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Old 02-11-2009, 06:21 PM   #1500
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Just finished reading (audible book actually)

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

I really loved this book. The audio performance was well done too. I read recently where someone said that they liked it as a kid but not as an adult. I've gotta disagree.. but perhaps I like my books a bit less cerebreal. I actually enjoy many "young" adult titles, Patterson's Maximum Ride books are great.

I especially enjoyed the 20 minutes or so at the end of the book where Card talks about the opus of the book, how it started from an idea to a short story to becoming a prequel to Speaker for the Dead.

One interesting thing he said, the difference between SF and Fantasy is the SF has rivets and Fantasy has trees.

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That's an interesting way of distinguishing the two
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