When you check pweb postings more frequently then you do your email.

When you've gotten every one of your co-workers addicted to EG and try to convince them to join pweb too. (no takers yet)

When you try to explain the term philotic web, and evidently do it in such a manner that the idea sounds so plausible that the person says "oh, all that physics stuff".

That's funny because that's actually happened to me

When you start believing in philotes.

You mean they aren't real

the other kids didn't know either...

Bean knew that it was real he just chose not to tell anyone else because he feared it would alter their actions. But he knew and still proceeded.

You bring up a good point. The blind folded person in your scenario is very much like Ender and the target being the Formics. But one could argue that you still have a choice whether or not to pull the trigger. You could also shoot at the ceiling or floor to test the gun before shooting where they t...

Thanks. I guess I didn't dig far enough to find those threads.

I don't know if ignorance makes things forgivable. If you look at what Columbus, Cortez or many other early explorers are guilty of it's astonishing. They were completely ignorant about the people and cultures they destroyed but is it forgivable? I feel that if you are ignorant about something that ...

Just for fun I'd like to see who the fans would cast in the EG movie. Personally I struggle with this because of all the child actors that would be required but I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

OSC does pose some very thought provoking theological questions as do many SF writers. For instance, what is sentience? Just because we can't communicate effectively with something does it mean it's not self aware. In the case of the Formics, they were obviously self aware, or at least the queen was...

Just curious if anyone knows why OSC started referring to the Buggers (a name which always kind of bothered me as well as Piggies but I digress) as Formics in the ES series but it's never mentioned in the EG series.