Great answer. To provide another example, it's similar to why Locke's and Demosthenes' essays should never be actually written. We just believe that these, like THQatH, are the great pieces of writing that we are told that they are.

I think that Ender was a much bigger part of Bean's life than Bean was of Ender's. Ender never really knew that Bean was shadowing him during the Bugger wars, and in fact seemed to be the one person who never fully grasped how smart and talented Bean was (though he did recognize he had talent in Dra...

Ela and old Valentine. Also a fan of Alai, but mostly in EG.