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Originally Posted by Badandy
Do you think the premise of the book was inspired by Asimov's Foundation? I can never distinguish between the books, but I remember the character Falon in one of the Foundations could do this with an instrument...
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I only have the dimmest memories of the foundation books (and unfortunately, also only vague recollections of
Songmasters, I have a very bad memory for books, which is why I read the ones I like several times).
But I don't think the two books are really related, the character in Songmaster has somehow to empathise with people he sings to, and must exert a strong discipline to stay in the right state of mind to be able to sing, which is different from manipulating people with an instrument.
Concerning Card, I was a huge fan of his, but after some times his books began to not seem so great to me. The Earthcoming series was pleasant to read but did not leave a strong mark on me, and I stopped reading mid-ways through the Alvin Maker series.