Reggie writes: >> Does this sound like what Ender's sister and brother did in _Ender's Game_ >> and (for Valentine at least) _Speaker for the Dead_ to anyone else?
Orson Scott Card is so good I steal from him a good percentage of the time. His Alvin series made me think of a middle name for my son (Tecumseh), the Ender series gave me a clue as to how Intelligence works and defined terms applying to competing species. However, it is one thing to make reference to something and to actually realize something . . . which is why I said to him that what he said is true. [Brust is so good you keep stealing from him boss] Hey, I like his stuff, and his devices are really useful. Besides, some of _Phoenix Guards_ was borrowed from me, my friend, and Dumas. Sue me. Brin is so good I *don't* steal from him, btw.
