one of my favorites is Pastwatch. Haven't really seen any comments on this one. Just wondering what everyone else thought of it.
Jaxonn

Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :

The book is awesome, but the screenplay is even better [Smile]

Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :

I loved Pastwatch. I admit, though, it was kind of difficult for me at first. Not sure why, but once I saw where the story was going, I loved it. Incroidable.

I don't even want to see my posting/participation numbers. I can never think of anything to post, and when I do, my posts always kill the thread.

I'm a wicked, monstrous, newbie thread-killer. [Evil Laugh]

I bite when provoked, and it takes more than five full-grown men to get me back into my box.

Posted by Wetchik (Member # 3609) on :

quote:
I'm a wicked, monstrous, newbie thread-killer. I bite when provoked, and it takes more than five full-grown men to get me back into my box.

*puts FoolishTook back in box by myself*

[Wave]

Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :

quote:
*puts FoolishTook back in box by myself*

Dream on, little one. [Evil]

Posted by Wetchik (Member # 3609) on :

quote:
Dream on, little one.

'scuse me?

[No No]

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

I read Pastwatch...the first half was boring, but I liked it as a whole. I especially liked the ending.