OSC you must must must must do the post- Children of the Mind book before any other books that you want to write. The Ender Wiggin saga was the first science fiction book series I ever read, and the end has been bugging me since I finished it.
Anyways good series though.
Posted by eva_00_kai (Member # 7483) on :
I forgot to ask if anyone is with me on this?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Heh.
You know, there are a lot of us who like stand-alone novels, eva, or who have been eagerly awaiting the sequels to Pastwatch and Enchantment while at least a couple of enderverse books have come out.
Anticipation is good.
[ March 12, 2005, 01:52 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Oh man - now that song is gonna be stuck in my head, Icy . . .
Annnticipaaaatttiiooooon . . . .
*sigh*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Thanks LOTS, Shan! Posted by aragorn64 (Member # 4204) on :
*shrugs* Personally, I can't wait for the sequel to Pastwatch and the last Alvin Maker book.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Some have even been waiting for the rest of the Lovelock trilogy.
Posted by Peruru Dragoon (Member # 2545) on :
I personally want more Worthing or another re-release with ALL of the Worthing stories in it. Capitol is a very hard book to find and that is where a few stories rest.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
While reading this last Enderverse book really got my fan-boy juices flowing, I think his stand-alone books tend to be better. I'm much more excited for Magic Streetthan I ever was for Shadow of the Giant.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Personally, I'd prefer that he write, produce, or whathaveyou whatever project he finds most interesting. I'd much rather read or view something by him that was invested with his passion than something that he produced because other people wanted him to.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
Agreed, Noemon.
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote: You know, there are a lot of us who like stand-alone novels, eva, or who have been eagerly awaiting the sequels to Pastwatch and Enchantment while at least a couple of enderverse books have come out.
A sequal to Enchantment? Didn't that one wrap up quite nicely?
quote: Some have even been waiting for the rest of the Lovelock trilogy.
Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I have a vague memory of having read or heard that there was going to be, not precisely a sequel, but a series of books that turn fairy tales into modern fantasies.
Maybe I imagined it? Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
If you imagined it I did too, Ick. Can't find anything on it, though. Hurm.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I don't think you imagined it, Ic.
However, I think the idea was to have each volume written by a different author.
*googles*
Ok, I think I might be confusing the idea with a series of retold fairy tales released by Tor. (Enchantment was published by DelRey.) So . . . Posted by Quimby2999 (Member # 7044) on :
quote: Personally, I'd prefer that he write, produce, or whathaveyou whatever project he finds most interesting. I'd much rather read or view something by him that was invested with his passion than something that he produced because other people wanted him to.
So, suppose we locked him in a cold dark room, tied his leg to a chair, and forced him to write? Whose with me!? *sharpens pitchfork*
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
*nay*
Posted by Jqueasy (Member # 7085) on :
I really want to see the COTM sequel too, but i really want to see the SOTG follow up more that OSC was talking about.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
i was never more reliably productive than when I was writing on my laptop while our webwright, Scott Allen, drove me to and from Southern Virginia University. I couldn't stand him thinking, "If he's not writing, why am I working these ridiculous hours?" Shame alone made me keep writing for the whole of each three-hour trip, thus resulting in the novel "Rachel and Leah." One of the three novels I wrote in 2004.
I think I deserve two years off from writing after that, don't you?
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
*wants to say yes, but can't bring himself to do it*
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
"Feast for Crows" has taught me how long I can wait for a book.
I think OSC should kick his feet up, drink lemonade in the shade and pressure Geoff to give him grandchildren. Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
I also think he should take a year off to play Hearts of Iron II just to see how good a strategist he really is. I invaded England in 1940 and the USA in 1942. The secret is paratroopers! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I absolutely agree that you deserve time off for good behavior, Scott.
However, it's being deferred indefinitely. Because we deserve more good books!
And there are more of us than there are of you. The good of the many, you know.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
:spock ears:
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Why do i suddenly feel the urge to enter a highly radioactive nuclear chamber and take a fatal dose of radiation, while unscrewing a fireplug from the ground?
Oh, yeah. It's because I've been watching 24.
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
This proves that you too, Mr. Card, have the sacrifice-yourself-gene you mentioned the other day.
[ March 16, 2005, 11:50 AM: Message edited by: scottneb ]
Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
So much for the "I don't even ski" routine.
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
quote: So much for the "I don't even ski" routine
Now hold on just a minute. OSC didn't say he acted on his urge do engage in risky behavior; he just had the urge. He's MUCH too rational to actually do everything he gets the urge to do. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure he would be playing Civilization II right now instead of posting on Hatrack.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
he should try out hearts of iron 2.
Posted by accio (Member # 3040) on :
The long flight to Wellington would be a good time to type up a new book. Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Ah, but why type up a new book, when I can type up postings on this forum? This is MUCH more fun, and doesn't require long-term plotting. Plus, someone else comes up with the other characters' dialogue <grin>.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: and doesn't require long-term plotting
It does if you're ScottR.
And when he plots, he plots!
Posted by The Shadow (Member # 5663) on :
Long-term plotting is not required, no. But it makes it more fun and mysterious.
MWwhhahahahaaha! Posted by B-HAX (Member # 6640) on :
Can someone help me out...
It was years ago I read the book Lovelock, so I aplogize if I am confused. But wasn't that to be the first in a trilogy, and if so, what ever came of it?
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Mwahahaa! OSC is now becoming addicted to his own forum! Serves you right for creating a forum that distracts many of us from writing and other gainful work. Posted by Meshugener (Member # 7601) on :
You have a good point, jenny. I really should be writing a bilbiographic essay that's due tomorrow, but here I am, pointlessly posting my life away Posted by Axess Denyd (Member # 7613) on :
I have an idea:
How about a story based on the same basic ideas as Wyrms, only it can be set in a vastly different universe. And there can be an old war hero with his sister, and a living computer program, and...
Oh, wait.
Posted by ZeroPoint (Member # 7571) on :
I have been playing Silent Hunter III, which is very worth it.
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