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AICN BOOKS! HISTORY OF THE HOBBIT Box Set! Orson Scott Card! POSTSINGULAR And More!

FIRST!! by 3Demonic	Nov 2nd, 2007 04:31:20 AM
There's no way anyone else but PJ can pull of The Hobbit
Orson Scott Card wrote Ender's Game as an apologia for Hitler by PervOmatic	Nov 2nd, 2007 05:04:14 AM
The dude is also a major asshole. His novels are extremely overrated and anyone who believes in the Mormon religion is out of their fucking mind.
Card's adaptation of THE ABYSS by kwisatzhaderach	Nov 2nd, 2007 05:05:18 AM
Stunning piece of work.
Ender's Game is a great work by a great writer by Live.	Nov 2nd, 2007 05:42:01 AM
Anyone who confuses art and the artist is a moron. No artist is so exemplary in their personal life such that they can withstand our intense scrutiny. You might as well give up art altogether.
Nice reviews, Adam Balm. by raw_bean	Nov 2nd, 2007 05:56:52 AM
As always, you make me feel guilty for not being able to pack more SF reading in! Is it just me, or did that 'Postsingular' quotation contain a Pratchet Discworld reference, "turtles all the way down"?
"He gets the square root of negative respect, imaginary respect" by couP	Nov 2nd, 2007 06:54:26 AM
Brilliant! Haven't heard a good maths call in ages.
raw_bean: 'turtles all the way down' by chrth	Nov 2nd, 2007 07:30:46 AM
Predates Discworld (and in fact, in Discworld, it ISN'T turtles all the way down; it's turtles all scattered across the universe)
Moriarty seems to be the only one who doesn't do those Amazon.co by qweruiop	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:07:49 AM
He could've easily done so with all of the products in this article. Kudos to him for not doing so. It gives his articles much more credence (i.e. he wrote the article for the sake of the article, and not solely because he needed some extra cash). And whether he gives a positive or negative nod to what he's writing, by not having those Amazon.com links it inherently gives his articles a less conflict of interest.
corrections by m2298	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:08:17 AM
The name is Rateliff, not Rateliffe. Also, the first US paperback edition of THE HOBBIT was from Ballantine Books, not Ace which had pirated THE LORD OF THE Rings, but not THE HOBBIT.
Hitler apologia? by m2298	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:20:33 AM
From Wikipedia: "[Elaine] Radford’s essay speculates that Card wrote Ender’s Game as an apologia for Adolf Hitler. She points out certain parallels between Ender’s biography and Hitler’s—that they were both third children, that they were virgins until age 37, that they were close to their older sisters, that they were abused by adults, that they both committed genocidal acts. Card, in the same issue of Fantasy Review,13 denied Radford’s assertions. He said that he had no knowledge of any of the Hitler biographical information that Radford cited. Such parallels were “trivial coincidences.” He said he intended Ender as the moral opposite to Hitler: Hitler knew what he was doing; Ender did not. Hitler intended to exterminate; Ender did not. Hitler felt no moral qualm; Ender spends the rest of his life expiating the guilt he feels for exterminating the buggers."
So Tolkien abandoned his attempts at a darker "Hobbit"? by rev_skarekroe	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:23:14 AM
Are you paying attention PJ? If Tolkien decided it was a bad idea, so should you. Every single thing that was wrong with your films was because of something you changed from the text. Except for making Boromir more likeable. That one was a good idea.
Where it reads "Christopher Tolkien..." by Vesuvio	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:32:11 AM
"...left The Hobbit out feeling that it was so different both.." read "... feeling he could make more money this way."
huh? by m2298	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:59:34 AM
How is Christopher Tolkien making any more or less money by having THE HOBBIT manuscripts collected outside the earlier series?
better ways to spend time than on Card's books by jccalhoun	Nov 2nd, 2007 09:10:28 AM
Card is a quite outspoken about his bigotry against homosexuals. http://tinyurl.com/3arm4 http://tinyurl.com/3ctrjo His books may be great but there are lots of other great books out there that weren't written by people who have beliefs that I disagree with. It will be a long time before I run out of things to read and not having Card's stuff on that list just makes it that much shorter. He can believe whatever he wants. I just ain't going to give him any of my money.
Thanks for the heads up Adam Balm by CarmillaVonDoom	Nov 2nd, 2007 09:45:49 AM
Two more to add to the pile! :^) Haven't read a lot of Card, but his "Worthing Saga" was one of the best books I've ever read. I know one of these days I've got to delve into the 'Ender' tales but with long, LONG series like that, I always find an excuse not to start the 1st book...
jccalhoun (and others) by CarmillaVonDoom	Nov 2nd, 2007 09:49:47 AM
The library is your friend! It amazes me how many people pay for books; any or all of these books are available at the library. ☺
Only a talkbacker who has Not Read the book by chromedome	Nov 2nd, 2007 11:47:06 AM
could suggest that Ender's Game is pro-hitler. Possibly one who has never read any book. as m2298 helpfully pointed out, Ender was the moral opposite to hitler, as obvious as the nose on your face, if you have read the book.
"Hitler analogy" review here: by m2298	Nov 2nd, 2007 12:14:42 PM
http://peachfront.diaryland.co m/enderhitlte.html
ENDER'S GAME is one of the best books I've ever read. by brokentusk	Nov 2nd, 2007 01:09:06 PM
If you cannot separate an author from their work, you will die alone. Alright, I'm exaggerating, but honestly – you'll miss out on some great stories if you refuse to read anything because you don't agree with a person's beliefs. It's like people who no longer want to see a film with Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise – what a sad bunch they are. I paid to see APOCALYPTO and loved every minute of it... and I'm Jewish! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? Oh wait, Mel Gibson’s a damn fine director and the film had nothing to do with Jews.
The Ender Series is weird, though...(SPOILER) by Ray Garraty #47	Nov 2nd, 2007 04:44:29 PM
...in that I felt really odd, retroactively, for liking Ender's Game after I finished Ender's Shadow. Ender's Game loses its punch when you found out that it was Bean who was exterminating the buggers all along. I dunno. I read it all too long ago but I thought it was a strange choice. It was the first time I actively felt that Card was attepting to "cash in" on the Ender popularity.
by LordVoldemoo	Nov 2nd, 2007 05:02:16 PM
Great reviews AB! More options for upcoming books of the month.
Stick with Ender's Game and direct sequels by SheVaNine	Nov 2nd, 2007 08:40:28 PM
If you haven't read any of the series, I'd recommend Ender's Game and direct sequels (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind). The 'equels' or whatever the hell they are called just felt a little like OSC was milking the series. After the second book or so I got bored and wondered off (Look! Shiny things!). And for no reason that I can explain logically, I decided that the author was a little too shameless in his self-promotion after reading his website. There is little chance you'll forget how many books he's sold.
Ender's Game is a great book by chrisco	Nov 3rd, 2007 10:10:58 AM
but the rest of Card's books suck ass-read John Brunner's Stand on zanzibar or The sheep look up if you are looking for quality SF
Don't give bigoted religious nutbags like Card money by gruntybear	Nov 3rd, 2007 10:49:12 AM
jccalhoun is absolutely right. Card's religious based bigotry does not deserve financial backing of any kind. We need to stop kow-towing to those pious, holier-than-thou fools that speak to imaginary, sky-dwelling "All Fathers" and start treating them like the insane and highly dangerous people that they are.
oh, so gruntybear... by m2298	Nov 5th, 2007 08:55:18 AM
...you won't buy books (or view films etc.) done by ALL religious people, or just those whose religion you don't like? Please clarify.

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