I had the same problem with his later books. The others you mention sound interesting; I'll look for them.
>> I just remembered Ender's Game. I imagine you've already >> encountered that though? > > >I loved Ender's Game... > >Tried to read Speaker for the Dead a few years later and just couldn't >stomach it. Card's writing style had change a lot in the intervening >years apparently and he just wasn't entertaining for me anymore. I >remember someone else saying it had gotten a lot better, but I just >didn't see it. Granted, iirc that particular individual was also a >devout Mormon and I suspect that had something to do with their own >bias since Card was want to include Mormon concepts in his later >works. My mother is Mormon so I've spent a fair amount of time around >them and in their churches. These days the ship has sailed... > >Incidentally, it's not military sci-fi and it's certainly not hard >sci-fi, but if you just want some really insanely addictive books, >have a look on Amazon.com for three books by Mike Resnick titled >Soothsayer, Oracle and Prophet in that order. All three of them out of >print. > >Two others by John E. Stith, which are more science oriented (although >I don't know if they qualify as hard-science and neither of them >qualify as military sci-fi) called Redshift Rendezvous and Manhattan >Transfer. Both just very interesting premises. The first is a murder >mystery which happens in "hyperspace", an environment in which >relativistic events occur at human speeds -- a person jogging down the >corridor is blue coming at you and red once they pass. The second is >about the entire island of Manhattan (not just the people) being >abducted by aliens. My dad brought me a copy of Redshift years ago and >said he knew the author personally (if not well). I picked up the >latter book a couple years later and only realized it was the same >author after I'd got it home. > > >s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 >new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > >add features without fixtures with >the onTap open source framework > >http://www.fusiontap.com >http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200549 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
