I've given up on Card's work after reading Folk of the Fringe. A good book but his attitude to non Mormons was more than a bit disturbing. Then when he got into the Prop 8 controversy and made some quite ugly comments, I sold all of my books by him. At least I got my money's worth from the novel version of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead - both signed first editions.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have recently started reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's series of > books (http://tinyurl.com/m4hz3u). I started by re-reading "Ender's > Game" over Thanksgiving, and then "Speaker for the Dead" shortly > after. I find a number of similarities in Speaker for the Dead and > Avatar. > > Spoiler Warning (for both Speaker and Avatar)... > > ... > > ... > > ... > > ... > > ... > > ... > > ... > > Both feature a theme of a human coming to an alien planet, befriending > the aliens and then rebelling against humans. Both feature a strong > tie between animal and plant life, including the ancestors live on > among the plant life. Both feature a central "mother tree" or "home > tree" that the aliens revere. > > There are some other similarities, and it's by no means a perfect > match between stories, but it is an interesting comparison. Anyone > else read this series of books? Ender's Game was fantastic - I am > hoping the rest of the series is as well... > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309689 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
