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i mainly wanted to state how much i did enjoy the short story. i was kind of worried a bit.. mazer's character never really interested me until shadow of the giant and even then.. i wasnt so interested in reading a short story about him. i must say that osc painted a great picture of how he felt for the family he left behind and his anger toward the IF. who would have thought that he played such a strong role in the way battle school was established the inner-workings of IF in general.
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Mazer is a tough one - he is important to all the books because of what he DOES, but we barely get a glimpse in any of them of who he IS. Graff is a much more developed character.
Once upon a time, I even had a contract with TOR to write a novel about the life of Mazer Rackham. We ended up using that contract to cover one of the Shadow books, and now I never expect to write that Mazer novel. But I still had to write the story about his voyage and give him a moment of decision. I wanted to show him being smart, not just being a jerk, the way he is to Ender during training <grin>.
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Mazer Rackham is my favorite character in the Ender series. It's a shame that Mazer Rackham novel won't see print.
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i think he proved himself to be rather smart during ender's training. he was training ender after all. i always did enjoy the open air to his character. i've always pictured him to be calm and plain-faced. no strong expressions. not much could phase someone with nothing to lose, neh?
i'd love to read more about mazer now that i've read mazer in prison. a little stab of grief goes to the fact that it wont be written.
-szymon: go to oscigms.com and buy the issues well worth the read.
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You never know ... I think Mazer and Graff are both cool in the Shadow books and I may still do more with them.
In a way, Graff turned into the same character - or he filled the same historical role, anyway - as Abner Doon in the Capitol stories (part of the Worthing Saga). I guess I keep coming back to the theme of the person who manipulates history in what he hopes will be a positive way. Probably borrowing from Hari Seldon (in Asimov's brilliant foundation trilogy); but also unconsciously writing about God - as Asimov did in creating Hari Seldon, too. <grin> The person whose purposes cause other people's lives to be transformed and reshaped in painful but productive ways.
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