Wow I didnt realize these forums had ender's fans. Hope Ender's game the movie will do well, its going to be Directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Unfortunately the script is still being written by the Man himself Orson Scott Card.
Wow I didnt realize these forums had ender's fans
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i would rather orson scott card take his time to write a good script than do it in a hurry and have the movie be crappy. although it's probably going to be difficult to please the hardcore fans no matter what.
speaking of OSC, the book i'm currently reading is also written by him. it's called empire, and as far as i can tell, it's about terrorists and the u.s. government. i'm not sure if i like it yet or not.
I agree with you that I want him to do a good job on the script, however he is on at least his 3rd or 4th version of it, and still it hasnt gone though. I really hope the whole project wont get cancelled, because I have been waiting for this move for like 4 years and still they havent even began shooting it.Originally Posted by saman
Those who have read this book series should know a few the difficulties associated with filming this particular book.
On a side note, OSC announced a few months ago I believe that he is writting 2 more Ender's books:
*Ender in Exile: Ganges*(taken from wikipedia)
-(working title) is a yet-to-be-published science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, which will be a prequel to Speaker for the Dead.
Very little about the book is known at this time; Card announced it, along with Shadows in Flight, but it is not known how much work he has done on either novel or even whether he has started them.
*Shadows in Flight*(taken from wikipedia)
-Shadows in Flight is a yet-to-be-published science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, which will link the Bean quartet back to the Ender novels.
Very little about the book is known at this time; Card has announced it, along with a prequel to Speaker for the Dead tentatively titled Ender in Exile: Ganges, but it is not known how much work he has done on either novel or even whether he has started them.
Card has stated explicitly that Shadows in Flight will wrap up some of the plot threads left dangling in Shadow of the Giant. However, in an interview with SciFi.com, he established that Flight would pick up where Children of the Mind (the final book in the Ender quartet) left off, as opposed to starting with the ending of Giant.
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Wow, so [spoiler omitted] continued that long. I'll be looking forward to Shadows in Flight.
As for Empire, I read most of it. But for some reason I never finished it, something that never happens to me, regardless of author. I did enjoy it, but I must have gotten distracted by something...
I've been forced to read quite a bit of novels for my Lit classes, and though I usually don't like when I'm forced to read (one should be reading for pleasure really), I was surprised how much I enjoyed some of the books.
Perhaps my favorite of them was The Professor's House by Willa Cather. Not too much happens in it overall, but the interactions with the family get pretty interesting about halfway into the first part. It's an older one, but worth a try.
so i know gr3atfull doesn't come here anymore, but if she ever does again and sees this, i'd like to tell her again that i'm grateful she recommended the fionavar tapestry to me. i just finished reading the series again a week or two ago, and enjoyed it even more the second time. i also bought the lions of al-rassan today by guy kay. i've heard really good things about it, so i hope i like it.
also, following the older topic, i never did finish empire. first one of OSC's books that i started but didn't complete :*)***
All you idiots that read books and novels, please make your opinions heard:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread...ewpost&t=15833
a nice request....
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Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
I've been reading The Ranger's Apprentice, Odd Thomas, and The Sword of Truth series... just started with Wizard's First Rule.
Recently finished The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison and Star Wars Revelation by Karen Traviss.
The latter is another great title of that genre, particularly if you like how badass Madalorians (Boba Fett, etc) can be.
I would like to pick up Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong, but I'd rather wait for the paperback. Not so much because they are cheaper, but because they are easier to read around the house.
I'm currently reading Angels and Demon by Dan Brown, actually i'm reading it the 2nd time while i'm waiting for Digital Fortress to be available in our local bookstore. I also finished Deception Point and Da Vinci's Code also by the same author. Basically I like the history and art and other facts that was thrown in novel.
I'm going to start reading Dexter in the Dark by..Jeff Lindsay(I think) ^^;; And I'm going to finish reading J.D Salinger's Nine Stories.
Nine Stories has been really great so far. My favourite stories so far are A Perfect day for banana fish and Teddy.
J.D. Salinger wrote something other than the Catcher in the Rye? i thought that was the only book he had written.
Bud, let me know what you think of the sword of truth series. i've heard it's like an adult version of harry potter, so i'm curious about how it is.
Yes. D: Check him on wikipedia. he has some interesting work.
I thought he'd be more famous because of Ghost in the shell. o.o Laughing Man and whatnot.
Well, after reading some more and as I haven't read many novels, the closest thing I can compare it to from what I know is to Berserk. Lots of magic, journey's, brutal, violent, everyone's horny, beast, demons, etc., disgusting acts against humanity, ruthless rapes, etc.I don't know of it being an adult version of Harry Potter, but it's quite good so far... 260 pages into Wizard's First Rule. There's magic, violence, and all those goodies... but aside from that I don't see the resemblance to Harry Potter at this moment. If anything so far, it seems more like a Lord of the Rings type of thing, probably more adult oriented in itself than LoTR. Regardless, it's quite good so far.
Great story in my opinion, but no one is safe... and not only are they not safe, but everyone could face some really harsh torments and a gruesome, disgusting, brutal death.
Good shit, I highly recommend it. Give it a go... there's a healthy amount of romance too, if you like those types of elements.
I'm currently reading "Rosas de Atacama" by Luis Sepulveda. It's a compilation of small stories that the author either experienced ot was told about by ppl who did, most of these relating to WW2 .
I don't know of it being an adult version of Harry Potter, but it's quite good so far... 260 pages into Wizard's First Rule. There's magic, violence, and all those goodies... but aside from that I don't see the resemblance to Harry Potter at this moment. If anything so far, it seems more like a Lord of the Rings type of thing, probably more adult oriented in itself than LoTR. Regardless, it's quite good so far.
Also, now that there's is this whole forum to discuss book/novels... you guys shouldn't hesitate to start threads about the different titles you're interested in and are reading. On that note, I moved a couple of threads about books that were in GD to here... if you guys find more pm me so I can move them.
At KitKat's suggestion, I might also start a "Book of the Month" type of thing, and try to get some of us to read the same book because I figure with the abundance of novels, etc. that it be quite hard to find common books that many of us are reading.
I do something similar with the manga people, which is quite successful at first, but as the time passes it dies out. With that being said, I need to do it once again as I left the last manga reading round on limbo a couple of months back.
I'm almost done my school semester and plan to start 'Hood' by Stephen R. Lawhead. I really liked his rendition of the King Arthur story, so I'm looking forward to his retelling of Robin Hood.
I think anything sci-fi or fantasy is a good bet, since those seem to be quite common genres in this thread. If we choose books that were published relatively recently, it shouldn't be hard to find them, with a good chance that most of us haven't read them yet. We could also do it where we try out new authors that are just starting to establish themselves in the literary scene.
House of the Scorpion is an excellent science fiction novel with an interesting and somewhat original setting.
@Assassin I haven't read that particular book but I've read the Lost years of Merlin epics by T.A Barron and that was a great series that i would recommend to anyone who is a fan of anything King Author related.
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i just got The Great Tree of Avalon yesterday, gonna start reading that. Has anyone here read it, or other books by T.A Barron?
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