What's your favorite book? - Page 2

jinx · 08-24-2004, 12:44 PM

I loved the Ender's Game series, liked some of Card's other books, never went to his website. What'd I miss?

smoothmoniker · 08-24-2004, 12:48 PM

Ok, I'll get specific:

!) Enders Game, and nothing else in the series
@) Two Towers, and everything else in the series
#) Shogun, Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin
$) Habbakuk (ignore the fact that it's part of a "religious" book, it's just an amazing work of literature, although the english translations lose some of the poetry)
%) A new addition to the list, but EVERYTHING BY TAD WILLIAMS. He rocks. clearly the marathon author of fantasy/sci-fi, but worth every one of the 8,000 pages in his books.

-sm

glatt · 08-24-2004, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

I loved the Ender's Game series, liked some of Card's other books, never went to his website. What'd I miss?

He had (maybe still does) political opinion pieces on his website that really rubbed me the wrong way. Also, I found him to be very egotistical and self-aggrandizing when he talked about his own writing.

It was serious enough that I went from being a huge fan to avoiding his stuff and having a low opinion of him and his work. It's too bad, because I really liked his stuff, and now it's tarnished for me.

If you enjoy his work, don't go to his website. It may ruin it for you.

Radar · 08-24-2004, 01:42 PM

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I loved the Ender's Game series, liked some of Card's other books, never went to his website. What'd I miss?

Series? I wasn't aware he made another book with that character. I will have to look into it.

Trilby · 08-24-2004, 01:46 PM

naked lunch--any comers???

Radar · 08-24-2004, 01:48 PM

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naked lunch--any comers???

I imagine at a naked lunch there would be comers.

glatt · 08-24-2004, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

Series? I wasn't aware he made another book with that character. I will have to look into it.

The second book, Speaker for the Dead, was pretty good. It details Ender's further adventures of a more peaceful variety with the Buggers. Then the rest of the series is pretty lame until Card goes back in time and writes a book from Bean's point of view called Ender's Shadow.

Trilby · 08-24-2004, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

I imagine at a naked lunch there would be comers.

Not if you read it....it was EEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWWWW

jinx · 08-24-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

Series? I wasn't aware he made another book with that character. I will have to look into it.

Yes, a whole series.

Children of the Mind, Shadow of Hegemon and Shadow Puppets weren't so great.

dar512 · 08-24-2004, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The second book, Speaker for the Dead, was pretty good.

I'd rate Speaker for the Dead better than "pretty good". It's not without flaws. But some of the writing really impressed me. I think the scene where Ender speaks for two men shows real skill.

Pie · 08-24-2004, 03:34 PM

Hmmm..

1. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, R.A.Heinlein
2. Wimsey books by D.L. Sayers
3. Snowcrash, Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
4. Earthsea books by Ursula LeGuin
5. Uplift series by David Brin
6. Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, etc. by William Gibson
7. McCaffrey's Pern books
8. Anything by Douglas Adams
9. Heechee books by Fredrick Pohl
10. Ringworld, Larry Niven

Radar · 08-24-2004, 04:04 PM

Neuromancer is another good call. I considered that and Lord of the rings on my list. But I'm more into non-fiction these days then when I was younger. I used to like a lot of the classics....

A Tale of Two Cities
Of Mice & Men
Treasure Island
Moby Dick
The Hobbit
Toby Tyler
The Shining
Frankenstein

and all the other books one reads when they're a kid

redsonia · 08-24-2004, 04:20 PM

William Gibson is great, so is Bruce Sterling. But I didn't like The Difference Engine very much.

Clodfobble · 08-24-2004, 04:35 PM

I hated Sterling's "Holy Fire." I couldn't finish it.

Albamoss · 08-24-2004, 04:41 PM

These are in no particular order. I don't think I could ever pick my absolute favorite book.

Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Restond
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
The Demon Breed, James Schmitz
The Soul Bird, Michal Snunit
Come and Hug Me, Michal Snunit
All books in the Earthsea Trilogy (all five of them), Ursula K. LeGuin
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

08-24-2004, 12:44 PM	#16
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I loved the Ender's Game series, liked some of Card's other books, never went to his website. What'd I miss? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-24-2004, 12:48 PM	#17
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Ok, I'll get specific: !) Enders Game, and nothing else in the series @) Two Towers, and everything else in the series #) Shogun, Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin $) Habbakuk (ignore the fact that it's part of a "religious" book, it's just an amazing work of literature, although the english translations lose some of the poetry) %) A new addition to the list, but EVERYTHING BY TAD WILLIAMS. He rocks. clearly the marathon author of fantasy/sci-fi, but worth every one of the 8,000 pages in his books. -sm __________________ to live and die in LA

08-24-2004, 03:34 PM	#26
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Hmmm.. 1. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, R.A.Heinlein 2. Wimsey books by D.L. Sayers 3. Snowcrash, Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson 4. Earthsea books by Ursula LeGuin 5. Uplift series by David Brin 6. Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, etc. by William Gibson 7. McCaffrey's Pern books 8. Anything by Douglas Adams 9. Heechee books by Fredrick Pohl 10. Ringworld, Larry Niven __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

08-24-2004, 04:04 PM	#27
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Neuromancer is another good call. I considered that and Lord of the rings on my list. But I'm more into non-fiction these days then when I was younger. I used to like a lot of the classics.... A Tale of Two Cities Of Mice & Men Treasure Island Moby Dick The Hobbit Toby Tyler The Shining Frankenstein and all the other books one reads when they're a kid __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	naked lunch--any comers???

08-24-2004, 04:20 PM	#28
redsonia Wet Nurse's Aide Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bailey, Colorado Posts: 40	William Gibson is great, so is Bruce Sterling. But I didn't like The Difference Engine very much.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I hated Sterling's "Holy Fire." I couldn't finish it.

08-24-2004, 04:41 PM	#30
Albamoss alga Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: in a hole, in the ground Posts: 13	These are in no particular order. I don't think I could ever pick my absolute favorite book. Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Restond The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein The Demon Breed, James Schmitz The Soul Bird, Michal Snunit Come and Hug Me, Michal Snunit All books in the Earthsea Trilogy (all five of them), Ursula K. LeGuin Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

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