Archive for September, 2006

September 25th, 2006 by alephnaught

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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