Shadows in Flight
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Yeahhh, I am not a fan, because the more this sounds like ~an unnamed but famous 1960s sci fi series I will not spoil for the uninitiated that ends up involving extraordinarily long lived rulers & copies~, the less I desperately want to read itI thought this would be ironic, if Bean comes out of his voyage and finds Peter in control of Starways Congress. "I come three-thousand years into the future and he's still ruling humanity."
This will most likely not happen, but I would love it if it did
So don't go worrying about me
It's not like I think about you constantly
So maybe I do, but that shouldn't affect
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So maybe I do, but that shouldn't affect
Your life anymore
don't mean to bring this back from the dead. but check this out:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5876081/1/Shadows_in_Flight
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5876081/1/Shadows_in_Flight
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Bean scored higher on the Battle School tests than anyone else in history. No on else was close. Well, Ender was close, but close is relative. Bean was off the charts.
How? He answered questions you didn't ask?
Exactly, He had time to spare. He commented on them and mentioned how the test could have been improved.
Bean scored higher on the Battle School tests than anyone else in history. No on else was close. Well, Ender was close, but close is relative. Bean was off the charts.
How? He answered questions you didn't ask?
Exactly, He had time to spare. He commented on them and mentioned how the test could have been improved.
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it better end up the storylines. cuz i wanted to feel good afher i read knowing thats how it ends. not all pissed cause the ending of it was crappy! like the end of Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Hegemon, Xenocide, and Ender's Game (the ending)and Shadow of the Giant.
"leaving both her husbands behind, the one whose life had a monument and a book, and the one whose only monument was in her heart."
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some of the unresolved issues
Many things MUST be addressed in SiF:
What happened to Bean after he left?
Did Bean find a "Cure" for himself and the children?
Who are the "Descolodores" (spelling?)?
Does Peter version 2.0 go on to conquer the universe?
Does Miro, Wang Mu, and/or Peter 2.0 learn to do what Jane does?
What kind of children would Miro and Jane have? and would they have Jane's abilties?
At the end of Children of the Mind, Peter 2.0 tell Admiral Lands that they would be happy to send all ships currently in flight to their destinations// Does that include Bean and Co.?
What happened to the lost child of Bean and Petra?
What became of all of the Jeesh?
Where did the genetic alteration on Path originate? Volescu perhaps? Bean? The Lost Child? Starways Congress?
Does Jane offer anytime flight or is there a schedule?
Does Bean have anything to do with the Descolodores?
Did Bean know about Jane at all?
How big is Bean? How big are his kids? How much time elapses for them?
Does he live to the "current" time?
What happened to Novinha, Quara, and the rest of the gang on Lusitania?
Where does the Hive Queen figure into all of this?
At any rate, Those are a few of the thoughts I had on this topic. Let me know what you guys (and gals) thinks.
What happened to Bean after he left?
Did Bean find a "Cure" for himself and the children?
Who are the "Descolodores" (spelling?)?
Does Peter version 2.0 go on to conquer the universe?
Does Miro, Wang Mu, and/or Peter 2.0 learn to do what Jane does?
What kind of children would Miro and Jane have? and would they have Jane's abilties?
At the end of Children of the Mind, Peter 2.0 tell Admiral Lands that they would be happy to send all ships currently in flight to their destinations// Does that include Bean and Co.?
What happened to the lost child of Bean and Petra?
What became of all of the Jeesh?
Where did the genetic alteration on Path originate? Volescu perhaps? Bean? The Lost Child? Starways Congress?
Does Jane offer anytime flight or is there a schedule?
Does Bean have anything to do with the Descolodores?
Did Bean know about Jane at all?
How big is Bean? How big are his kids? How much time elapses for them?
Does he live to the "current" time?
What happened to Novinha, Quara, and the rest of the gang on Lusitania?
Where does the Hive Queen figure into all of this?
At any rate, Those are a few of the thoughts I had on this topic. Let me know what you guys (and gals) thinks.
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Re: some of the unresolved issues
Already solved. Unless you mean post-EiE?What happened to the lost child of Bean and Petra?
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Its both a sequel to SotG and CotM. It ties up both story lines and the entire series apparently. Its gonna be weird though. It'll be the first book without either Ender or Bean playing any real part in it at all.I see some conflict: is SiF a sequel to Giant or not? In the case that it's not, my friend will be extremely devastated, as she is obsessed with Bean to the point of insanity.
CotM didn't have a really resolved ending, did it? I think another book is needed to tie everything together. Somehow. *crosses fingers*
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I was thinking, what if the descolada virus is the cure that Bean and his kids have been waiting for? We know that it reconstructs DNA. For humans this means a gruesome death, but maybe when combined with Anton's Key it creates a third life for them or negates the giantism effect. One problem I see with this solution is that they would now be carriers of the descolada and unable to return to the human race once cured (repeating Starways Congress' fear of spreading the descolada from Milagre). Sorry if this idea has been brought up already in some other thread. I'm new to the forums and haven't had much time to explore the rest of the site. Anyways, overall I'm really interested to see how the Descoladores' loose thread is played out in the next book.
SPOILERS?
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http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/P ... 0765332000
(If the link doesn't work: (Spoilers, I mean it)
http://www.locusmag.com/Resources/ForthcomingBooks.html
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SPOILERS
http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/P ... 0765332000
(If the link doesn't work: (Spoilers, I mean it)
& for further confirmation (?) scroll down to January:At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Julian Delphiki--called “Bean†at the Battle School by Ender’s Jeesh--flees to the stars with three of his children. They are the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short and cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, but to no avail. In time, they are forgotten--a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.
For there in space before them lies a derelict Formic colony ship. Aboard it, they will find both death and wonders--the life support that is failing on their own ship, room to grow, and labs in which to explore their own genetic anomaly and the mysterious disease that killed the ship’s colony.
http://www.locusmag.com/Resources/ForthcomingBooks.html
So don't go worrying about me
It's not like I think about you constantly
So maybe I do, but that shouldn't affect
Your life anymore
It's not like I think about you constantly
So maybe I do, but that shouldn't affect
Your life anymore
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It was also pointed out recently on Hatrack that it's actually listed among his works in progress now. There seems to be some uncertainty if the title is still "Shadows in Flight" or if it is now "Shadows Alive".
But on the down side, it doesn't sound like it necessarily ties into the Speaker series anymore, and I've been looking forward for something post-CotM for many years now. OSC does like to change his mind about his stories a lot between when he first mentions them and when he actually gets around to writing them.
But on the down side, it doesn't sound like it necessarily ties into the Speaker series anymore, and I've been looking forward for something post-CotM for many years now. OSC does like to change his mind about his stories a lot between when he first mentions them and when he actually gets around to writing them.
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From Hatrack:It was also pointed out recently on Hatrack that it's actually listed among his works in progress now. There seems to be some uncertainty if the title is still "Shadows in Flight" or if it is now "Shadows Alive".
But on the down side, it doesn't sound like it necessarily ties into the Speaker series anymore, and I've been looking forward for something post-CotM for many years now. OSC does like to change his mind about his stories a lot between when he first mentions them and when he actually gets around to writing them.
For years now OSC has been planning to wrap up the Shadow and Speaker series with a book called Shadows in Flight. Recently, in working on a short novel that follows Bean and his children into space, it became clear that Shadows in Flight was the perfect title for that book, while the big wrap-up novel that brings Bean's children together with Peter and Valentine from Children of the Mind will now be entitled Shadows Alive.
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Over on the hatrack main page there's cover art, a release date (nov 28th), and small blurb on SiF.
So am I really to believe that SiF comes out in November and "Shadows Alive" will be released in January? That seems too good to be true.
So am I really to believe that SiF comes out in November and "Shadows Alive" will be released in January? That seems too good to be true.
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More info in a post by OSC at hatrack.
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Re: Shadows in Flight
I probably sound really stupid, but I thought that SiF was supposed to be released sometime in November. The 28? But just now I read somwhere that a sample chapter is going to be released on that date, not the book. Is this true? If, unfortunately, so, does anyone know the release date?
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Re: Shadows in Flight
Well, Amazon has it listed as being released on January 17, 2012.
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Re: Shadows in Flight
on hatrack it says the same thing
"leaving both her husbands behind, the one whose life had a monument and a book, and the one whose only monument was in her heart."
Re: Shadows in Flight
Anybody else worried that Flight will be just as bad as Exile? Both are books that he didn't intend to write but came about because of his publishers asking him for more. Alive is the one he wanted to write but Flight is some kind of bridge to get us there. I personally don't need every second of every day accounted for. A quick catch-up on what's happened is enough. OSC should just write the story he wants. He's OSC. Nobody's going to refuse to publish it.
I hope Jan 17 gives me enough time to finish SotG. Its like reading a recount of a game of Risk. Boring! A lot of posturing and Bean finds a kid. More posturing. Another kid. Shadow series is losing steam and that makes me sad. The original Ender Quartet and the first three in the Shadow series were inspired! What the heck happened?
I hope Jan 17 gives me enough time to finish SotG. Its like reading a recount of a game of Risk. Boring! A lot of posturing and Bean finds a kid. More posturing. Another kid. Shadow series is losing steam and that makes me sad. The original Ender Quartet and the first three in the Shadow series were inspired! What the heck happened?
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Well pigs flying has a relation... because pigs can "fly" in a sense if they're on a starship.
When u watch that geico comercial where the piggie is hagging on the cable thru the forest, does it make you think that could be a pequenino??? It always makes me laugh. . I can picture this happening on Lusitania...
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