Aaaaaah!!! It's real!
Aaaaaah!!! It's real!
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The horror is upon us. The "Christmas at Battle School" book arrives this fall. I know OSC has to pay the bills, but he probably could've just threatened to publish this thing unless we all went out and bought an extra copy of Ender's Game. Ugh.
The horror is upon us. The "Christmas at Battle School" book arrives this fall. I know OSC has to pay the bills, but he probably could've just threatened to publish this thing unless we all went out and bought an extra copy of Ender's Game. Ugh.
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I feel you are only saying that, Mich, because there is almost no information on what the book is actually about on the Amazon page. However, Hatrack isn't so lucky...
Warning: abandon all hope, all ye who read below.
If I hear that he got the idea for this from that Pweb prank, there's gonna be hell to pay.
[Edit: I've edited this like five times and it still doesn't seem all that coherent to me. This announcement is just... strange, I think it's throwing me off, somehow.]
Warning: abandon all hope, all ye who read below.
It's really only the third paragraph that irks me significantly, I think. The second sounds like something Dink would do; the first seems a bit odd to base a story on, but whatever. That last damn paragraph, though. I've never really thought of the word "filler" in association with books, but...Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with this short novel set during Ender's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays.
The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older students, doesn't see it that way. He thinks that giving gifts isn't exactly a religious observation, and on Sinterklaas Day he tucks a present into another student's shoe.
This small act of rebellion sets off a battle royal between the students and the staff, but some surprising alliances form when Ender comes up against a new student, Zeck Morgan. The War over Santa Claus will force everyone to make a choice.
If I hear that he got the idea for this from that Pweb prank, there's gonna be hell to pay.
[Edit: I've edited this like five times and it still doesn't seem all that coherent to me. This announcement is just... strange, I think it's throwing me off, somehow.]
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I frankly want to cry. I'm with neo on this one--the Enderverse has jumped the shark. But I probably will read it, just to torture myself. Besides, it might not be too bad.
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[quote="zeroguy"]I feel you are only saying that, Mich, because there is almost no information on what the book is actually about on the Amazon page. However, Hatrack isn't so lucky...
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I actually did see that... however, in a noble attempt to breathe life into P-Web once again, I decided to ignore simple facts and attempt to create a debate that would not be as one-sided as it obviously should be.
Yes... yes, it does look bad. Even I can't deny that.
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I actually did see that... however, in a noble attempt to breathe life into P-Web once again, I decided to ignore simple facts and attempt to create a debate that would not be as one-sided as it obviously should be.
Yes... yes, it does look bad. Even I can't deny that.
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Row--row.
Row--row.
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I had originally said something about this sounding like fanfiction, but edited it out, since I couldn't seem to find a good way to say it. But you, sir... bravo.OSC has clearly been getting really into fan-fiction these days and has decided to dabble.
Next will be that Ender/Bean slashfic he's been working on.
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I'm still kind of concerned that OSC hasn't yet wrung the last shred of marketable story from this universe. For instance, what happened to that guy Ender eats dinner with the first day in Battle School? I demand to know his backstory! How about a romance (first-base only, of course) between Teenage Graff and Carlotta? There had to be SOMETHING behind all that bickering in Ender's Shadow. Major Anderson's career as the NFL comissioner -- a veritable bounty of gripping yarns! :Facewall:
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Zeck Morgan
Am I the only one who read that as "Zach Morris" the first time through?
Am I the only one who read that as "Zach Morris" the first time through?
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Now we need to dig up William Golding and have him write a Christmas on the Lord of the Flies island.
I want to say so much more about him turning the kid killing Ender into a new symbol of the holiday, but I'm having a hard time expressing it the way I want, so all I will say is this:
"In space, no one can hear you carol."
I want to say so much more about him turning the kid killing Ender into a new symbol of the holiday, but I'm having a hard time expressing it the way I want, so all I will say is this:
"In space, no one can hear you carol."
(Dresden's battle cry going against fairies in book 4.)I don't believe in fairies!
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I will let OSC know that all he has to do is take a s*** on some blank pages and call it an Enderverse book to make money, he's clearly going to too much effort.Like we aren't going to read it? It's an Ender book, so it already has a built in market even if it is bad. You know fans, myself included, are going to buy the book because it's an Enderverse book.....
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I'll wait till you write a review, then. If it's half-decent I might get it when it goes to pb.Call me crazy, but I'll read anything in the Enderverse... I know, it's people like me that keep him writing these things, but alas, what if it's good?
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XD, I actually understood that one =)I'm just waiting for him to make the big announcement that Graff is gay.
Anyway, maybe it's not all that bad as it seems.. you know, OSC wrote it, and we all love OSC. So it doesn't have to be bad, just because it's based on a bad idea..
Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
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My memory is not my best quality, but I don't think that's quite true. I just thought you couldn't offer it "on behalf of the CA" or whatever. Someone feel free to correct me, though. If that's one of the benefits, then that's pretty cool.Psst, xeno.
If you have not been inducted into the C.A., you cannot offer the limeaide.
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I almost caved and bought it...
I just happened across a stack in a bookstore, and the sensation of holding a brand new Enderverse book in my hands came this close to breaking my resolve. Maybe if the store wasn't still charging the Canadian cover price ($14.95 or about $16.00 US at the current exchange rate) I would have actually done it.
I just happened across a stack in a bookstore, and the sensation of holding a brand new Enderverse book in my hands came this close to breaking my resolve. Maybe if the store wasn't still charging the Canadian cover price ($14.95 or about $16.00 US at the current exchange rate) I would have actually done it.
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