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post #31 of 37
4/17/11 at 8:58pm
Card has a difficult time resolving conflict. He tends to write himself into a corner. that's usually when he pulls out some kind of time travel stunt.

Every time I see Children of the Mind, I think of George turner's, Brain Child. Far more satisfying.

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Child-Ge...3084536&sr=1-2


Re: dune. I like all the Dune books, but especially God Emperor of Dune.
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post #32 of 37
4/17/11 at 10:02pm
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Card has a difficult time resolving conflict. He tends to write himself into a corner. that's usually when he pulls out some kind of time travel stunt.

Every time I see Children of the Mind, I think of George turner's, Brain Child. Far more satisfying.

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Child-Ge...3084536&sr=1-2


Re: dune. I like all the Dune books, but especially God Emperor of Dune.

I'm with you on this one. They're a bit like the Star Trek movies, about every other book is worth reading, but even so the whole saga is pretty remarkable.

I haven't read any of the Brian Herbert books though. That's too much like sacrilege
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post #33 of 37
4/17/11 at 10:15pm
I just couldn't get in to Dune. Never made it past the 1st book.
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post #34 of 37
4/17/11 at 10:23pm
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I just couldn't get in to Dune. Never made it past the 1st book.

It took me at least 3 tries over 10+ years to get into the first book, but when I finally did I read the series straight through.
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post #35 of 37
4/18/11 at 10:53am
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Why? Also, where do you recommend starting with the series? The wiki isn't much help.
Start is "Shards of Honor" IIRC Nebula winner that year.. Why, the series? They're well written and fun to read (good plots etc.)
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post #36 of 37
4/18/11 at 12:20pm
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Shut your mouth, A Game of Thrones starts tonight.

Oddly enough, a few months ago I was out at a bar drinking my face off with my boys who were home on leave, when I bumped into another physicist. We started nerding it up about a range of topics (the kind of topics that caused my Marine Infantry buddies to just walk away shaking their heads heh), and eventually got to sci-fi. When I mentioned that I didn't really care for most fantasy books, the guy ran out to his car, came back, and thrust a book at me. While disclaiming that it was a far cry from Melville and Steinbeck and Yeats, he said "this is the best pulp fantasy [he] had ever read." The book was Game of Thrones. It wasn't 'till I read your post and googled that I knew it was being produced for TV. From the way he spoke, I didn't think he knew, either.

Maybe in a few years, when the show is either cancelled, or has run through all the books, I'll get it on DVD and do a weekend marathon. Just like Lost, and The Sopranos.
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post #37 of 37
4/18/11 at 9:06pm
Not a huge fan, but I'll say this, Bean is SO much cooler than Wiggin.
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