Fire up the ansible: New Ender book
Eliina, where are you and when can we run to the bookstore? Orson Scott Card is back for another round of Ender, the only man you'll ever love more than Henry Bienen, and the only sci-fi books I've ever loved and have somehow never had on my Facebook favorites list until now.
I meant to blog the news after seeing the book on Barnes and Noble shelves the other day, but now a LAT story has reminded me: "When we revisit Ender in Exile, he is 17 and exalted as a hero for fending off the third wave of alien marauders that threatened to obliterate Earth. But his brutal military techniques render him a monster to the very people who trained him to be a killer. He is mercilessly exiled from his home planet and forced into a colony that is light years away. … It took getting married, raising a family and the death of two children to put life into perspective and give Card the necessary material to imagine Ender during his transition to adulthood." Always, more than sci-fi.
Reviews appear scarce. (And the film's off again, but that's not news.)
January 13th, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I really enjoyed Ender In Exile. I thought it really captured that transition period in an excellent manner. I've never read the later books and after reading Exile I am determined to do so.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Very cool, thanks for letting me know. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on the later ones. When I read Speaker for the Dead, I stopped reading twice early on to check and see if I was reading the right sequel. It took about a quarter of the book to catch up, but it was a rush when it hit.