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Yo osc and fans... since i havnt been able to attend a book signing....and ask..iw as wondering before each chapter he ahs emails going back and forth....
where did the idea come from?
and how did you know of Email in the 1980's?
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Well, in Xenocide, Card does basically the same thing, just with conversations, and not email. Lots of authors begin chapters with quotes or something similar. It's not a particularly new idea.
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Say that to him when he's got his teeth in and he'll bite you. I'd watch it--he may be old, but *man* is he spry.
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Well, you'll be safe for a while. Tell him to stop leaving his teeth in a glass of water on my bedside table. The effervescent Efferdent has worn off and now they smell! Posts: 70 | Registered: Jan 2005
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He didn't necessarily have emails in mind in the 80s. Only the last 3 Shadow books begin each chapter with emails. Card did, however, write about the net in EG, and the way he presented it displayed remarkable foresight considering what the internet was in the 80s (barely existed) and what it is now.
By the way, I like how the emails set up things which don't actually happen until later. For example, in Shadow of the Giant,
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One chapter begins with Peter and Virlomi setting up a meeting, but it doesn't actually happen until the next chapter. I also really enjoyed the email exchange between... I think it was, Carn and Dumper? Or was it Carn and Vlad? Where one insisted that living on Eros was better than living in Australia.
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