I threw Ender's Shadow across the room when I finished it, and never look backed. I'd've lit it on fire if I'd had a grill at the time.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polgara - Nov 04, 2013 8:52:40 am PST #21583 of 28370
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
EpicTangent - Nov 04, 2013 9:03:05 am PST #21584 of 28370
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I really enjoyed Ender's Shadow - what about it inspires bookburning in the rest of you? (Not being smartass - genuinely interested).
le nubian - Nov 04, 2013 9:10:22 am PST #21585 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
You know, I really like passionate responses to things we read. The mental image of Polgara grilling a book will sustain me for the rest of the day.
This image brings me life!
Dana - Nov 04, 2013 9:33:34 am PST #21586 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Certain Kindles are 15% off today only. As far as I can tell, regular Kindles and Fires, yes. Paperwhites, no.
Jessica - Nov 04, 2013 9:34:37 am PST #21587 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I threw Ender's Shadow across the room when I finished it, and never look backed. I'd've lit it on fire if I'd had a grill at the time.
Me too, except I didn't finish it*. Petra's transformation from an actual character with her own thoughts and feelings into Bean's fucking baby-factory? FEH FEH FEH FEH FEH PTUI FEH.
*A rare moment where self-control triumphed over completism. I was not so lucky with the Dune prequels.
Toddson - Nov 04, 2013 9:43:40 am PST #21588 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The mental image of Polgara grilling a book
She ties it to a chair, shines a bright light on it, and demands it answer the ultimate question: "WHY?"
Polgara - Nov 04, 2013 10:16:58 am PST #21589 of 28370
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
She ties it to a chair, shines a bright light on it, and demands it answer the ultimate question: "WHY?"
FOR SERIOUS!
I really enjoyed Ender's Shadow - what about it inspires bookburning in the rest of you?
Hold on, I need a refresher on spoiler tags. Everything I'm clicking is giving me "No input specified" errors....
Jesse - Nov 04, 2013 10:23:27 am PST #21590 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just use "s" at the beginning of a line.
Polgara - Nov 04, 2013 10:25:58 am PST #21591 of 28370
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Ok, I hope this works.
Ender's Game is my favorite book ever, hands down. I adore Ender the character and want nothing more than to protect him from the world. He suffered and he saved the world and then he was demonized, and he's my favorite character in all of fiction.
When I read Ender's Shadow, it was right when it was published, so I've since (blessedly) forgotten most of the details, but I remember the impressions that made me hate it so much--Bean the Mary Sue. Bean was smarter than Ender, Bean was better than Ender, Bean was the true hero of the war, Bean is #1 yay! Fuck you, Bean, I'd throw you in a woodchipper any day. Ender wins ALL THE THINGS. I came away from that book hating Bean and despising OSC for belittling Ender, and this was all way before I found out his psycho personal views.
And that's why I've never read another Ender-universe book ever.
(Only took four tries!)
WindSparrow - Nov 04, 2013 11:04:24 am PST #21592 of 28370
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.