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Empire
Nice, Card, kill off the protagonist two-thirds of the way in! I enjoyed this tale of armed conflict between conservatives and those wacky leftists. I keed, I keed! Lots of clever quips to lighten things up a bit, too. Kind of unresolved at the end, is there going to be a sequel?
Words I Had To Look Up:
flouted and flaunted (pg. 193)-- The text takes exception to a misuse. The dictionary (Merriam-Webster OnLine) says they are different, with examples, but for the life of me I can't tell the difference!
Armand Hammer (pg. 241) -- I didn't get it, all these years. "Arm and Hammer". Ha ha.
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Isn't this good ice cream? My secret is lots of hydrogenated fat. I buy it in large lots from doctors who do liposuction. (pg. 163)Most Important Quote:
Or maybe, we can just calm down and stop thinking that our own ideas are so precious that we must never give an inch to accomodate the heartfelt beliefs of others.
How can we accomplish that? It begins by scorning the voices of extremism from the camp we are aligned with. Democrats and Republicans must renounce the screamers and haters from their own side instead of continuing to embrace them and denouncing onthe the screamers from the opposing camp. We must moderate ourselves instead of insisting on moderating the other guy while keeping our own fanaticism alive. (Afterword, pg. 347) THIS!
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7/2008
Enchantment
Ivan finds a sleeping princess in the forest.
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University people were always so proud of being readers instead of television watchers, but what was the difference, really? It was a one-way transmission. I read, but it made no difference to the writer. He never knew. And when I'm dead, what will it matter the books I read? My memory is where the book ends up, just like the TV show, and when I'm dead, that memory is gone from the world.--p. 303Read:
5/2001
Ender's Shadow
"A parallel novel to Ender's Game". Very good. Read again.
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2/2000Read:
4/2011
First Meetings In The Enderverse
Four stories, including "Ender's Game". Nice.
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10/2008
Gatefather
Third book of the trilogy. Lots of words. Can't say I read them all. I am pleased at how it all turned out, though.
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5/2018
Heartfire
Tales of Alvin Maker volume V.
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"Hey," protested Arthur Stuart. " I may be a bastard, but I'm not their bastard."Read:
6/1999
Invasive Procedures
I can't believe no one else has used that title... Very reminiscent of Crichton's Andromeda Strain. Certainly no Ender's Game. One of the characters, a neurodoctor or something, displays a skill at lock picking so he can access the restricted building roof and jump off, so as to commit suicide. WTH?
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4/2008
Magic street
Matt Street, an African-American boy who lives in Baldwin Hills, has inexplicable things happen to him.
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7/2005
Pathfinder
Space ship travels from Earth to distant planet to colonize, splits into nineteen more ships(or total, I was confused, sometimes). A boy on a planet can see the "paths" of where people and animals have traveled. Good story, seems to be first of a series. Some pretty funny dialog, too!
Words I Had To Look Up:
causality -- The relation between a cause and its effect or between regularly correlated events or phenomena.Read:
5/2011
Rebekah
Story of Isaac and Rebekah.
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4/2002
Ruins
Sequel to Pathfinder. I was so confused, I didn't remember much from the first book, I guess. This one was ok. I hope I remember more when the next book comes out!
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1/2014
Sarah
Story of Sarah and Abraham, you know, from the Bible. Interesting to read, since I'm not real familiar with the story. Not a "grabber", but I intend to read the next two books in the series.
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1/2002
Shadow Of The Giant
Bean and Petra save the world, again, but Bean is dying and they are searching for their lost babies
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7/2005
Shadow Of The Hegemon
Sequel to Ender's Shadow. Intrigue and politics on Earth. Good story. I cried at the dedication to his son in the Afterword.
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3/2001
Shadow Puppets
Seventh book of the Ender series. Some pretty sharable dialog. Peter is the Hegemon, Achilles is causing problems, Bean gets married. .
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2/2003
Songmaster
The Love Song I will never hurt you. I will always help you. If you are hungry I'll give you my food. If you are frightened I am your friend. I love you now, And love does not end. I kept weeping while I read this story. I recommend it and all his books. It reminded me of Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea.
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12/1998
Speaker For The Dead
Ender goes the planet Lusitania to speak the life of a very cruel father that died. A very moving book, very hard to read with streams of tears flowing.
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7/2002
The Gate Thief
Book two in the the Mithermages series. Pretty good, almost scared me we were going to lose a favorite character!
The Lost Gate
First book in the Mither Mages series. Danny North grew up in a compound in Virginia with his extended family who all (mostly) have magical powers. Except he doesn't seem to have any, and is looked down upon by everyone else.
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7/2011Read:
7/2012
Treasure Box
Quentin Fears meets and marries a wonderful woman who has a creepy family. Typical Card book, I liked it. Could one say Card is the Stephen King of fantasy?
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"Why aren't we drinkers, Quentin? Guys who drink can go to a bar at a time like this." "Is Swenson's open? We can eat a hundred scoops of ice cream and puke in the street." "Well, that's half the fun of drinking, at least." QUOTE:
"I always think of books as being like people," said Sannazzaro. "Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them." "The disadvantage with people," said Quentin,"is you can't put bookmarks in them and set them aside till you want them again."Read:
8/1999
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