People, we need to post on the OSC discussion section. If people stop posting it might actuall go away, (or the equivilant if nobody uses it.) Help, post!
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
Help the cause, post on this thread Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
It's often pretty quiet over here.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Pshaw. What makes you think it might go away??? It's just a quiet period. No biggee.
Posted by JustAskIndiana (Member # 9268) on :
We need to get OSC to post here again...whenever he posted it supercharged this place.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
He used to, but there were some posters who were very rude to him. So he stays away now. Go figure. Thanks _ _ _ !
Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
This side has always been quiet compared to the other. Just because it's more leisurely doesn't mean it will die.
It really would be nice if OSC posted again, though I don't think he will.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
I dont mean realy go away, just nobody talking so its not used. I hope you fellers are right Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
I think maybe we need to have new things to talk about. The most recent stuff from Card has been War of Gifts and Invasive Procedures, and I haven't been able to find my hands on either yet. That leaves his "weekly" essays, maybe Empire, and far-fetched speculation about the Ender movie coupled with rants about how any attempt to turn Ender's Game into a motion picture would ruin the book (just like Eragon!).
This thread is inactive because we're currently witnessing a period that holds few new publications to discuss. Not to mention we've heard nothing about Shadows in Flight, Ender in Exile, and the Ender's Game movie in such a long time that speculation is getting boring.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
lets just name books by OSC, but change one word Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
Cows in Flight
Posted by firebird (Member # 1971) on :
Ender's Wedding (big fat Greek)
Posted by sylvrdragon (Member # 3332) on :
quote:Originally posted by LargeTuna: lets just name books by OSC, but change one word
What about the single word titles? O.o
We just need some new people is all. Most of the people here now have been here for a long while and have discussed everything to death. We need newbies to pop up and start asking the same questions that WE all asked forever ago.
However, the more sequels we have to Ender's Game, the harder it becomes to introduce someone to the community that grew around it (I'm assuming that 95% of the people here were introduced to Card through Ender's Game). I hate to be pessimistic, but I'm not sure it'll be possible to restore this section to it's former glory without a huge new standalone novel by Mr. Card. Recruiting to the "Ender's Game Generation" is slowly, but surely trickling to a halt. Real world Civilizations and Religions seem to work the same way. People are attracted to new and brilliant ideas, but as they grow older and start to evolve (the ideas), people grow away from the fundamentals of said ideas, and then something new comes along to sweep up the next "generation".
It used to be, you hand Ender's Game to someone, and days/weeks/months later, they come back to and say "Oh my god, that was AMAZING, are their any more?", and you would direct them to this site, and the community would grow. Now you hand it to someone and say "Let me know when you're done and I'll give you one of the branches of sequels!", which automatically makes reading it seem more like a chore.
That being said, I can only hope that at the end of this era of good television, the masses will someday turn back to books for their entertainment, and Card, being Card, will take his rightful place in the spotlight and people will once again flood to this site to learn/comment about his works.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Card is ambivalent about interactions with fans. I don't see him ever really basking in the spotlight.
You know what was fun, though? That Online class he did for Shadow of the Giant. Also, as the weather is changing I'm fondly remembering Magic Street.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
magic Street was sweet i read it in like a day
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
Magic Lampshade XD
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Did someone say "Cows in Flight"?
It's been kind of dead on the other side, too.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Children of the Cows
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
Cow-ocide
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
The Cow of Earth The Crystal Cow Cows In A Mirror
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
cows shadow enders cow Cow-chantment
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jay: He used to, but there were some posters who were very rude to him. So he stays away now. Go figure. Thanks _ _ _ !
Well, that's one interpretation.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
Is there another interpretation that nobody told me about? Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Yes.
Posted by rockymtnhigh (Member # 11147) on :
I'd like to see Uncle Orson allow blog comments on his weekly essays.
I was thinking about the current one about bad audio narrators. There is an easy solution -- always pick books with narrrators like the one's OSC uses for his own books. Rudnicki, de cuir, and Brick. They are among the best.
I think Uncle Orson's essays are fun. Let us interact with them.
Posted by Sergeant (Member # 8749) on :
You can leave comments if you read the essays on the newspaper site that publishes them Rhinotimes.com
Sergeant
Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :
You can always start a thread here on any column you want to comment on.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Children of the Cows
What about Cows with Guns?
Posted by talsmitde (Member # 9780) on :
Let's not forget Cow Boys (and its parallel novel, Lost Cows).
Course, I'm still eagerly anticipating the thrilling conclusion of the Cow Maker series.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Cowacide
Cow Master.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
cow puppets
Posted by miamiandy (Member # 8906) on :
Treasure Cow Cow Box Red Cow Pastwatch:the redemtion of Christopher Cow The Cow Chronicle Magic Cow Cow Street
Also, I'm relatively new to hatrack forums. I've browsed the forum for some time though and have been an OSC fan and reader for the past while.
[ November 02, 2007, 02:39 PM: Message edited by: miamiandy ]
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
cowyrms
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
Hart's Cow.
Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
Cowwatch.
Sounds exciting.
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
OK, I'll bite. Change Heartfire to Heifer.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
cowfire
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
Would that be like a cow running around with it's rear on fire, or a pile of cows on fire, or what? Asnwer us, OSC. You are responsible for answering this. This is a very serious research question. Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
I am under the opinion its a prequal Speaker for the Dead, where the piggies extinktify the Cows, but only OSC knows LOL JK
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LOL JK