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Posted by BattleSchooler06 (Member # 6279) on :

*Possible spoiler*

i was wondering would it be possible to write a prequel to SftD? i mean 3000 years is a long long time....possibly you could have a book where he speaks a death that was mentioned in the other books....and with jane and with valentine before they are married...what their relationship was like...because it said i dunno where but i remember somewhere it said that enders relationship with valentine was closer than Husband and Wife, but in the sequels....you dont see ANY of that because valentine is already married!

possible thought [Smile]

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

It's been done.

There's a short stry called INVESTMENT COUNSILOR in FIRST MEETINGS. It also shows how Ender first met Jane.

[ March 05, 2004, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]

Posted by BattleSchooler06 (Member # 6279) on :

hmmmm ive never heard of it....could i find it in a library with the rest of his books? or since it was a short story was it not publicly published? how short is a "short" story?

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

It's in the published book FIRST MEETINGS. It's in libraries and book stores all over [Big Grin]

Posted by BattleSchooler06 (Member # 6279) on :

ill look for that as well as the Alvin books lol....i wonder if it would be in my library....we have a small library and only 7 bokos are by OSC and there are 3 CotM [Frown]

i was disappointed when i saw it but maybe its there [Smile]

Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :

I've always considered Ender's Game an excellant prequel to Speaker For the Dead.

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

Or the Shadow Series. [Razz]

Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :

In addition to First Meetings, you can find it in Far Horizons, edited by Robert SIlverberg. This book is probably easier to find.

[ March 06, 2004, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: lcarus ]

Posted by Lord Detheroc (Member # 6311) on :

Are these prequels written by OSC??

Posted by knightswhosayni! (Member # 4096) on :

Of course not. They're like the star wars novels. anybody can write them.

Ni!

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

*herds KWSN back to her corner by dangling her "Firefly" DVD set on a wire*

Yes, both the Shadow series AND the Short Stories are written by OSC.

Posted by BattleSchooler06 (Member # 6279) on :

lol we they wouldnt truly be considered prequels if they werent written by OSC....

Posted by knightswhosayni! (Member # 4096) on :

Aw, Dave, you're no fun at all.

Ni!