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11 Books About People Whose Childhoods Were Worse Than Yours
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03/20/09
Imagine my disappointment to find out this wasn't the case when I spent the weekend in Juvie for GTA.
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03/24/09
The mormon thing is just OSC projecting his own stuff.
None of the sequels or the parallels come close to Enders Game. Younger folks might enjoy the extension of the story, but Enders Game ended right where it should have. I've read most of em BTW.
I can't say I hate Bean but he's certainly not as compelling as Ender is. Even Valentine is more fun to observe.
03/19/09
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03/19/09
I remember reading a review of the book and it claimed it was more than just an anti-slavery book not because it claimed it was a racist but rather the concept of slavery is anti-humanistic. It's an interesting idea because it more or less invalidates the obvious parallels with Thorby and the then current US Civil Rights Movement.
To be honest, it was the first book I ever read where I really had to seat back and think about slavery outside any other parameters such as culture, race, or history, and why it was inherently, and innate evil. Good job Heinlein.
03/19/09
And the slavery part would probably make Hollywood assume the lead should be black, and we'd get Will Smith's kid cast to mug around and screw it up.
Maybe a miniseries, but not from Siffy.
03/19/09
Ah, good times. Good times.
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