Robert Heinlein or Orson Scott Card

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Post 1 by SingerOfSongs (Heresy and apostasy is how progress is made.) on Monday, 05-Apr-2004 8:39:03

Hey people. Anyone ever read anything by these 2 authors? If interested, they're both borderline scifi, but some of their stuff is closer to fantassy.

Post 2 by Emailaddressthief (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Tuesday, 06-Apr-2004 15:03:56

I have never read anything by either one of them.

Post 3 by Starry (Newborn Zoner) on Thursday, 15-Apr-2004 19:47:26

Didn't Card write a series based on the Women of Genesis? I've seen those titles in Talking Book Topics.
Ell

Post 4 by SingerOfSongs (Heresy and apostasy is how progress is made.) on Friday, 23-Apr-2004 22:56:31

Hmm, he may have, but I don't remember it... However, anyone wanting some books by him, contact me.

Post 5 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Saturday, 02-Feb-2008 13:23:13

I have both of these author's on my braille note, but never read them. I'll check them out.

Post 6 by SingerOfSongs (Heresy and apostasy is how progress is made.) on Saturday, 02-Feb-2008 22:42:33

Uh wow. Seriously old content on a platter. I don't remember starting this topic *at all. Guess I did though. Hmm. Amazing what we forget.

Post 7 by Resonant (Find me alive.) on Sunday, 03-Feb-2008 6:24:46

Scott Card! I read the original short story of Ender's Game, and it seriously blew my mind! Wow! That's what scifi should be, right there! So much of a punch in such a tiny story! I keep meaning to read the novels that sprang from it, but somehow haven't yet. I hear they're not quite as mindtwisting though.
Heinlein spins a damn good story. Very old-school, and hard to put down.

Post 8 by SingerOfSongs (Heresy and apostasy is how progress is made.) on Sunday, 03-Feb-2008 9:52:45

Agreed. Personally for Heinlein my favorites are still probably Job a Comedy of Justice, or Stranger in a Strange land.
I never made it through the Ender's series. The first really was the best in my opinion. He's written some other serie's though that're pretty good, and some stand alone books.

Post 9 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Sunday, 03-Feb-2008 11:12:10

Wow, how did I miss this?

I like Card his Endor's series kept me interested for a while, and I still go back to it when I want good old adventure.

I'm a big Heinlein fan, until it comes to books like "The cat who could walk through walls" and "the number of the beast." These are just two far out there for me.

My favorites being "stranger in a strange land" a must read for any thinking person who is truly interested in religion,
and his short story "all you zombies" (no, it's not about zombies), which is a little known story about the paradoxes of time travel. It's the ultimate paradox, I think.

By the way, is a paradox two doctors?

Thanks.
Bob

Post 10 by cattleya (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Sunday, 03-Feb-2008 15:29:20

LOL Bob, You just named two of my faves by him. Heinlein all the way here. I've not really even found a book I don't care for; so far I like them all. Though, I've not read Card yet...

Post 11 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Sunday, 03-Feb-2008 18:30:09

Lol! I know a lot more people that talk eternally about ender's game, so I'll try that first.