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jinexile:
OSC is one of my favourite authors I have every book in the Ender's Series, haven't read his other works yet but I'll get to it. I've read Ender's Game at least 12 times since I first read it in Grade 8 (1995.) Ender's Shadow was hands down a better novel but I think that is a product of OSC having matured in his years of writing and having time to think over in excess of the Enderverse and I think that the two novels are greater together than seperated, without one the other is almost superficial.

minignome:
I read all of the Ender books, as I got further and further in I just felt like I was stuck in some sort of endless repeating loop... but I still enjoyed it.  I read the first three or four Alvin books but just haven't felt the urge to pick up another.

casull:
Whether it's books, music, or art, I try to judge the work, not the creator. I think I knew he was a mormon, but having read some of his articles, I think he's intelligent enough to hold whatever opinions he holds.

I am a huge fan of the ender series, particularly speaker, xenocide, and children of the mind. the shadow series is fun, but it's more suspense and less  philosophy.

The romance between miro and jane, minimalistic as it is, is my favorite literary romance ever.

Narr:
Slightly on topic:

As I was leaving philosophy class yesterday, I headed down the stairs to leave Durham Hall (which is the building here on campus that just about every class is at) and saw Mr. Card.  I didn't realize it right away.  It was one of those "Hey, he looks familiar" moments.  It wasn't until I returned to my room and opened up the short story compliation of his that I've been reading and saw his photo in the back that made me go "Ohh, no wonder."

That doesn't happen too often.

mberan42:
I read Ender's Game about fifty times when I was younger. I've read the first two chapters of Speaker for the Dead about twelve times, and never went any further. I guess I just didn't care for the whole religious / political / philisophical nature of the rest of the series. I guess I didn't want it ruining the fun of the first book.

As for the movie, I went to a OSC book signing a number of years ago, back when Star Wars episode 1 was about to come out (1998? 99?). OSC said that he was planning on having the kid from episode 1 play Ender if the movie did well. Obviously there was no movie made, but scripts and whatnot has been floating around for years.

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