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I enjoyed earth unaware and found it was the first OSC book I've read that didn't have at least one scene with a naked boy in it. Either OSC has managed to stop has fantasies getting onto his word processor or his editors have got him to calm down a bit. That said, the usual references to urinating and defecating are still there, some things don't change.......
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Anyone have any comments on the fact that if they make a movie of the series, "Mazer" will have to be renamed or go unnamed? Hilariously sad...
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Obviously some people are going to like anything from OSC (particularly in this forum I suppose) but is there some consensus that Earth Unaware is good? It's seemed to me that Card is just milking the Enderverse at this point, and I haven't read anything since the disappointing (to me) Ender in Exile (with a teenage Ender spending much of the book heroically not having sex! A theme repeated and made worse in The Gate Thief, where [SPOILER] the moment Danny North is seduced/fooled into giving in to temptation he is possessed by the devil!).
But if Earth Unaware is worthwhile I'll give it a shot.
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1) Erm...have you seen a lot of the discussion around here? For an OSC forum on his own webpage, there is very healthy (sometimes a bit over-robust) culture of critical analysis of his works.
2) I do tend to be a lot more positive on OSC's work than a lot of people here - I really love every single one of the Ender and Shadow books, even the ones most people think are just "milking" as you say. However, I think that the Formic Wars materials, both the comics and the first novel, were really imaginative, well plotted, strongly characterized, and ultimately very satisfying.
So, I have no clue about consensus, but I think that after a careful read, that this book is a quite good one, and more than just cashing in on leftover plot points.
I was a bit bothered by Danny's actions and relationships in The Gate Thief, but I think that's another issue.
Plus, I really loved Shadows in Flight, even more than Ender in Exile (which, though I also liked it, did have some strange structural and plot dynamics going on). So I'd definitely recommend that.
But it all depends on what you're looking for in a book, or an Ender book.
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