Ender's Game - Page 6

David Munch · 10-01-2010, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwanthny

The author didn't intend anything? The Shadow series was written well after the original and fit into the 3000 year gap between the first and second books.

That's the author's official answer. He lends a little more insight in the forward to Ender's Shadow. So read them in any order you want, I let you know the order I felt works out the best, but don't be fooled into thinking the Author has a preferred order.

I'll probably jump to enders shadow after Speaker of the Dead, which really isn't very interesting in my opinion. It is quite different from Enders Game.

sweevo · 10-01-2010, 03:46 PM

How about this order?

Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
Ender in Exile

Then the last 3 Ender books (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind)

And finally Shadows in Flight, when it's published.

I'm borrowing Shadow of the Giant tomorrow; I'll let you know if it was as good as Ender's Shadow, as disappointing as Shadows of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets, or somewhere in between.

CW Johnson · 10-03-2010, 04:38 AM

I agree with a lot of the posts. Book 1 and 2 were great but it all went down hill from there.
I think what really turned me away was the fact that the characters simply stopped responding to Ender in any way I thought would have been realistic.

DoctorOhh · 10-03-2010, 05:20 AM

My 2 cents: I didn't read this series until I was 48, I read it in chronological order from beginning to end and this was a thoroughly enjoyable series. It never went downhill in the least, but the type of science fiction did vary and I could see how someone might like some novels and not others. That's their loss, the writing, characters and plot were consistently top notch. Then again I thought Dune was great but couldn't get through the rest of them to save my life.

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10-01-2010, 03:46 PM	#77
sweevo Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 6848 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650, Kindle Touch	How about this order? Ender's Game Ender's Shadow Ender in Exile Then the last 3 Ender books (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) And finally Shadows in Flight, when it's published. I'm borrowing Shadow of the Giant tomorrow; I'll let you know if it was as good as Ender's Shadow, as disappointing as Shadows of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets, or somewhere in between.

10-03-2010, 04:38 AM	#78
CW Johnson Member Posts: 16 Karma: 499240 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Magna Utah Device: iPod	I agree with a lot of the posts. Book 1 and 2 were great but it all went down hill from there. I think what really turned me away was the fact that the characters simply stopped responding to Ender in any way I thought would have been realistic.

10-03-2010, 05:20 AM	#79
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,897 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	My 2 cents: I didn't read this series until I was 48, I read it in chronological order from beginning to end and this was a thoroughly enjoyable series. It never went downhill in the least, but the type of science fiction did vary and I could see how someone might like some novels and not others. That's their loss, the writing, characters and plot were consistently top notch. Then again I thought Dune was great but couldn't get through the rest of them to save my life.

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