Archive for September, 2006
Shadow Puppets
Title: Shadow Puppets
Author: Orson Scott Card
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (June 3, 2003)
ISBN: 0765340054
If you’ve read the two books leading up to this one, Ender’s Shadow (which, if you’ve read this blog you know made me cry) and Shadow of the Hegemon, then you need to read this book. I don’t know [...]
September 25th, 2006 by alephnaught
Starship Troopers
Title: Starship Troopers
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Ace (May 15, 1987)
ISBN: 0441783589
While telling someone about Ender’s Game, that person mentioned Starship Troopers, which I’d never read before. So, next time in a used bookstore here in Chicago I grabbed a copy. Excellent choice!
This book is really fun! Its written as if it [...]
September 17th, 2006 by alephnaught
Children of the Mind
Title: Children of the Mind
Author: Orson Scott Card
Mass Market Paperback: 370 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (June 1997)
ISBN: 0812522397
This book disappointed me a bit – its too long on explanation and too short on story. The story line has tremendous potential, but the desire to close the series on a satisfying note seems to [...]
September 9th, 2006 by alephnaught
Xenocide
Title: Xenocide
Author: Orson Scott Card
Mass Market Paperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (August 1992)
ISBN: 0812509250
This book was interesting but weaker than the rest.
The thing that made the other books special, especially from a science fiction perspective, was the lack of explaination of why things worked the way they did. Card decided what kinds [...]
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September 25th, 2006 by alephnaught