Need some help

[Seth]

I've also read Ender's Game and it really is an awesome book. In my top 25 novels. I haven't read any of Orson Scott's other Ender books. I heard they're good but not at the same level as Ender's Game.

[Ginkasa]

Its not that the sequel books are better or worse, just that they're different. Very different.

I've heard the book described as Ender's Game being the book for teenagers and Speaker for the Dead (etc.) being more adult oriented. While I, personally, think that the good books should be able to transcend ages, that is...kind of correct.

The Speaker for the Dead trilogy is a lot slower and more dialogue based than Ender's Game. They also have a bit of a mystery element to it that Ender's Game doesn't have.

They're just different. Not worse.

Separate (note the 'a') note: Separate is spelled with an 'a', not an 'e' ('seperate' is not right; 'separate' is). Pounded into my class's head when we were reading A Separate Peace ^_^


*shrugs and walks away*

[Kitana85]

You could also try to compare either of those to Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin.- Moy prolly to The Giver. Both are about boys being prepared to take positions of leadership- Jonas in The Giver to take the role of the Reciever, and The Boys to take over the role of the army, and bring Germany to power, as they have been genetically modified to do.

[Vampyr]

Anyone that reads Ender's Game and then plans to read the sequals needs to deffinatly heed Ginkasa's words. They are still science fiction, but take a completely different path than Ender's Game.

When I look back on Ender's Game, then look at the last three books, I have trouble choosing my favorite, and then decide I cant because the last three are so different than the first one. They are all very powerful works of literature, and demand attention.

Ender's Game was probably one of the saddest books I had ever read, although most people don't realize it. You really have to think about it to see how sad it is.

The last three books in the quadrilogy will really make you think though...they bring up some interesting questions.

[Happydude]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Ender's Game was probably one of the saddest books I had ever read, although most people don't realize it. You really have to think about it to see how sad it is.

yeah, it had me thinking about poor ender for a few days after i finished reading...sad indeed.

Originally Posted by Vampyr

The last three books in the quadrilogy will really make you think though...they bring up some interesting questions.

acually, there are 6 books in the series, including Ender's Game. all of them, in order are:

Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by happydude666

yeah, it had me thinking about poor ender for a few days after i finished reading...sad indeed.



acually, there are 6 books in the series, including Ender's Game. all of them, in order are:

Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon

You left out Shadow Puppets. I've read all of them.

[Happydude]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

You left out Shadow Puppets. I've read all of them.

never heard of it