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bullyfish
Who was Ender Wiggin from your first choice however?
From the (fantastic) book Ender's Game
bullyfish
Who was Ender Wiggin from your first choice however?
Main character of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Without doubt one of the best sci-fi's I've ever read. Ender's Game itself describes Ender's character and the way that he thinks through things and processes them so well that he is one of the most 'real' characters I've ever met!
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From the (fantastic) book Ender's Game
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The rest of the series was a bit crap though 
I disagree with you there. Parts of it weren't as good. But the books in it that were fantastic, were fantastic for completely different reasons than Ender's Game was. For example, Shadow of the Hegemon (well I suppose that was a diff series; Ender's Shadow..etc) Shadow of the Hegemon was fantastic from a political angle. I found it very insightful, and it opened up the world he created in a completely different way. I loved it. Also Bean in Ender's Shadow was a brilliant character. Achilles was a bit.. odd.
And in Shadow Puppets I thought it was making some very interesting points and challenges towards society. Not all of them were as good, but I enjoyed several of the others immensely.
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Craghyrax
I disagree with you there. Parts of it weren't as good. But the books in it that were fantastic, were fantastic for completely different reasons than Ender's Game was. For example, Shadow of the Hegemon (well I suppose that was a diff series; Ender's Shadow..etc) Shadow of the Hegemon was fantastic from a political angle. I found it very insightful, and it opened up the world he created in a completely different way. I loved it. Also Bean in Ender's Shadow was a brilliant character. Achilles was a bit.. odd.
And in Shadow Puppets I thought it was making some very interesting points and challenges towards society. Not all of them were as good, but I enjoyed several of the others immensely.
And in Shadow Puppets I thought it was making some very interesting points and challenges towards society. Not all of them were as good, but I enjoyed several of the others immensely.
I mean the other books in The Ender Saga, they got progessively worse. Xenocide and Children of the Mind were just...boring. I didn't care about Jane, I didn't care about The Path, Lusitatia and the descolada. Then in the last book, Ender turns into a god-like figure, and deus ex machina's his way out of every problem....ZzzzzzZz
They put me off reading The Shadow Saga, but I've heard that it is quite good. I might get Ender's Shadow and see what it's like.
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I mean the other books in The Ender Saga, they got progessively worse. Xenocide and Children of the Mind were just...boring. I didn't care about Jane, I didn't care about The Path, Lusitatia and the descolada. Then in the last book, Ender turns into a god-like figure, and deus ex machina's his way out of every problem....ZzzzzzZz
They put me off reading The Shadow Saga, but I've heard that it is quite good. I might get Ender's Shadow and see what it's like.
They put me off reading The Shadow Saga, but I've heard that it is quite good. I might get Ender's Shadow and see what it's like.
Judging from the things you've just mention, I think you'd enjoy the Shadow Saga much more. And I do see what you mean about the rest of Ender Saga. (Personally; the descolada was one of the things that helped nudge me into my present chosen career path: to go into Biological Sciences..lol) But yeh, the Shadow Saga weren't boring in the slightest, and they stand out in my mind looking back, as strongly as Ender's Game does.
jayk_bakner
Favourite sci-fi/fantasy character?!?!?! (bit basic, but I've got a headache...)
Will explain after I've got some painkillers (or a subsantial amount of alcohol) inside my gut.
Favourite sci-fi/fantasy character?!?!?! (bit basic, but I've got a headache...)
Will explain after I've got some painkillers (or a subsantial amount of alcohol) inside my gut.
My all time favourite character from the fantasy genre has got to be Artemis Fowl(BTW, that's the crappiest character description ever). I suggest you read the books if you haven't already, they're brilliantly imaginative and witty. I suppose the concept of a story focusing on an anti-hero rather than the cliched noble and self sacrificing individual really appealed to me.
From the sci-fi genre, I think Hoban 'Wash' Washburne from Firefly is pretty damn awesome. His sense of humour is great
Jayk, we all hope you're feeling better.
jayk_bakner
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Darkened Angel
I'm not too sure if they're going to make the new series at all. It'd be great for it to be continued.
Well, Joss has said that once he's finished with Wonder Woman and Goners, he'll be writing some comic books that will pick up from where the Serenity left off. So that'll be excellent, as the current set - Those Left Behind - are actually pretty good, and have the feel of an additional episode of Firefly!
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