Hey Orson Scott Card, fuck you - Page 3

PraetorZorak · 01-03-2009, 07:30 PM

If you don't want to get into his hardcore new political/religious views, I strongly suggest you don't read Empire.

If you do, be warned that the writing suffers somewhat from his use of the book as a soapbox.

Fifthfiend · 01-03-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneda

There's a lot more Peter in the Bean novels, he's one of the main characters. It's pretty hard for OSC to work him into the Ender series though,what with being dead and all, but he's been in Ender in Exile a bit.

I do have a bit of trouble swallowing that Peter and Valentine can manipulate the entire planet through blogging, but whatever.

Really? I think a lot of people would allow that say, Markos Moulitas has more than a little bit of political influence these days. After you've cleared the disbelief hurdle where prepubescent children can serve as the generals of an intergalactic war I honestly don't know that it's all that farfetched. Really once you allow for that the original book was written in the 1980s, Card seems surprisingly prescient about the form digital political communication would eventually take.

Kaneda · 01-03-2009, 09:15 PM

Yah, I suppose you're right, even putting aside the fact that it's set a hundred (or was it two hundred?) years in the future, it's not all that unlikely.

On the other hand, the fantasy game is described to have a terribly shitty lives system. Yahtzee would hate it.

The Wizard Who Did It · 01-03-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Really? I think a lot of people would allow that say, Markos Moulitas has more than a little bit of political influence these days. After you've cleared the disbelief hurdle where prepubescent children can serve as the generals of an intergalactic war I honestly don't know that it's all that farfetched. Really once you allow for that the original book was written in the 1980s, Card seems surprisingly prescient about the form digital political communication would eventually take.

That. Also, future = internet becoming more prominent = blah blah blah.

To be fair, after actually having KNOWN an 12 year old who can speak better than some very, very bright seniors (it became amazingly obvious when the people in this HS senior program thingy I was in had to give individual speeches to their parents), none of the whole "not sounding like adults" thing" confuses me.

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Originally Posted by Kaneda

On the other hand, the fantasy game is described to have a terribly shitty lives system. Yahtzee would hate it.

Fair and effective game mechanics seemed to be the last concern when designing the Mind Game. Example: The Giant's Drink

Fifthfiend · 01-03-2009, 11:02 PM

It was always pretty clear that the Game was designed by the 22XX descendant of the dude who made I Wanna Be The Guy.

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01-03-2009, 09:15 PM	#23
Kaneda Pitch black and covered in soot. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bennington, Vermont Posts: 729	Yah, I suppose you're right, even putting aside the fact that it's set a hundred (or was it two hundred?) years in the future, it's not all that unlikely. On the other hand, the fantasy game is described to have a terribly shitty lives system. Yahtzee would hate it.