Politics, with Orson Scott Card
I'm a big fan of Orson Scott Card's Ender trilogy, and I know a good number of you are as well. The opening Ender's Game is draws in reader with barely a bump in the sci-fi crossover.
Where Card likely loses a chunk of his fans is his politics. Your views probably determine how you estimate the chunk. Both sides of the aisle would agree that Card is conservative and loudly so. He writes regular columns on issues in the national news and, despite the sci-fi fan base, doesn't hold back.
So when Fark.com links to one of those columns — as the site's known to do with opinion material, right and left, a few times a day — and then gives him a Hero tag and the tagline "Orson Scott Card nails it," it's not surprising when the ensuing debate rages on for hundreds of comments.
Reading the first few comments, they all begin to blur and I scroll down to look for pictures posted in the thread. Hundreds of flames pass. I don't find anyone Photoshopping the Game cover, but I do come across this picture of a rabbit.
Ender movie update
The writer of Troy and the 25th Hour will do the screenplay for the Ender's Game movie. More at Fresco Pictures.
