Ender's Shadow was just stupid. Speaker for the Dead was okay but a totally different book. Ender is essentially a brand new character. I was stupid enough to read Xenocide and Children of the Mind. My advice: Don't touch them, they're crap.
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Generally when an author goes back to a character they wrote 10 years ago, especially to write a prequel, it won't be anything but unadulterated ****.
I haven't even thought of reading Ender's Shadow. Ender's Game was a good book, I don't want to spoil it.
One of Xenocide and Speaker for the Dead were OK, not great. I don't remember which. Neither spoiled Ender's Game though.
JM
Jon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
Things I have learned about the Nook.
1. If you don't use it for 4-7 days, the next time you pick it up it will have no or very little charge left, despite being on airplane mode.
2. If someone tries to log into your account online and fails, your account gets locked and you can't shop on your nook.
3. If you change the email on your BN account without unregistering your Nook first, you cannot shop, update your library, unregister your nook, reset the Nook to factory conditions, or change the email on the nook because your Nook is already registered.
4. Typing on the Nook is a pain in the ass, say if you were trying to change it to the new email as prompted by shopping or updating your library...
5. The screen is rather fragile, particularly if you have anger management issues.
6. Even when in full working condition, it seemed a bit laggy when changing screens or loading books or responding to your typed input.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Who is Hilter?Originally Posted by Lonestar
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
It's a quaint little village in Germany.
Quasi-related, but I just got an email from Amazon asking me to interview for a job in Seattle on the Kindle team. They said my experience was a great fit for their future plans. I can only assume they are referring to my Android experience...
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Fancy going for it?
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
Nope, no desire to move to the US.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Fair enough. I've never much fancied it myself, although I have never had the chance to visit either so it is hard to say what I would make of the place.
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
In Seattle? That is a very nice part of the US.... I think. Maybe you could even live in Victoria?
JM
Jon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
They don't have an NHL team.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
You can still be a fan of whatever team you are now, and Vancouver isn't that far away...
Indifference is Bliss
Vancouver!!!
The SO is a chemical engineer working in oil and gas also. Not many jobs for that in Seattle.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Does he often work on-site?
I met a (Canadian) guy who used to work for weeks at a time on drill sites, and got fed up and now works in carpentry, from a shop in his garage. He was here cycling for over two months, and he stayed here for a night,
Indifference is Bliss
He visits the site for a couple days every couple months for inspections, that's it.
He mostly works downtown in a glass tower.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
I would bet you could telecommunte. If you're at the point where they are actively recruiting you, you have a bit more leverage.
Last edited by Lonestar; June 29, 2011 at 12:53.
With such viral bias, you're opinion is thus rendered useless. -Shrapnel12, on my "bias" against the SS.
I've never understood how God could expect his creatures to pick the one true religion by faith — it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe.
Wow, this is amazing this thread has turned me against the nook and orson scott card. If anybody still likes card I would recommend a planet called treason and Memory of earth.
What can make a nigga wanna fight a whole night club/Figure that he ought to maybe be a pimp simply 'cause he don't like love/What can make a nigga wanna achy, break all rules/In a book when it took a lot to get you hooked up to this volume/
What can make a nigga wanna loose all faith in/Anything that he can't feel through his chest wit sensation
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