He's here at work with me this afternoon (got out early for parent-teacher conferences), and neglected to bring something to do. I happen to have EG here (long story), and figured he would like it.
And since he'll be ten in a couple months, and is an advanced reader (quite!) . . .
He started less than two hours ago, and is on page 102.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Rivka, I don't think anyone should ever be required to explain why they happen to have a copy of Ender's Game around, no matter where they are. It's self evident. Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Indeed. I realized that my old copy of EG has become lost or packed away, so I bought another to force on my girlfriend. She enjoyed it, as should all good and wholesome people.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, yeah. Except I don't generally read books at work.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Awesome.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Are you sure you're ready to deal with the intellectual development that is sure to follow reading that book?
Kids get more difficult to manage the smarter they get.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Because I haven't had that problem until now? Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
You remember in the movie Conspiracy Theory, where the protagonist had to buy Catcher in the Rye every time he saw it in any store? That's how I feel with Ender's Game. I feel like I need to own as many as possible so that I can give them all away. Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I knew my Isabel was the perfect match for me the moment she spontaneously picked EG in my bookshelf (without me forcing it on her), read it and said she loved it. :-)))
Congrats on your son, Rivka!
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
What a proud moment! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
He made it up to about page 170 before his dad came to pick him up. And I quizzed him on what he had read, and he really knew it.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Congratulations rivka! You should buy him a present or something to congratulate him on this momentous occasion in his life.
I remember when I first saw Enders Game. I got to pick off of a list of about 30 books and Enders Game just seemed to light up. Like ... destiny was drawing me to it. *sigh*. Good times.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Ohhhhh . . . the birth of a convert . . . *grin*
Posted by gums (Member # 9874) on :
Does he have a little brother or sister? Watch the language when they are together, as kids like to copy behavior they "see" in books and movies.
I have this feeling it is a sore spot with Card, but while the language in the story is probably realistic, it does set a limit on who can and should read what is a great story.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
And what is is Hatrack handle going to be? I mean, if he finishes reading the book and doesn't joing Hatrack within 36 hours--kablooey.
Well, that's how it was explained to me.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
gums, first of all, welcome to Hatrack!
This is the 1985 reissue, which had some of the language edited. It's actually the only version I've ever read (this is the same copy Diana, who occasionally posts here, gave me almost 20 years ago), which explains why I was so confused about the language issue when I heard about it.
Anyway, he's a bright kid, and knows his goose would be cooked if he used language I wouldn't like on his older OR younger sister.
Dan, my kids aren't allowed online. And there were about 15-20 years between my reading the book and joining Hatrack, and I seem to have survived.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Wow rivka, you're blessed with a very talented son. Keep encouraging him to read. I'm sure he will be very grateful later on in life (if not sooner). I for one wish my parents pushed me to read.
The class novels I got in elementary school were terrible so I wasn't in a hurry to look up any fiction, and the science and history subjects were so simple and text-book driven that I never had to look up any non-fiction either. I had to develop research habits and pick up leisure reading later on in middle and high school. I would be many times better off if I had started when I was 10. Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote:Originally posted by gums: Does he have a little brother or sister? Watch the language when they are together, as kids like to copy behavior they "see" in books and movies.
I have this feeling it is a sore spot with Card, but while the language in the story is probably realistic, it does set a limit on who can and should read what is a great story.
I'm not a parent, but I can't imagine this would be a problem. The language used is not similar at all to teen/preteen slang these days. I read the book when I was 12, an age when I picked up every new speech mannerism my friends brought to school, but I never picked up anything from EG. I did ocassionlly make jokes with other friends who'd read the book, but they were nothing I incorporated into my daily speech. And most of the jokes related to "cover you butt" and it's not like preteens don't use that word enough already. Ah, middle school... somewhere between the lame jokes, the actual meaning of Ender's Game DID penetrate my mind...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Euripides: Keep encouraging him to read.
Like his older sister, and his mother, he never needs to be encouraged to read. Just provided with adequate and appropriate reading material.
And encouraged to occasionally do something OTHER than read.
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