This may be an impractical idea, but if new people could come in and introduce themselves somewhere, it might help us all to get to know each other, and for unknown people to become known. We could check the thread to see if there are any new members, how many, who they are, what are their interests, where they live... I don't know, maybe there's way too many people joining all the time to do this, but everyone deserves a warm welcome to Hatrack Come in and say hi!
Posted by Rruk (Member # 3288) on :
Why, thank you, DragonArin. I live in San Jose, CA, where my husband is an official computer geek, and I'm a stay-at-home mom of four kids. I'm afraid I neglect them a little when I'm reading, so I only read about one book a week (all at once!). I'm a huge OSC fan, so I love these discussions. Recently I've been more and more interested in the other side of Hatrack, too, as I've come to understand the different personalities and their humor. It's too addicting, though!
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
nonsense Hatrack can never be too addicticting! And I know what you mean about neglecting people when you're into a book...I tend to ignore everything and everyone while I'm reading, including myself. I've been known to skip a couple meals and/or half a night's worth of sleep, but ah well...just a risk we must take when we read OSC. How many of the books have you read? I'm solely an Ender/Bean fan, having read nothing else by Mr. Card.
Welcome!
Posted by IMHO (Member # 3348) on :
I live in Massachusetts with my husband and 2 children. My husband read the Ender series last year, and told me that Ender's Game was the best science fiction he'd ever read. So far, I've read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Memory of Earth, the Alivn Maker series, and am in the middle of Enchantment. I do tend to neglect others when reading, as well-- but more often will read "just a little before bed" and stay up until 2:00
Posted by Rruk (Member # 3288) on :
DragonArin, you must read more!! I've read almost everything of his. I come out of most of them feeling as if I understand people just a little better. His characterizations are the best!
Posted by stevejd (Member # 3300) on :
Hi I'm 48, maybe going through a second childhood or midlife crisis. I live in California with my wife and two teenage kids. I've been a big Tolkien fan for the last 3 years or so. (May I recomend theonering.net my favorite Tolkien site.) I found out about Card by an article he wrote on Tolkien. I've read Memories of Earth, Ender's Game, and Ender's Shadow and plan to read the rest of the Ender series. I find Card's books powerful and imaginative but have some disagreements with his POV. But that can be a good thing.
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
I read that LOTR article. it was pretty good. I'm not exactly new here, but I figure I can tell people about me I guess. I'm 20 in college, and live in Lubbock, TX. I'm also an English Major with a specialization in Creative Writing. I'm a junior, but still have only taken mostly my general ed classes. I love to argue especially about books. when I read, I have a tendance to read all night long and miss class the next day. Reading is a passion of mine, but sadly my social life has finally started to take off, and I don't find as much time for reading as I used to. But I did manage to polish off Prentice Alvin last weekend. now to find Alvin Journeyman......
Posted by Avren (Member # 3377) on :
Hey everyone, This seems like a good enough place to start posting. I've been a long-time lurker for, well, for a long time. Anyway, just a bit about myself...I grew up in Calgary, Canada but I live in Provo, Utah now where I've been attending BYU. I'll graduate officially on Friday, though, and my plans from there are a bit fuzzy. It's nice to meet you all!
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
Hey Avren, Where'd your name come from. It seems familiar. did it by any chance come from a star trek book? it sounds like a Romulan name in one of the unification storylines.
Posted by Jill (Member # 3376) on :
Hi! This is a great idea, DragonArin. I've been lurking on this board for about a year now, and this is a good opportunity to start posting. I'm a high school sophomore and I live in California. I too neglect everthing and everyone when I'm reading (particularly when I'm reading Ender's Game for the thousandth time...) It's nice to meet you all.
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Posted by woodger (Member # 3301) on :
I'm 24 in Provo, Utah. I recently moved here from Logan and have become a huge OSC fan in the last couple of months, and now have become addicted to this site. I'm just working as a door to door salesman, (maybe I've knocked on your door, Avren ) and am planning to attend UVSC in the fall, majoring in Public Relations. Thanks for the warm welcome that I've already been given.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Hi. I'm a 38 year old Card fan, first addicted by the Maker series (and impatient for the next one to be made). I enjoyed my English Major (where else can you get credit for reading LOTR).
I am a would be writer, confirmed reader, and abuser of the English language either via spelling, grammar, or puns. That is my english major legacy.
Posted by Rruk (Member # 3288) on :
Glass: If I ever write a horror, you can bet where I'll get the name of the character who dies first. LOL
What did he teach you that you had to do? Real literature elitist stuff? Things you disagreed with? Just wondering.
Posted by Avren (Member # 3377) on :
Hey Bootninja-
Nope, not Romulan...the name is actually from the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. In those books, there's a river named Avren, and I just sort of liked the sound of it.
Woodger-
What do you sell? Funny, now that you mention it, a guy did come by our house a couple of days ago selling some car maintenance deal thingie. I think my roommate got one, actually. You never know, maybe we've met before!
Posted by Chveya (Member # 2623) on :
I'm a sixth grader in Texas. I started reading Seventh Son for a book report at the beginning of the school year and now I've read the Homecoming series the Ender/Bean series, the Alvin Maker series, Enchantment, Homebody, The Worthing Chronicle, Pastwatch, Treasure Box and I think thats all. =)I read alot can you tell? ( Most of the books ive read more than once )
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
while I'm still pretty young in the program, I've taken 2 creative writing classes, and most of what I've dealt with so far, is people that are genuinely concerned with helping me become a better writer. I'm lucking in this. I've had some pretty good teachers. I don't expect however to learn how to write from this major, I just think there are some tricks of the trade that might be helpful. Some of the stuff they teach in there, I have taken to heart. some of it, I have ignored completely. but it's been worthwhile, and I usually like lit courses, but I don't want to become an academic, so I chose creative writing, rather than lit. My biggest obstacle is I can't seem to stop reading books, and posting on message boards long enough to write a story. makes it pretty hard to publish if you haven't got anything ready to sell.
Posted by Beneth (Member # 3382) on :
Well, I guess I had better follow the rules and post here hehe. I am a high-school student in Minnesota, and pretty much the only things that keep my life from being a total drag are the time that I spend reading, and on my computer. I would have to say that I am definitaley a geek and proud of it. So, I guess that I my little intro speech. I hope to get to know you all a little through this forum.
Posted by Glass (Member # 3325) on :
Beneth. Power to the geeks!
As for the writing class, I just didn't like his way or my other teachers' ways of trying to get us to conform to what they think (funny, I would never otherwise accuse a college professor of thinking, or original thought, for that matter) writing should be like. For one thing he kept telling everyone, "Show, don't tell." What the hell does that mean??? How the hell can I show you anything by writing without telling?!? Maybe it's in code, and I don't have the brainspace to translate. Then, we went over all the things a "good" story should have. You know, maybe it's me, but all the writers they liked in that class, I hated. I don't need a book where I have to stop and think, "Hmm...I wonder if the rose petal signifies her life as it wastes away." Who the hell cares??? I'm a simple person, incapable of lengthy thought. I want a story that entertains, and that's all I want to write. I'll leave poetry for the Chinese, they're better at it anyway. (I know I'm going to get heat for that one.That's partially why I wrote it, so bring it on!)
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
What they meant by show don't tell is that instead of saying, "he was angry," which would be telling me how he felt, you show me he was angry.
"He tore the sheet from the book, ripped it into shreds, and stormed out of the room slamming the door."
The first is bland, and uninteresting, whereas the second is much more detailed. You learn not only that he is angry, but how it manifests in his actions. It is a more complete characterization.
On the whole, as far as the symbolism and everything goes, I agree immensely with something OSC said in the foreward to the Second edition of Ender's Game. I'm paraphrasing here, so bear with me: All that symbolism stuff is there to be decoded, but the main force of the story is written plainly for everyone to decode. That is the way I think that writing should be done. give the academics what they want, but don't do it in such a way that the average reader is turned off of it because they don't want to play that game.
As to what you were saying about the teachers telling you to write the way that they thought writing should be done, that's the way it works. you can leave the class and go back to what works for you, but if you want to get the credit for the class, you have to play the teacher's way. That's just the way it works.
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Posted by Tweedy (Member # 2599) on :
Hi, i've posted a few times on this forum and the other one, but i'm mostly a lurker. I'm a high school senior from New York, and i've read the Homecoming Series, Ender Series, Bean Series, Enchantment, Pastwatch, The Worthing Saga and I'm working on the Alvin Maker series. I just can't get enough of OSC's writing, it's great =) Well, guess that's it, cya ppl!
Posted by CarnCarby (Member # 3393) on :
I'll put my hand up to being a newbie around here. I'm a brit, live in the Midlands of England and I've been a lurker in and around OSC things since back on AOL. Funny, I've never posted anything...
Anyways, I'm here now. Er. Hello. Is there anyone out there?
CC
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Yes, Carn, I am out here. (You could also say I am out _there_, but I won't get into that right now)
And also, hello to everybody who posted while I was out of state! Welcome! Yay! New members!
As for me, I live in northwest Oregon and agree with IMHO's husband that Ender's Game is the best sci-fi I've ever read. Best of everything else too, I'd say
Posted by woodger (Member # 3301) on :
Avren- It's entirely possible that the guy selling the car maintenance thingy was either me or one of the the guys that I work with. That's kind of funny, I guess that it really is a small world... The Prydain Chronicles are probably the first books that I really got in to. I loved them, and now that you've got me thinking about them again, I'm going to have to whip out my Provo City library card and reread them. When I was younger I always thought that I would end up naming one of my daughters Eilonwy.
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Posted by Steel (Member # 3342) on :
I'm somewhat new...
Posted by matt (Member # 236) on :
I'll admit to being in the same boat as Carn. I mostly just lurk, although I guess I've posted a couple of times here and there. (I also have started reading posts over on the other side and I have to say that there are some pretty interesting posts over there; too bad I'm not often motivated enough to put out an opinion and then defend it!) Anyway, love the idea for us new folks to post in one area, definitely a good idea DragonArin!
Posted by SSpyhunter (Member # 3402) on :
My name is Shane and I am studying Business Information Technology and Management Science at Virginia Tech. I think OSC is one of the best science fiction writers I have ever read, but I'm addicted to EG and the Homecoming Series. I am also a huge fan of the idea of making EG into a movie. That would just about fulfill one of my many dreams.
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Shane, when it gets around to being made, it will be fulfilling one of my dreams too. Another dream is to have the "His Dark Materials" series turned into a movie also, but it's not quite as, uh... urgent of a dream.
matt -- thank you! I'm glad the idea is working.
Posted by RevNewStar (Member # 3406) on :
Hello;
My name is John Woolard and am an addicted reader/write. I was introduced to Card backwards; I read his Nonfiction on writing and decided to dig into his works. Starting with his earlier working up but saving Ender till the end with a new book comming out I wanted to time it that I finished Hegemon when it came out, but they were so good I was done 5 months ago.
I am also an amature writer, but have some work about to be published so I am excited. I also help run the best Scifi online game on the Net: www.droidarena.com also known as RevNewStar there.
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Hi, Rev! About OSC nonfiction...has he written anything in that field other than books on writing?
Posted by Warwick (Member # 3408) on :
Well, I'm a 20 year old university student in Perth, W Australia, studying Computer Science and English: Creative Writing... Though all of that is up in the air at the moment as I'm now taking time off for personal development at the moment, and heck knows what I'm going to do with that...
I discovered OSC after I read his Alvin Maker short story in the Legends anthology and since then I've only got so far as a few books into the Alvin Maker series, but from what I've read I'd say that he's already one of my favourite authors - a list which includes the likes of William Gibson, Robert Heinlein and Janny Wurts.
And disgarding the fact that lived a sheltered life on a cattle farm growing up, that's my story
Warwick
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Welcome, Warwick! Is that your real name? (Just curious for no reason at all ) I haven't read any of the Alvin Maker books, but I've read all of the Ender and Shadow books (you REALLY should read them) and will probably, one day, explore the rest of OSC, including Alvin Maker Posted by Warwick (Member # 3408) on :
Hey, DragonArin. Warwick is my real name, probably something to do with my Dad being English... A good proper English name is Warwick. I think I'll finish reading the Alvin Maker series before I get started on Ender... the first novel in the series is called Ender isn't it?
Warwick
Posted by bryan (Member # 3412) on :
Hi guys,
I'm a new member too, I just registered today; are these sorts of introductions regular? Anyway I'm a law student now but I start working at a law firm in Minneapolis in two weeks, doing strictly patent work, none of that awful stuff that gives lawyers a bad name (remember the lawyer in OSC's Homebody? ). It's nice to see a few BYU people here, I graduated from BYU also but unlike all the English majors there seem to be here, I graduated in physics and astronomy, which is another side of why I am interested in science fiction... I first read Ender's Game 13 years ago, and I've since read everything OSC has published (well except 1, "A Planet Called Treason" - the organ farm freaked me out and I couldn't go on with it ). I've had many of the books signed too since he tends to drop by BYU so often. I haven't had much time to read novels lately, but I still get the new OSC novels faithfully when they come out - his stories are wonderfully human, in the best sense, and reading them renews my sense of perspective. And his fans tend to be particularly interesting and intelligent people too - it's nice to see what the rest of you are thinking about.
Bryan
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Warwick -- The first one is called Ender's Game...Damn good, too, if I may say so
Bryan -- no, these introductions are not regular. I just started this thread recently to see if any new members wanted to make their existence known, and apparently they did! It's also interesting just to see what kind of people OSC fans are
Posted by woodger (Member # 3301) on :
DragonArin, I wholeheartedly agree with you about the quality of the Ender's Game series, that's what got me started on my OSC kick, but you have got to read the Alvin Maker series. It is a bit frustrating to read because the series isn't done yet, but the first five books are completely worth it. Trust me, read them next.
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
does he have a series that IS completed yet?
Posted by wonders (Member # 3292) on :
Hi, I'm a seventh grader living in Florida. I first heard of OSC when my older sister had to read "Ender's Shadow" for summer required reading, when she was going into 9th. When she was done, I started reading it and was hooked. When I was done, I realized that "Ender's Game" existed, so I put Bean on hold and read Ender, only to come back to him when I was done. And so as I anxiously await Shadow Puppets (Pre ordering, I'd die without that nice little feature ) I've begun the Alvin Maker series, so far (I'm on Alvin Journeyman) it's great! I've been lurking for some time now... and this place is addictive... but it's okay to be addictied to some things, right?
BootNinja: Yes, OSC has a completed series, in a sense... Ender. Unless you'd say Bean is going on with the series, and it sort of is.... oh well....
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
woodger -- Right ho, then! Next stop, Alvin Maker series. Thanks for your opinion
wonders -- Exactly what I always say: Hatrack is a *good* addiction. Who cares if it causes us to neglect other aspects of our life of not...
Posted by dyany (Member # 3415) on :
well here goes. My name is Dyany (usually pronounced 'what??' ) and I live in Idaho though I grew up in Oklahoma. I'm 31 and I think I'm related to OSC on my Dad's side through marriage (any of you Cards out there know if there are Kartchners or Dittmers in OSC's wife's family? Just trying to get some verification, because my Dad wasn't sure). I'm LDS (hence the genealogy) and my degree is in psychology though it should have been English and I work in IT. I like OSC's work partially because I like it, and partially because I am fascinated by the idea of his being related on my Dad's side, because I can totally see him marrying into that family with the onery, opinionated, LDS intellectualism that I happened to have inherited myself. =) Long have aspired to be a writer, but when the college writing classes finally sank in (and I actually understood 'show don't tell' and keeping perspective solid and that sort of stuff) then I was thoroughly disheartened, though I hope to get the guts up to write again before I'm tooooo old. In the meantime, I've revealed far too much about myself, but I've just been so impressed with these forums so far and I thought they might be fun. So, HOWDY.
Posted by muncher (Member # 3420) on :
Dyany,
As for OSC's lineage (sorry to get personal on you Cards), I think his great-grandfather or something was the Charles Ora Card who married one of Brigham Young's daughters and was sent to found the Mormon colony in Canada when they started getting really nervous about attention from the U.S. government about the polygamy issue. Hence "Cardston," Alberta. So there's a good chance there are some of them floating around there in Idaho now, if I've got my story straight.
As for "has OSC finished any of these series," the original Ender line is finished with 4 books, though I heard at one point there were originally supposed to be 5... I think OSC started running out of inspiration for where the characters could go from there... sort of like Ender running out of inspiration about where he could go from there, what with his hair falling out and stuff. OSC will probably leave this world with 10 different series all halfway completed, and Geoff will do his best Christopher Tolkein/Brian Herbert imitation and start compiling his dad's notes and filling in the gaps. Only I'm sure he would do a better job at emulating a great writer of a father than Brian Herbert.
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
How DO you pronounce your name, Dyany? What's the history on it, do you know? Just curious, as usual Posted by dyany (Member # 3415) on :
Ah, well, I pronounce it Di-uh-nee, with a very light emphasis on the 'uh' (it's more of a schwa sound...anyone else remember that from 3rd grade English? =) ). As to origin - Early 1500s, Sussex England. Lady Dyany(Dyanny) Beddingfield (Bedingfield).
Like it's uniqueness. Hate answering the question, 'what's your name'?
Posted by Warwick (Member # 3408) on :
DragonArin,
Well, now that I've got the order of books sorted out I can go out and buy this Ender's Game that people keep raving about!... As soon as I finish the Alvin Maker series, which people should rave about more IMHO
Warwick
Posted by tannajf (Member # 3422) on :
Hi. I am a huge OSC fan from many years ago. I think I have read everything he has ever written that was published in paperback. I work as a software engineer in Tokyo, but still manage to do a lot of reading. I am really looking forward to the Shadow Puppet's book. Anyway, nice to meet you all.
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Posted by bryan (Member # 3412) on :
Dyany,
An interesting history behind your name - perhaps it is another form of "Diane?" The English royalty hadn't been speaking English in public very long at the time of your Lady Dyany, they still had a lot of French influence, and a switch to "Diane" from something pronounced "Dyany" is consistent with the shift in French pronunciations during the middle ages - in the old days they used to pronounce all those letters they keep silent now. As for spelling, it was all over the map in those days; the fractured dialects of Middle English hadn't yet crystalized into the coherent whole of Modern English. Leading also to the accursed dichotomy of spelling "Bryan" instead as "Brian" with an "I"... We with the "Y" versions of our names need to stick together!
-Bryan
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Posted by matt (Member # 236) on :
Muncher: "As for "has OSC finished any of these series," the original Ender line is finished with 4 books, though I heard at one point there were originally supposed to be 5... " Is it actually done? Last I heard, he's thinking seriously about doing one more book after CoTM.
BootNinja: Would you consider the Homecoming series completed? (Never a safe assumption, I guess; even here, he might surprise us!
Posted by GregChiao (Member # 3423) on :
hi, i just found this site today, actually. OSC's articles are interesting to read and i'm very excited about SHAdow Puppeets, although i have a few books to go before then. Not much to say about me. i'm a student of geology, and a big science fiction fan. Also excited about the new star wars, only two more weeks left!
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
haven't read homecoming yet. so I don't know if it is finished yet, but as far as I'm concerned with Ender, that is not completed. it was complete until OSC decided to tie teh Shadow series into it. So now there will be another book with those characters in it, thus it is not complete. Nobody i think, was really satisfied with the ending of CotM anyway, so that is debatable. Personally, I don't think that OSC will live long enough to finish all these stories, and they will live on unfinished, much the way that Canterbury tales was never finished. but that's just my two cents worth.
Posted by Mahon (Member # 3424) on :
Hi, my name's Maël (dunno if the two thingies above the [e] are going to show, stupid US charset ). I'm 22 and I've been lurking here for some time now (stuck at job doing nothing, you know...) Discovered OSC with Ender's Serie (really improved my English at that time, French translators are really slow) and continued with Alvin's (kudos to translators there, they did a difficult job linguistically speaking). Just one thing to stress, it's not that we're arrogant separationnists (approx quote Ender's game, Bernard's description), it's just that we don't like you American people Posted by RevNewStar (Member # 3406) on :
Dragon so sorry to take so long to respond to your question.
Yes the first thing I ever read was: Listen, Mom and Dad
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
What's that about?
Posted by Mat (Member # 3417) on :
Hey, its my second post! I'm in Utah, and have been here for about 2 years. I sit infront of the computer most of the day, like the bum I am, programming (C, C++), doing computer graphics, and writing. And because I have so much freetime I sit around and talk to others with way to much freetime.
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Posted by Slash the Berzerker (Member # 556) on :
This is my very first post.
Posted by manz7 (Member # 2877) on :
Mahon, I'm French and proud of it - but - I'm also a US Citizen first - born & bred. I find you to be very arrogant. You sound like a spoiled brat at a cushy job. I'm 53 and have been around enough to know better than to try to snub other people.
I live in Frenchville, Maine USA and wouldn't trade your Paris to this place. My relatives were from the Normandy area in France - sad to say it's too close to Paris.
Yes, we speak French - maybe not one of your 200 or so dialects - but - we can communicate very well - even with people from Quebec, PQ - Canada.
PS: You need a lesson in humility.
Posted by Rruk (Member # 3288) on :
Slash, would you like some cookies?
Posted by Mahon (Member # 3424) on :
Sorry Manz7, thought that smileys were enough to draw the line to the big "I'm kidding" signpost. And btw, don't be too proud to be French right now ! I'm not ! PS : what's a "cushy job" ? My English isn't too good.
Posted by bryan (Member # 3412) on :
Mahon,
A "cushy job" is a job, employment, work, that is laid back, easygoing, low-stress, low-key, a "cakewalk," a walk in the park, where there is a lot of sitting on your bum, a lot of getting up to raid the vending machine, a lot of checking the score, a lot of surfing the internet (like now?), a lot of more or less surreptitious video-game playing while looking like you're working really intensely on that latest project, a lot of leaning back, a lot of putting your feet up, a lot of calling your roommate to see if they've got the cable turned on yet, a lot of breaks, a lot of stepping out, a lot of coasting, a lot of inventing new versions of office basketball with the guys down the hall,
but not a lot of actual work getting done.
Sort of like if you work for the government, from what I've seen in the US, Canada, and Belgium, and from what reponsible people report from just about every other country, except maybe Finland.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Hello, everyone. I have been lurking here for several months now, and haven't posted much. I am a fourteen-year-old sophomore in highschool, and had I cooperated, I would be a fourteen-year-old junior. You can tell then why I like the Ender/Bean series. I also live in Utah, and am quite interested in writers from here. Maybe I will post a little more sometime . . .
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Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Yes, do post more, roxy -- it sounds as if we might have some things in common Posted by manz7 (Member # 2877) on :
Mahon - Sorry about that, you hit a raw nerve. I don't usually respond to such remarks.
In the State of Maine - up until 1968, we were reprimanded if we used our French in school. So, we speak it fine but have a hard time writing it. If you want to type in French (without using a special keyboard or changing your settings) - just use the alternate keyboard that you already have. For example, you do not see the cents sign anywhere - right ¢ - except here. People are incredulous when I show them - it's right there. à å çêëèïîìÄÅÉæÆôöòû
Anyway, back to the new member info column that this posting is in:
I'm a 53 male living in Frenchville ME USA. I've been on computers since 1992 and on the internet since 1997. I've been reading as many OSC books as I can find. And I've been having fun.........
Posted by valentine wiggin (Member # 3434) on :
greetings fellow card readers, i am a new member. i just found this site a few minutes ago, and i have decided to settle. i'm a female (duh) teenager, i think Orson Scott Card is the best storyteller in this galaxy, and my favorite color is purple. i guess i'll just reveal myself with my other posts so i won't bore you with a list... great site, great books, great author, great time. see u all around...
[vw]
Posted by pequeña (Member # 3441) on :
hi just like all fo you, i'm a HUGE fan of OSC and i can't beleive it took me so long to log on here. he's the reason why i suddenly forego all other literature and buy ONLY sci fi/fantasy books. abotu 3 years ago, a friend literally forced me to read ender's game, and after reluctantly picking it up (he bugged me about it for almost a month), i fell in love. of all the authors in all the genres of books i've read (and i'm a BIG reader), i have literally never found a better writer. even when i encounter storylines and characters of his that i don't like, i realize i care enough to hate them which just reinforces the fact that he is such an amazing writer to envoke those feelings. i will definitely be back. meanwhile, i'm gonna go read the first 3 chapters of shadow puppets (i'm so excited!) during my lunchbreak. hehe
ciao!
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
What exactly do we have in common, Dragon?
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
The fact that our schools both wanted to move us up and we wouldn't let them. Posted by bryan (Member # 3412) on :
In that case you should both be grateful - my parents and my school decided moving me up was the best thing for me and didn't give me a choice. Not until after unleashing a 16-year-old as a college freshman did they decide they should have left me where I was. Posted by Polyhymnia (Member # 3465) on :
Hm. Well, it looks like I'm interrupting a discussion, so I'm terribly sorry if that's the case. I'm new here (obviously), but ever since I first read Ender's Game last year I've been a fan of OSC's. Not sure what else to say, except that I'm here, and thanks Mr. Card for writing such great books. Seems a pity that my school made Ender's Game our mandatory reading for the summer . . .
P.S. Polyhymnia is one of the muses . . . the muse of sacred music, I think . . . but you can just call me Nia for short
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Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Hey, Nia. Um, it wasn't really a discussion...only three posts long, so you weren't interrupting much of anything
Welcome, muse of sacred music!
Posted by Polyhymnia (Member # 3465) on :
hehe *bows* thank you very much, and I'm not really a muse . . . I'm just an ignorant, blundering human being, who's tired, whose brain is currently fried from too much work . . . and . . . . needs . . . . sleep Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Well, I'm sure we can find a way for you to be both a blundering human and a muse at the same time Posted by Polyhymnia (Member # 3465) on :
although of course I would rather be a muse all the time . . . oh well, one can't wish for everything, I suppose! *tries not to use another smiley face* oh well ,what the heck, I'll make it three posts in a row that have some sort of smiley face in it
Edit: Actually, it's six posts . . . I can't count!!
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Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
hey, nia welcome!! now it's seven!
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Hi! I've recently been introduced to Orson Scott Card's sotries and I am absolutely crazy over them... and I don't mean just the Ender series like other people. How does he get his ideas? He's fascinating! Brillianbt! I live in New York and I'm a little young so I don't understand all of the hidden messages but I know enough to say with pride that I am a true OSC fan!!!
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Well, a warm welcome to you, Juniper Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Welcome to hatrack!! Posted by Kate Emily (Member # 3409) on :
Hi. I'm an OSC fan from Poland. It's a great place -- here and the other side. And so addictive. I found Hatrack only about 3 weeks ago and you wouldn't believe how many hours I spent lurking! Happily I've lost count -- otherwise I might get really scared myself! Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Welcome to Hatrack Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
roxy, you seem to have taken over my job as the unofficial welcomer. quite rude.
So yes, welcome!!!
Posted by Gsee (Member # 3479) on :
Hello all....I'm one of those long time lurkers first time posters. My story is much like everyone elses. I first read Enders Game when I was in junior high, I was always a loner with a few close friends, people always told me I was smarter than everyone else (though I never beleaved them). So to make A long story short Enders Game has been my favorite book for years i'm currently 26, married and I work in customer service for a major .com company. I look forward to finnaly getting to respond to some of the threads that pop up here.
George
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, George! Er, um...welcome to membership anyway. Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
I'm so sorry, Dragon! I didn't mean to offend you, and I couldn't think of anything else to say! Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
LOL. You didn't offend me roxy; just kiddin' ya. Posted by Jenn (Member # 3491) on :
Okay, here I am. I'm Jenn, and I'm a part-time secretary at a state college and a part-time student in a pharmacy technician program. I tried the college thing twice, but it never really stuck. My worst college experience (other than chemistry) was a creative writing teacher who apparently believed your writing had to be incomprehensible to be intelligent. I agree with a former post here--if I ever write a horror story, the first to die will be named Julie.
I started reading Scott's books because my parents had them laying about the house, and as a precocious pre-teen, I had to read everything within my reach.
It's lovely to meet all of you.
Posted by kosmik (Member # 3538) on :
Hi everyone, I'm new (as of yesterday).
I'm 24, grew up in hawaii, went to high school in norway, ran off to france at 19, and have had ENOUGH of this country, so I am moving back to hawaii for x-mas - dragging my french hubby with me.
I am a true book-bulimic. It started when I was 3 1/2 years old, and hasn't stopped yet, I'm afraid. I've gotten alot more picky about what I read...
I'm good at a couple things; 1) learning languages, and 2) holding big fat books in one hand while balancing a bowl or plate between my chest and my knees and eating (usually with chopsticks) with the other hand. The only reason my mom put up with this when I was a kid, was that if she hadn't, I would have missed too many meals.
Great meeting you all
I will be sticking my nose in many, many threads around here. Can't help it. I always seem to have an opinion
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Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Well, I look forward to seeing both your nose and your opinions in many threads to come!
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Posted by blattos (Member # 3589) on :
hello everybody. I'm a french fan of OSC. I'm afraid that my english is not very good... so I'm 30 i live in the south of france. oula it s very hard to speak english for me! see you soon
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
well, if you want to be terribly lazy, go to altavista, and let the babel fish translate for you.
Posted by archetypist (Member # 3591) on :
Hello all. First time posting here. I'm a 40yo computer game designer and long-time OSC reader, living in Austin Texas. Also a dad, former scoutmaster, sailor, etc.
I look forward to talking with you all here.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Hey, archetypist, how long have you been designing?
Posted by archetypist (Member # 3591) on :
I've been doing game design professionally since about 1994. Before that I was a user interface designer and software engineer.
The most well-known game I've done was called "Meridian 59." It was the first 3D massively multiplayer game (like Ultima Online, Everquest, etc.). Since then I've done a couple of startups (doing another now!), and I worked on The Sims Online, The Sims2, and a few other games.
One of the reasons I signed up here is because I'm extremely interested in applying strong fiction to online games. This is much more difficult than it looks, and no one's really done it yet. I'm hoping to find places to discuss this sort of thing here.
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Posted by Diana (Member # 3537) on :
I haven't done anything as big as Typist but I'm proud of what i've done anyway. I was born in the Philippines and came to the US when I was three so I can understand Tagalog but sadly I can't speak it. I have two happily married parents (mother-nurse, father-computer engineer) and one older half sibling of 23years. Along with my older half sibling I have two younger sisters (ages 8 and 2) and I reside in Pennsylvania as a student still living with her parents.
Besides considering myself to be a good student I enjoy many sports especially track, basketball, and tennis and a variety of hobbies that I can't even count.
Posted by blattos (Member # 3589) on :
thank you bootninja for your advice but i am on this forum (also) to exercise my english (american if you prefere)
So I've discorvered OSC with "treasure box", it's not he's best novel as i see later at the reading of "Columbus's redemption" (is it this title in american?) which is my favourite , and Ender's game.
Well , I'm a 30 yo "girl", I'm working in a fund of retirement, it's not really interesting but I've plenty of time for my hobbies.
I hope that everybody can understand what I'm trying to say with my poor english
au revoir
Posted by enderocks! (Member # 3083) on :
hey, im kinda new,i dont post often, i "lurk" a lot. im 16, and a HUGE osc fan, nice meeting you all!
Posted by archetypist (Member # 3591) on :
Hey Diana - where are you from in the Philippines? I went to high school there and met my wife there (she's from Indiana - our families were there at the same time). And I have a son there now serving a mission (yep, I'm LDS too -- not sure how many people here are?).
Posted by Kate Emily (Member # 3409) on :
Salut, blattos! Good decision about the babel fish -- it translates in a way that only other fish can understand.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Amen to that. Babelfish can do some truly horrible things to sentences.
Blattos, you might be pleased to know that there are a number of other Frenchmen -- and women -- on this site. Most of them post on the other forum, though, about Books and American Culture (which, while I'm at it, is MUCH more active than this one).
Welcome, all of you.
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
well i never said it was a good idea or that it would work flawlessly.
you aren't doing too bad blattos. much better than if I tried to speak spanish(the only foreign language I have any experience with). the title is Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. so close enough. gee, maybe I'll go find a spanish speaking forum to bone up so to speak on my spanish.
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
also, not trying to be snobbish or anything, I thought I would help you out. the masculine possessive pronoun is his, not he's. he's is generally read as a contraction for he is, a completely different meaning. I see where you got that from, and figured out what you were trying to say, and I would like to point out that I am not being snobbish and pointing out mistakes just for the sake of pointing out mistakes. I thought I'd be helpful and point it out so you can get better. if you don't want me to, I won't do it in the future.
Posted by Kate Emily (Member # 3409) on :
Bootninja -- can't speak for blattos, of course, but anyway, feel free to point out my mistakes. I may joke about babel fish but am aware that my own English may sound queer from time to time... Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
no, it doesn't Posted by Kate Emily (Member # 3409) on :
Thanx, Kama. Encouraging, if not true...
Posted by blattos (Member # 3589) on :
lol Kate Emily I'm glad to feel your support on my fight: "speaking english!" ( euh rather writing, fortunately, you haven't the sound! ) BootNinja, don't worry... don't take so many precautions to sais that Imade a huge mistake!!! I'm happy taht you correct me (happy? the word is a little too strong...) So please correct me eachtime you thinks it's necessary. TomRobinson, I'll try the other forum but it's harder to understand...
someone could tell me what means " lurking for" and what is a "locke"?
have a nice day
Posted by youpi51 (Member # 3234) on :
Good evening !
My name is Garance. I am fourteen years old and I live in France. I am found of philosophy and policy.
I discovered Orson Scoot Card's books four years ago... and since, I always take pleasure to read again them !!! ^^ I was fascinated by "Ender's game". But since, I prefer rather "The children of the spirit".
I would be delighted to correspond with readers of Orson Scott Card.
If you want, you can contact me at this address: Youpi51@ifrance.com before 2002, June 8th
Good bye !!!
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
I've always wanted to go to France, youpi51! I like philosophy too! Oh, and what do you mean by "policy?"
Welcome to Hatrack
Posted by Bystander (Member # 3607) on :
Hi. I've just finished "Shadow of the Hegemon". At the age of 26, I'm here because I'm guessing that I would not be alone in my sense of awe at OSC's psychological writing style and depiction of intelligence as one of the guiding forces in my own development as a human being. His books do more than just entertain, they have enlightened me and augmented my abilities to deal with the world around me.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
blattos -
Lurking is when you read the posts on the forums, but you write nothing yourself.
Locke is the name Peter adapted in "Ender's Game" for his Internet character. Locke was actually a 17th century English philosopher, a founder of empiricism.
Posted by CWoj (Member # 3611) on :
Hello. I'm new sort of. I've been watching in the shadows for some time. Big OSC fan (who isn't?) I look forward to many ideas being thrown around.
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Hello, Chuck I believe I've greeted you in another thread...
Posted by blattos (Member # 3589) on :
thank you Kama shame on me: Locke, it was so obvious!!!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Hi all, I'm a huge lurking fan of this site. I first signed on about 2 1/2 years ago and I'm just getting back after a mission to Brazil, so you'll have to be patient with my lack of knowledge. I love OSC, have read the ender's series, the maker series, am loving the genesis series and a few other odds and ends that he's written. I'm a 23 year old student of music and education. It's good to know you!
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
And it's good to know you now, too Posted by jeff_k (Member # 3536) on :
Hey. I've posted on the other board some but never really made a formal introduction. My name's Jeff and I'm 14. I love basketball above all else, and although I'm not THAT great, I like to say that I'm always improving! I live in Florida, BTW.
My other passions besides basketball is writing. I've always loved creating stories in my mind and ever since I got a computer I've been churning out stories. I'm going to be startting higgh school next year and I'm in an advance curriculum called IB and I hope to someday become a writer (of what, I don't know!).
I first read Ender's Game when I was 12 and I was hooked. I've read all of the books except SOTH which I'm about a quarter of the way through now.
That's it for my formal intro. What do you think? I'm waiting nervously for your approval here so please say something nice.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Jeff, it sound as if we have a lot in common . . . basketball and writing, who'd of guessed?
Posted by DragonArin14 (Member # 3116) on :
Hey Jeff! So far, you have my approval Posted by phoenix646 (Member # 1996) on :
well, I've been here for a while, but I've been more like a recurring gas bubble than anything, so I guess I'm still pretty new.
I'm from southwest Virginia and I'm something of a hillbilly, (in case any of you thought those didn't exist anymore, we are a thriving community of hillbillies I'm going to be a senior in high school next year, and plan on going to a liberal arts college afterwards. I want to be a writer, but who knows?
I have two brothers (both older) and two sisters, and I live with my mom and dad. One of my brothers died last August in a car accident, so I'm even more screwed up now than I was before, but I'm ok.
I really want to start posting more, but we don't get the internet, so its kinda difficult.
I'm going to the beach twice, then to Europe for 16 days, so see y'all soon!
ps -nice to meet you other "new" members!
Posted by phoenix646 (Member # 1996) on :
well, I've been here for a while, but I've been more like a recurring gas bubble than anything, so I guess I'm still pretty new.
I'm from southwest Virginia and I'm something of a hillbilly, (in case any of you thought those didn't exist anymore, we are a thriving community of hillbillies I'm going to be a senior in high school next year, and plan on going to a liberal arts college afterwards. I want to be a writer, but who knows?
I have two brothers (both older) and two sisters, and I live with my mom and dad. One of my brothers died last August in a car accident, so I'm even more screwed up now than I was before, but I'm ok.
I really want to start posting more, but we don't get the internet, so its kinda difficult.
I'm going to the beach twice, then to Europe for 16 days, so see y'all soon!
ps -nice to meet you other "new" members!
Posted by phoenix646 (Member # 1996) on :
Whoops put it on twice uhhhhhhh......take one off if you know how, please, 'cause I don't
uh, bye again
Posted by phoenix646 (Member # 1996) on :
dang it- I just had to say something else...
I LOVE ENDER'S GAME, Etc,etc, and I am currently reading The Wheel of Time series; its great.
jeff, you have my full acceptance and approval and all you other people, for what its worth...
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
problem solved. take that money you were going to use to go to europe, and get internet instead. then you can post every day, like me. On second thought, it sounds like you actually have a life. stay as far away from the internet as possible, my friend, it will kill any kind of life you may have, and you will sit at home at your computer typing insignificant messages into a little white text box all day every day, until finally, you will realize, hey, what happened to me? I've turned into an internet junkie, and will proceed to find an online support group which, instead of helping you, will actually increase the problem, until one day, when you are 76 years old, you will have a heart attack while surfing the internet, and nobody will notice, because you never came out of your house anyway, and you will sit in your house and rot for weeks and weeks, until the smell drives the neighbors to call the cops, and get them to remove your body.
gee, that last part got pretty morbid, should I edit it out? ... ... ... no, I don't think so...
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Posted by Lakhim (Member # 3622) on :
My name is Lakhim, im highly opinionated, love to read all fiction minus fantasy, and all non fiction works of history. It really isnt importent to know how old i am. I like all of Card's books, though i am a fan of the older books, not Shadow of the Hegemon, IMHO, i like the Speaker for the Dead seires better then the newer books (minus Ender's Shadow) I also cant spell. Not very well at all. I wish that everything would be spelled phoniclly(yes, msp)make life a ton easyer. I am a writer of sorts, trying to clear though the mush in my head to finish outlining my ol' dusty Historical Fiction novel. Oh yes, and all my ideas are stolen off of everyone else, all my writings, stories, and most other things are a composite of everone that ive read. But i change them so they become my own in my own specle way. Oh yes, and I do agree with Card's article two simple proposals. Slavery reparations are a little bit out of hand, you dont sue a company for something that happened +-200 years ago, its like charging hitlers photograph with genocide. And the Iseal/Arab world conflict is a tid bit off the wall, the religons are very much the same. Jewdism (sry) is the root, Christianity is a continuation beleaving that Christ is the Savor(srry) of the world, with the old testimint comprising the Jewish beleaves, (or rather, the first 5 books as writen my Moses) and Islam beleaves that Jesus is just a profit( srry) Im rambling. I have a habit of doing that too.
Posted by jeff_k (Member # 3536) on :
Well, it's nice to know I have some approval from some people here. I've been a reg at message board in the past that acted kind of like a cult, not letting anyone new in. It was kind weird , actually. The really sad part is I was in on the whole "No newbies" thing. ANyways, I got out of that long ago so don't worry, I'm not going to contaminate this board with impoliteness!
Also, welcome, Lakhim. I totally agree with your ramblings (don't know what else to call them) about the Middle East. But, people have hated each other for reasons a lot more minute than that in the past, so it's not surprising that this goes on today. I also agree with you on your stance against reparations.
Keep rambling, my friend. You do a fine job at it.
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Posted by MoonRabbit (Member # 3652) on :
I'm from Portland, Oregon and have been into speculative fiction ever since I can remember (I went to a Star Trek convention in 1977 where there were rumors of a Star Trek movie!). I found Ender's Game by looking at the walls of my local bookstore (Powells Books - has to be one of the best bookstores in the world) - Science Fiction writers would write their favorite books on the walls when they were there for book signings, and I would buy whatever they recommended. Since then, I've tried to read everything by OSC, but I've had trouble finding the second book in the Mayflower series (hint, hint).
What I really love about OSC is that just the introductions and epilogues of his books are more interesting than many other books. For those of us who aspire to be writers, it is really nice to be able to get an insight on the creative process from someone who has actually sold some books.
What I really hate about OSC is that while I'm trying to read one of his books with a critical eye and figure out how he managed to construct a particularly good passage, I get sucked in by the story and find myself a hundred pages from where I started. This happens again and again, and it's starting to tick me off.
Posted by Shedemei (Member # 3860) on :
Hello everyone, I'm new here and would like to introduce myself. I'm from Finland, started reading OSC when first of the Alvin books was published in Finnish, that was 1997. But not until last winter after I read Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead I became a fan. After that I've searched and read all the books of OSC there are in Finnish libraries, unfortunately they don't have all of them! Guess I should ask for a raise to be able to buy the rest. They have all been so good I can't name any favourites. I like them all.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
See? Even the Finnish guy can write with decent English grammar.
Welcome, Shedemei.
And, I'm trying to figure out how the heck I missed MoonRabbit's intro. MoonRabbit - If you haven't abandoned Hatrack completely after your meager two posts, your fellow PDX 'rackers would like you to know that the more Portlanders we get in here the quicker we can implement our plan to take over and rule Hatrack, thence moving on to our subsequent plan of taking over the world.
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
I thought we had already put this argument to bed. Of course a finnish guy is going to speak "proper english" when he speaks english, because by and large, they don't teach you slang or internet slang in a foreign language class.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
It's true, Ninja. I only use the " " smilie when I mean serious business.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Hi everyone. I'm another new one. I'm 35 and a dirt engineer in Orlando, the land of the rat. The first OSC I read was Ender's Game and I've read just about everything else he's written since then.
As far as "proper English" goes, I work with a few Brits that constantly let us know that we Americans don't speak "proper English" (ie the Queen's English). It is my humble opinion that as the only superpower left in the world, it is our right - no, our obligation - to determine what is or isn't proper English. I'm still trying to convince them that aluminum is pronounced with 4 syllables, not 5.
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
my appologies, ralphie, I didn't notice the smilie. and as far as the queen's english goes, the queen can kiss my butt.
how on earth could they possibly pronounce aluminum as five syllables? in other news, we seem to have revived the thread.
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Posted by tarigwaemir (Member # 3870) on :
Hello, my name is NOT really Tari. That's a name I came up with in fifth grade when I had just finished The Silmarillion and looked up random words in the appendix. Thus you have Tari Gwaemir or "Queen Windjewel." <winces> Okay, so I was a bit tasteless then, but the name is useful.
I'm a Korean-American high school senior in New York. I attend a selective "lab" school, and I've been in G&T programs all my life. This is important because the way I got introduced to Ender's Game, and sequels, was through the SET mailing list, which consists of smart kids, most of whom are much more brilliant than I am. *They* raved about the book; I read it and raved too. Since then, I've read all the Ender and Ender-related books, the Homecoming series, the Women of Genesis books, Songmaster, Treasure Box, Enchantment, and a couple of others. Sorry, Alvin Maker fans, I'm not touching those, even though I like fantasy. I don't enjoy alternative history-type stories.
My friends and I are in the process of creating a colossal Ender's Game fan site, which will probably never be finished. But the good part is that I've reread the Ender books at least six or seven times in the process. Now I know all sorts of picky things like the fact that Peter has dark hair and that the nurse who helps take out Ender's monitor is named DeeDee.
I wanted to go to Endercon, but it was in Utah. Why are all the conventions in obscure little towns in the Midwest? I mean, there *is* a big city right here on the East coast with plenty of people who have way too much free time on their hands. Oh yeah, and why isn't OSC coming to New York for SP signings? <mourns> I envy California, North Carolina and Utah...
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Boot -- I have heard people pronounce it "Aa - Lu - Min - Ee - Um." These people usually say "Nook - You - Ler," too.
Tari, welcome to Hatrack! Be careful about telling your Ender Saga knowledge... someone may try to rope you into a trivia match.
--Pop
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
yes, Moose, we know, we know
welcome, Tari If you want to annoy Papa, just use looooots of smilies. See?
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
What? What'd I say? <Innocent face wearing halo.>
Posted by tarigwaemir (Member # 3870) on :
Oh I wouldn't dare claim to challenge the Ender trivia master.
I do have Ender's Game on the brain though. I dream about the battle room at night.
Posted by Humani (Member # 3892) on :
Hi, I just found this page today. I finished reading Hegemon's Shadow yesterday. Before that I read the 4 books in the Enders series, and Ender's Shadow. I read the first few books, from, I think it was Homecoming Series, but they weren't as good. And also People of the Fringe. The Ender and Bean books are the best books I ever read. Especially the last one Hedgemon's Shadow, probably becasue I'm interested in Politics. So now I'm waiting for the Shadow Puppets, which I've just read is going to come out on this site. I'm from England, and I'm now living in Holland on work experience. I'm 21 years old, and a student in York. I'm married already and my husband is from China.
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Posted by Vampyr18 (Member # 3694) on :
hey, i've read EG, SftD, Xen, CotM, ES, SotH, Lost Boys, First Meetings, the Worthing Saga, Seventh SOn, Red Prophet and i'm in the middle of Prentice Alvin.
Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :
Funny that vampyr chooses now to introduce himself to the site. I feel like we already know you already, you've posted so much.
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
Greetings, all.
I'm done lurking, and decided to get myself a name and a password, and here I am.
I learned about OSC when my best friend lent me his copy of _Ender's Game_ because he was convinced I would love it. I did, and then returned the favor when the Alvin Maker series came out.
I live in northern Virginia right now, but move around a lot due to my job.
Glad to meet you all.
Posted by Airguitarist (Member # 2647) on :
I've been browsing around here at hatrack for a while now, but I rarely get around to posting between sports and school. I'm a highschooler living in the San francisco bay area. I discovered OSC in the sixth grade when a friend lent me his copy of Enders game, and I've been hooked since.
Posted by En Vista (Member # 3848) on :
Hiya, I'm a 20-yr-old waitress/photojournalist/novelist. Been a Card fan since high school, but just recently found a new appreciation. I've been out of full time work since last October, so if anyone needs a wedding video done....
Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :
fishtail, you going to the signing in bailey's crossroads?
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
I will definitely go if I'm in town. When is it?
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
<looks around suspiciously then leaves>
Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :
september 19 at 7pm
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
Yep, I'll be there.
Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :
I'm hoping I can go because it is on a Thursday and so if I have alot of homework I won't be able to go, but everyone cross their fingers for me, ok?
Oh yeah, and today I got my copy of First Meetings! It got here alot faster than I thought it would. I can't wait to read it. I have to finish the Worthing Saga short stories first though.
Posted by stacey (Member # 3661) on :
Hey!
Im Stacey, havn't been here that long. Im 15, from New Zealand. umm, i like horse riding, reading(of course), feild hockey. As you can see from some of my posts, i am prone to getting into or starting arguments, sometimes i can be quite arrogant
Enders game is my fav book of all time! I am appaled at my parents, because theyve had it on the bookcase for years and didnt tell me about it! I only just discovered it this year!Ive read it eight times and counting, sometimes i read it 2 or 3 times in a row because when ive just finished it i want to read it all over again!I love it!
Posted by stacey (Member # 3661) on :
"The fact that our schools both wanted to move us up and we wouldn't let them."
You guys made the right choice, roxy and Dragon. I didn't really have a choice whether i was put up a year or not, the teachers decided it was right for me. I wish I hadn't been put up. I am the youngest in my form, most are turning 17 at the start of the year and i turn 16 in september, so i had trouble when everyone started getting their licences and boyfriends and stuff when i was still too young, really confusing. I really hated school and used to pretend that i was sick so i didnt have to go! But its better now, but im not as far ahead now because ive had so many days off.
Why did you guys decide not to get put up?
I was pretty young when i was put up, younger than ten, how old were you guys?
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
hey fly, just take your homework with you and do it while standing in line
Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :
good idea...thanks boot
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
Yeah, that's the ticket. Especially since the last time I saw him at that venue (I think it was in '99) I was on the back of the line, and didn't get out of there until near midnight! What a great time, though...OSC is one of the best authors I've ever met in person. Much less cranky than Harlan Ellison!
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
I did get put up once. I was eleven, I think, but they tried again when I was thirteen, and I wouldn't let them. Two years ahead would've been too much for me.
Posted by Lisa Kane (Member # 3928) on :
Hi, new member today. I'm from near Manchester, England (Great Commonwealth Games guys). I am also an al-u-min-ium pronouncer.
Looking forward to discussing (arguing??) with you
[This message has been edited by Lisa Kane (edited August 05, 2002).]
Posted by tarigwaemir (Member # 3870) on :
Personally, I disagree with the whole idea of refusing to skip grades. It's a personal choice, of course, but in my case, I didn't regret it. Of course, I got put up really early, when I was seven, so I probably had less of a difficult time. I had some trouble with making new friends and I went to see the counselor rather too frequently, but academically, skipping a grade was hardly a problem.
I feel like I wasted a lot of time in school waiting for teachers to review material from previous years, and I find the pace much too slow in many of my classes. The only subject where I feel like I'm at the right level is in math, and that's the one subject where I'm yet another year ahead, because I chose to accelerate in ninth grade. So of course, it's your choice, but skipping a grade may save you some valuable time yawning in class.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
I also am a year ahead in math. I just didn't feel at the time that a thirteen-year-old should be going into tenth grade.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
They wanted to put me back a year, but I just wasn't comfortable with the idea. Maybe it's okay for some OTHER people to be kept behind, that's a decision every 'special' child has to make, but I didn't feel it was right for me.
I graduated upper-class twit of the year, and I've never been sorry for it. Not once.
Posted by Such Beauty (Member # 4000) on :
Hello all. I'm a new member, although I've been reading for a week or two.
I'm a new Card fan - about a month ago I heard some friends of mine debating the Ender books (specifically Speaker for the Dead), & decided to see what all the fuss was about. Needless to say, I just loved them. I loved the characterization, the situations, everything. I personally prefer the Speaker books to the Shadow books, but I think all of them are great.
Yesterday, I went out & after going through three book stores, bought all of the Ender books (some used). I'm leaving for college soon, & I'm happy that I'll have them with me!
I just want to talktalktalk about Ender. My friends are getting a little annoyed! But I feel that there's SO much to get from them, why shouldn't they be discussed?
I have Enchantment sitting on my nightstand, ready to read, but I have another book to finish before I get to it. After that, I hope to branch out to more Card books.
Umm, let's see. I'm Sarah, 18, from Richmond, VA, &...yeah.
And I kind of chose my username on a whim - one of my favorite quotes from Ender's Game is "I could follow such beauty," (Ender to Bonzo), so, well, I just kind of went from there.
[This message has been edited by Such Beauty (edited August 14, 2002).]
Posted by Enigma (Member # 4005) on :
Hi! I'm a long time OSC fan and I love Ender's Game, you wouldn't believe how Ender has changed my perspective of the world. I've come to this forum and randomly lurked around a few times in the past year or so, but I've never thought I would have the time to hang here regularly. I still can't, I'm a very busy person (aren't we all), but I'll try to check in at least once/twice a week.
About me: I'm 17, a senior in high school/ freshman in college (dual-enrolled) and I plan to double major in music (violin and piano) and biology (genetics). I'm also an avid reader (when time allows for it).
I hope to have many interesting discussions here on hatrack!
Posted by Speaker for the Dead430 (Member # 4021) on :
Sup, i'm kelvin, 14, from the beautiful city of Vancouver. (aside from the high sale tax, polluted water, stupid politicans, drugess
I've read almost every book by OSC, and just loves how he addresses the downside of Human nature, like in Speaker for the Dead, Children of the mind...
I also read LOTR, Dream of Eagle series by Jack Whyte, Dragonlance, and the Golden Compass series by Philip Pullman
Posted by powerfulcheese04 (Member # 4022) on :
Hi! I'm new! My name's Kim. I'm 16 and from Texas. I love OSC, the author, and OSC, the person. I've read all the Ender stuff, and, I've started the Alvin Maker stuff. Errr.. uhh.. can't think of anything else to say, other than, "I don't wanna go to schoooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
hey, speaker, my favorite show is filmed in your city(well, right outside it).
Posted by Speaker for the Dead430 (Member # 4021) on :
Hey Bootnija, whihc one?
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
Smallville
oh, and if you happen to see allison mack, I'll be your best friend for life if you get me her autograph. Her last name is the same as my first name. But that has nothing to do with my interest.
[This message has been edited by BootNinja (edited August 19, 2002).]
Posted by SkepticTank (Member # 3800) on :
Hello, new member here who can't think of anything to type right now. Just finished reading SP and I guess I'm still stuck in the Ender Universe.
Doesn't help that I'm super-stoked about meeting OSC later on today in San Jose!!!! YEBBA!!!! First time to ever go to a book signing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll be struck dumb when it's my turn to meet him. Maybe I'll just jot down all my questions and stand there with a goofy grin. Or maybe pantomime. I dunno, we'll see what happens. So if anybody else notices a mute weirdo gyrating all over the place in a Dragon Army shirt, that'd be me.
And speaking of Smallville, Kristin Kreuk is WHOAAA!!!!
Posted by BootNinja (Member # 2296) on :
Kristin is all right, but she doesn't hold a candle to Allison. but perhaps here is not the place for this argument. we don't want the topic nazis to arrest us. :-D
Posted by Orson (Member # 4031) on :
Great posts everyone! Keep up the good work.
Posted by Briesis (Member # 4025) on :
Hi all! My name is Kathy and I'm obviously new! I'm 22 and I live in Mississippi. I have read OSC since I was thirteen and currently own every OSC novel that has ever been in print. Funny thing is I never bought a one! My brother never knew what to get me for christmas and birthdays till he gave me Ender's Game. After that I always requested an Orson book. He gives me four a year and has recently been having to delve to in the internet to buy out of print novels. This year he has nothing left to buy because he already bought me SP (yesterday in advance for my birthday!) and that's all I know are coming out! I feel so bad for him! I told him he'll half to start getting the Tolkien stuff now! Also my husband throughly enjoys all the OSC books and he is the only person I have ever known besides my brother to read them. So I'm so happy to have finally joined this message board! I have so much I want to talk about and now I have ya'll to talk with! I hope ya'll have a great day! Posted by Ari (Member # 4035) on :
I'm 14. I read and I write and I sing and I dance and I act and I draw and I dictate very long, extremely annoying run-on sentences.
You might know me from the ROC, where I'm known as Mortari. And that's about it. No more. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Whee. ^_^
[This message has been edited by Ari (edited August 20, 2002).]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
That's a lot of smilies, Briesis, even for an intro post.
edit: Briesis, Brisies. Whatever.
[This message has been edited by Ralphie (edited August 20, 2002).]
Posted by Knobe (Member # 4037) on :
I am 14 and a different kinda guy Well I'm just different
Posted by Larner (Member # 4042) on :
I just joined today and I'm looking forward to this forum!
A friend of mine suggested I read Ender's Game, so I headed to the library to check it out. It seemed to be a popular book since it was out on both occasions, so I decided to take out Seventh Son and now I'm hooked on the Alvin Maker series.
I have read Seventh Son, Red Prophet, Prentice Alvin, and just started Alvin Journeyman and look forward to reading Heartfire.
I am just about hooked on the Alvin Maker series and recommend it to all my friends!!!
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Hi, I just became a new member yesterday. I never thought that I would do this kind of thing. I came here about 6 months ago and read some of the subjects in this forum. I almost signed up then, but decided not to. Then, I bought Shadow Puppets on Monday and read in in seven hours. I came here because I didn't have anyone to discuss it with (none of my friends have read it yet). As I suspected there were already a couple discussions on the book going on. Anyway, now I'm starting to have a lot of fun.
My name is Jennie and I am 19 years old just about to start my sophmore year in college. OSC is my favorite author, but I love to read almost anything. That's about it that I can think of right now...
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Knobe, how are you so different?
Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :
wow hansen, my name is Jennie too. I love it when I find people spelled the same way. What's funny is that you are the second person today that I have found named Jennie. The last time I found someone named Jennie was almost 7 years ago, so I thought that that was pretty cool.
[This message has been edited by flyby (edited August 22, 2002).]
Posted by Kathryn98466 (Member # 4173) on :
Hi, I'm a new member and I thought I'd like to introduce myself in this topic. My name is Kathryn, (as my user name would imply) and I am a freshman in high school. I am a huge Orson Scott Card fan, and have read about 20 of his books. I really like browsing around this website, so I thought it would be fun to be a part of this message board. So, that's my little introduction, I look forward to interacting with some of you in the future!
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Hey! I'm new, sort of, so i thought I'd check in. I'm 17, live in Indiana, 5'6", blond, yeah. I've read about half his books, I thought it was more until I started counting, and realized how many I haven't read. Oh well, I'll be forced to make another trip to the library....
Posted by farfetched (Member # 4129) on :
New member, saying hi!! I've already posted on other subject matters because, like many of you, I'm opinionated and love to share it. I'm a mother of 4, and a foster mom of numberless. I found OSC 18 years ago when my brother offered "Ender's Game" to me. I will always be in his debt, though the years of waiting for OSC to finish writing additions to his collections were torturous.
I'm LDS myself and am constantly in awe of how OSC weaves all the fundamentals of the gospel as we understand it into his writing so that it stands out clearly and obviously to members, and yet tells that story so engrossingly that those with no doctrinal background enjoy and appreciate the tale as well. That's amazing to me.
I'm still on pins an needles for the final books of the Alvin Maker series, but when they are finally written and read, I think I miss the waiting.
Well, that's about it. I'm really going to enjoy taking part in this wonderful forum. THANKS
Posted by Delora (Member # 4260) on :
Hi, I'm Delora (as if the user name didn't give it away) and I'm a 22yo female and lifetime Northern VA resident (grew up in Falls Church and now live in Fairfax). I'm a part-time college student and stay-at-home mother.
I've been an OSC fan since I was 12 when a friend gave me Speaker for my birthday. I read that and enjoyed the story, but was thoroughly confused at parts. It wasn't until after I finished that I found out it was a sequel to Ender's Game, which I promptly read, and was subsequently hooked
I've seen OSC 3 times now at book signings in VA, and had first lurked on this site 2yrs ago after finding out about it at a signing. I only recently came back a month or so ago.
And that's my life history in 150 words or less... You may or may not see me posting on the boards. I tend to be opinionated and outspoken, but also have very little free time. Thankfully I do work from home and can freely surf while working So, if you have any questions/comments/gripes, please let me know
~Delora
Posted by Doug J (Member # 1323) on :
Hi, my name is Doug. I've just discovered OSC and find him pretty intresting. How is this website?
Posted by Dragon_Mage (Member # 4262) on :
Hello, I'm a 18 year old college freshmen from Missouri. I discovered Ender's Game by accident last year, when my high school's library ran out of books that interested me. Being forced to find a book, I picked the first one that looked descent, which happened to be Ender's Game. Now, I'm a hardcore fantasy fan, having read LOTR when I was 12, and many other novels. Ender's Game was the first truely sci-fi book I enjoyed. Later that year I read not only the Speaker books, but Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon. Just last week I picked up Shadow Puppets and couldn't put it down. After about 12 hours of reading, I finished it. OSC is the only writer who's works about global domination and manipulation I can stand(Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets).
Posted by Stringbean (Member # 4163) on :
My name is Craig and I'm 14 from Orange County, California. I first discovered Ender's Game and OSC when I was buying a video game. The guy ringing it up asked me if I liked reading (obvious yes!!!!), then recommended it. I picked it up a week later and set it down only to sleep and eat. Since then I have read it at least ten times. I also devoured the rest of the series. I finished Shadow Puppets in line at the Pasedena book signing where I got my Ender collection signed. Other interests of mine include wrestling, playing the piano, and watching/reading/waiting for LOTR.
Posted by Simon Jester (Member # 4286) on :
Hello all. I'm a 21-year-old college student (Theater major, Telecommunications minor) from Columbia City, Indiana (about 30 miles west of Fort Wayne for all you Hoosiers). I also work with a local theater/comedy troupe when I have the time, cook when I have the ingredients, and write when I have the inspiration.
My first OSC novel was Ender's Game, which was recommended to me by Howard Tayler (I think I've seen him post here - be sure to check out Schlock Mercenary). Since then, I've read the entire Ender series up to Shadow Puppets - that's next on the list. I've also read the first two Homecoming books. Actually, Mr. Card is one of only two current SF authors I read on a regular basis (the other being John Barnes). I'm still working my way through the Old Guard (especially Asimov and Heinlein), and haven't really bothered with anyone new yet.
Anyway, I hope I don't step on to many toes while I'm still learning the ropes around here.
[This message has been edited by Simon Jester (edited September 26, 2002).]
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
This thread doesn't do us any good if no one ever finds it, does it. We should put it back into use, seeing as how there are quite a few people that haven't 'introduced' themselves to me yet! Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Howdy. I'm a twenty-one-year-old college student in Provo, Utah. I have a major in English and a minor in art, though that will change next year to a major in English language and minors in editing and art. I'm an editor for the department of independent study, meaning I edit new course manuals. I enjoy reading, writing, playing around with my web site, drawing and painting, cooking when I'm not too lazy, and lots of other stuff.
My first OSC novel was Ender's Game, which was assigned to us in tenth grade English. I loved it and went on to read the rest of the Ender books. I've also read Pastwatch, though I haven't gotten around to picking up any other OSC fiction. Shame on me. As soon as I've got time, I'll work on that.
Questions? Comments? Feel free to ask. Concerns? Criticism? Keep those to yourself.
Posted by Launcelot (Member # 3217) on :
This is a user name that I got from Toretha who wasn't using it. I'm 18 and go to N C State, majoring in computer science. I mostly just read, play video games(mostly gameboy), and do stuff on the computer(internet, etc.).
My first OSC book was Enders Game, which I read in the seventh grade. It was recommended to me by my brother and mother. I have since read the rest of the Ender books and the Bean books except Shadow Puppets. I have read all the Homecoming and Alvin Maker books. I've read Treasure Box, Lost Boys, Homecoming, Pastwatch, Wyrms, Songmaster, Folk of the Fringe, Sarah, Stone Tables, and several other that I can't remember but the total is somewhere around 23 books by OSC that I've read. I'm currently reading H. G. Wells book the Last War(originaly titled The World Set Free). And I plan to read more Asimov, and other classics.
I've actually been lurking around here for a little more than a month.
Posted by crystalc87 (Member # 3672) on :
Hi everyone. I'm new here too. I've accually been lurking for a while but this is my first post. I live in Alaska, i'm 15 years old, and i'm a sophomore in high school. The first time i read Ender's Game was in my 8th grade English class and i've been hooked ever since.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Finally another sophomore!! If you've been lurking for a while, then welcome to the 'posting' side of Hatrack! Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
*coughsophscough*
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
better than what we get called at dear old granger high . . .
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
What do they call you at Granger? At Cyprus, the worst thing I ever got called was "squashmore," and that was by my older brother's friends. They were total geeks, though, so they didn't have room to talk. Posted by crystalc87 (Member # 3672) on :
well at least "squashmore" isn't as bad as what they call u when you'r a freshman. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Where I'm from, the freshmen go to the junior high, so the sophomores are the youngest kids at the high school. Don't ask me why they do it that way; I don't know.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Wait, but them would the sophmores be freshman?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
They fill the freshman role, but they're still technically sophomores. Like I said, I don't really get it. It's weird when you're a freshmen because you're technically a high-schooler, but you're at the junior high still. Teachers keep telling you that everything's going on your transcript, so you'd better think about college, but you're still in school with twelve-year-olds.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Jon Boy, you went/go to Cyprus?
You know, I've been wondering that same thing, about the freshmen going to Junior High. We get called squashmore here, too.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Went to Cyprus. I graduated way the heck back in 1999. Now I'm at college.
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Roxy... I HATE YOU! THAT MAKES ME THE DUMBEST ONE ON THE FORUM!!!!
Two years? How smart are you? The most i can say is i'm ahead in english, math, italian, and sci by one year!! WAaaahh!!! I hate ny!
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Only one year, cuz i didn't want to . . . You can't be the dumbest one on this forum, that title's already been given to Glass
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Don't feel bad... you're my favorite person now!!
Posted by Maethoriell (Member # 3805) on :
*coughpostsluttingcough*
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Sorry, I should have put this at the end of my post, to show my sarcasm! Didn't mean to upset anyone . . . Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Well, good, since you look like Vin Diesel, in the right light, and with the right amount of alcoholic beverage . . . Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
See, the problem is he never takes anything seriously.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
and deletes posts . . . kinda left the conversation empty, didn't it?
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
yep, yep! Oh well, I still have you, buddy ol' pal! LOL!
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
as long as I don't go anywhere . . . lol
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Yay! You're here!
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Well, so do the evil plots begin to take shape now? Or do we start planning later?
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Now, I suppose... I don't have much time, though...
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
neither do I, things go by so fast . . .
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
BUT NOT THIS THREAD!!!!! Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
I know the feeling...
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
hehe exactly!
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
nobody else is posting on this thread but us, does that appear strange to anyone else?
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
...I guess we took it over! Now all we have to do is conquer the otherside... but if we do that....... What will we do after? Roxy, are you in vbs?
Posted by akak (Member # 1117) on :
Hi... my name's michelle... and I'm OSC addicted.
C ya! ~Michelle
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
oy vey, michelle's worse than I am...
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
npoe, not in vbs, should I be?
Posted by Adi Gallia (Member # 3561) on :
Hellooo out there. Is anyone still posting???
-I'm new, and can't seem to think of a better use for my new found posting privlages. Will write something more interesting when coffee buzz kicks in...
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
*formerly nameless lurking newbie wanders into forum...*
Hello, anybody here?
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Hi ! I come from Paris and am a big fan of OSC... and being an OSC fan in France is quite hard, trust me. On the forums, people talk about "shadow of the puppet", for instance... this one isn't even out in here !!!!! Of course, I tried to find it in English ; but you couldn't even guess the how little english book stores there are in here. You lucky fellas can read books I have never heard of...
Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :
Dear Altaris, Welcome! I hope you don't have to wait too long for Shadow Puppets in France. Our french publisher is actually one of our best in the world -- I know they are working on getting it out as quickly as possible. We just had another new members from France -- check out the thread he/she posted on. Can't remember the name of the tread -- think it was L'Ombre de l'Hegemon. Best, Kristine Card
[This message has been edited by kacard (edited December 31, 2002).]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
One more thing: there's a distinction between the shadow of a puppet and a shadow puppet.
Un ombre de la marionette versus une marionette d'ombre.
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Yup. I'm sorry about this ! I didn't know the exact title at the time I was writing ; and since I just have read "Shadow of the Hegemon", I guessed it would be "Shadow of the puppet..." well, obviously it's not, so I apologize.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
No, no! No need to apologize; I was just poking you a bit. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Geez, Tom! There you go again, picking on the French! Haven't they been picked on enough?
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Don't worry about the French... they're fine !!! A bit of poking is alright Oh, and, BTW... in my country, the New Year is in 3 hours, so I wish u all a really, really happy new year (hopefully, reading some news OSC books )
Posted by ravenclaw (Member # 4377) on :
another nameless lurker is I... I am very OSC addicted and well book addicted in general. you'd think my writing skills would be better after all that reading, but they are not. I have been lurking here because I was reading posts by a certain boy at my school who happens to be a hatracker... I must admit I have completely fallen for him, and he is oblivious. watch out, it could be YOU! Posted by hegemony (Member # 4324) on :
Hello everybody, i m glad that Hatrack accepts new registrations i m a french OSC fan and apparently i m not the only one... and happy new year !
[This message has been edited by hegemony (edited January 02, 2003).]
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Yeah, roxy, it's a cool forum...
Anyways, I'd like to give an extended very warm welcome to the new comers!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!
*hugs*
Posted by hegemony (Member # 4324) on :
its so sweet, thanks !
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Really sweet from u Juniper... thanx for the greeting !!
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
You're welcome!!!
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
Hello! I'm Christy, Tom Davidson's wife, and I have been lurking for a little over a year now and peeking over Tom's shoulder sometimes as he writes. I know many of you have heard a good deal about me, so I was a bit sheepish about actually posting.
I am glad that registration has now been opened, though, and I decided to bite the bullet and post
So, hi all!
Christy
Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :
Hi Christy! So glad to finally meet the other half of one of our favorite Hatrackers! Welcome, Kristine Card
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
Hi Kristine
I'm glad to be aboard and have enjoyed the warm welcomes. Thanks!
Posted by imtheskywhoru? (Member # 4404) on :
is anyone here?
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Actually... I think lots of hatrackers r here, yes why do u ask ? (o, BTW, Hello and Welcome to u, Christine )
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Welcome one, welcome all!!!
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Oooohhhhh, I don't suppose you want to help one failing, faltering french student, but if you do just tell me, and I'll be grateful for any help you want to give.
Salut! Je m'appelle blacwolve. Je ne parle pas francois beacoup. Is that right? I tried to say I don't speak French very well, but I'm still not sure of the order of things.
Posted by verosthenes (Member # 4394) on :
Hi everyone Im a new user. HOWS EVERYBODY?!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
hahaha I wait two weeks and they finally allow new registrations!!! How exciting! *giggles in delight* This should be very interesting ...
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
oh and by the way, welcome all to hatrack! Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Yes, roxy and I will be your tour people.. This is the greatest section to the irght. Over by the left you see the Books, Food, and American culture forum.... Roxy, Continue...
Posted by Beca (Member # 4340) on :
Good morning!
I am Garden Gnome - finally posting under a non-borrowed username. I live with Suneun, am friends with Mike and Martha, and have been lurking for a while....
Many thanks to MrSquicky for letting me use Garden Gnome!
-Beca
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
*hugs Beca*
WELCOME!
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Hi, Blacwolve, and welcome... Well, I dunno what kind of help u need, but if it's about speaking or translating to french, I don't mind giving u a hand - provided it's not TOO much work But since this forum isn't really about helping other peoples for their foreign-language studying, just e-mail me !!
Posted by Damander (Member # 4439) on :
Hi! I'm a new member, just registered today. Let me just say I've spent the whole school year jealous of my roommate who had a regitration for this forum because I couldn't register. So it's a relief to finally be registered too I love to read and OSC is an excellent author. Everything he writes is always so thought provoking to me. I'm glad to be here!
Posted by Ark (Member # 4424) on :
My name is Ark, I'm 16, a male, and from Florida. I enjoy reading, anime, and almost everything else one would normally associate with a geek. I think that pretty much covers it for me obligatory childish introduction. It feels like the first day of school again.
Anyways, as I'm sure everyone else here is, I'm a big OSC fan. I've already posted in a few other places on the board, but I figured I might as well post here too.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Hi Damander Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
DAMANDER!!!! WELCOME!!!
I love anime toooo! ^_______________________^
Posted by bmeaker (Member # 4443) on :
Hello, I've posted here a couple of time using the name Launcelot, given to me by a member. I'm 18 and a student at NCSU.
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Welcome! Welcome!
Posted by Damander (Member # 4439) on :
Juniper, Thanks for the warm welcome, but uh, I didn't say anything about anime, that was Ark. I actually really hate anime (sorry).
Posted by Leanne (Member # 4456) on :
Ok, this for new members huh? Here goes nuffin- I'm Leanne (obviously) Additced to OSC, the best I consider is Ender's Shadow. I'm a sophmore who's taking way to many hard classes. I love anime and manga (just had to add that after previous comment about anime ^.~) Not all that much to say 'bout me up front, I've got AIM i'm YuiFY3 if you'd care to look me up. Talk later loves-
Posted by Akma (Member # 4345) on :
Hi, I'm a newcomer, believe it or not, I just noticed this thread, so I am a little thread. I am somewhat disappointed. There are so many people who posted here, yet very few have written anything. Don't be afraid to post. I have found that if the topic doesn't go well, it either changes into something really interesting, or it just goes away, just post your opinions. I am speaking for myself saying I wont get mad, and I can't speak for these theory people, but I will defend you if God forbid anyone flames you.
Posted by kevin%kuhl (Member # 4457) on :
Hi just like to post here as well I'm also a member of VBS. Interested in acting, anime too (just bought Akira Special Edition), skiing etc.
Posted by Leanne (Member # 4456) on :
I was just woundering- is Shadow Puppets the end or dose OSC plan another, I'll go insane with the ending he left us in Puppets! *sob* the horror! No more Bean- is their such a thing? *sigh* I should add that I'm a little on the dramatic side ^.~
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Leanne: Yes, there will be another book.
*SPOILER WARNING*
. . . . .
But Bean will still die.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Bean dies? ah..... how do you know this?
Posted by Leanne (Member # 4456) on :
Now I can't make up my mind: do a happy dance for another book, or pout about him dieing anyway. >.< bah humbug, oh well I knew he'd go in the end. His entire story was leading up to it. I wonder who the antagonist will be now that-
SPOILER WARNING
Achilles dies.... *ponders* Thank you for the info tho ^_^
Posted by Akma (Member # 4345) on :
Arghhh. Is this true for anyone else? Spoiler just wants to make me read it more! Oh, well, I guess I knew Card was leading up to it.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"how do you know this?"
*MORE MINOR SPOILERS*
Because OSC told me. If you're on this site long enough, you'll also hear how the Alvin Maker books will end. *grin*
Of course, he ALSO said that he was never going to write another book that took place after Children of the Mind, and he's now announced that he's working on one that will introduce one of Bean's children to Peter and Wang-Mu. So who knows?
Posted by Leanne (Member # 4456) on :
O.O you have to much insider information! Bah! *does big happy dance* whoo-hoo! I feel like a child, that is such good news! Downside- how long before we get the books?
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
(Yeah, damander, I know that, that's why I wrote that sentence on a new line....)
HELLO ALL YOU NEW PEOPLE!!!
And Kevin, I'm on VBS too!!! (D_Arison)- Nice to see ya here!
Posted by v_girl (Member # 3518) on :
Hi. I registered awhile ago, but didn't start posting until recently. I post more at Pweb...
My name is Catherine, I'm 17 (and a half!) and I started reading Ender's Game when I was 12 and haven't stopped since. I've read the Alvin series, and am finishing up Homecoming right now, as well as various other singles by OSC. I'm a senior in high school, I like math, I play the violin, and I like to read.. hehe.
so.. hi! *waves*
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Hi!!! Welcome... I think I remember you...
I'm 14, freshman, and I love to read and play viola! So welcome! *hug*
Posted by iceaxe (Member # 4513) on :
OK, I'll bite. This isn't my first post, but it is my first day. More detailed bio stuff than is strictly necessary can be found in my reply to JuniperDreams in another thread, but here we go:
age thirtysomethingthatIforget. I'm a '68 model, anyway.
I've read every OSC novel, many short stories as well.
I must say, however, that Walter M. Miller's _A Canticle For Liebowitz_ is still my favorite SF novel to date. Sorry, Scott.
I have an uncle and aunt who write (prolificly), having published somewhere around 200 novels between them, though only a rare few fall into the F/SF genres.
I have a 13 year old step-daughter (who will never be referred to as "step" henceforth, lest she step on my neck) who aspires to publish fictions of the fantasy variety, being taken with Tolkien and having considerable raw talent as well. Perhaps I should introduce her to this place.
My two younger kiddos are not writers-to-be, at least not yet. One is too fascinated with his dreams of Major League Baseball, and the other still struggles to expand her vocabulary beyond "da da" and "ball".
Lest my verbosity overtake me, I'll conclude by saying that I've finally reached a point in my life where I've lived enough to feel like I have something to say. Watch out, world!
Posted by ValentineNicole (Member # 4511) on :
Hey! I'm brand new, and today is my first day posting. I absolutely love Orson Scott Card and his books! I've read all of the Ender series, what's out of the Shadow series, the Homecoming series, Lost Boys, Treasure Box, The Worthing Saga, and many other books that I'm too tired to think of right now Currently I'm reading Songmaster, which is amazing! Hatrack seems really fun, so I'll probably stick around for a while Some of you may already know me as ValentineWiggin at Pweb Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Hello. I'm new here, so I thought I'd jump in with a post here. I live in central California, which means I have lots of time to read because about the only other thing to do around here is watch the grapes grow. That's a joke - it's a lot better than it was a few years ago. Besides reading, I write, I look for work (something that hasn't gotten better here, as we've got about a sixteen percent unemployment rate locally), I occasionally work as props handler for a local ballet company (two shows a year), I tutor high school and college students in history, political science, anthropology, and writing to try to make ends meet, and I take care of my mother, who hasn't been well lately.
I was brought up on science fiction, but I read just about everything. I am blessed or cursed to be interested in a lot of things. That's one of the things I like about these forums: lots of different topics are touched on. I'm looking forward to interesting disucssions.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Whats up. I'm prolixshore, and I've been posting things for about a week, but I didn't feel like posting here til now. So sue me. I'm 32, I live on the east coast, and some of you may know me as I am a fairly visible radio dj. So I won't tell you what city else you might be angry at something i said here and stop listening. Anyhow, was bored while watchin my raiders play tennessee, so i posted this. Go Raiders!!
--Prolixshore
Posted by Eowyn (Member # 4519) on :
Hello! I'm new.
I'm 16 years old. I love fantasy. I'm a great fan of Tolkien, OSC, and L'Engle. I love music- classical, that is: Tchaikowsky, Albeniz, Rachmaninoff, etc., etc., etc.). I like reading and writing and singing and cooking and traveling and philosophy and . . . *takes deep breath*
OSC RULES!!
Okay. I'm done now.
Posted by altaris (Member # 4310) on :
Hi everybody ! I already made a post here ; but I just realized that I almost didn't say anything about myself (I know, it's not particulary interesting...) and since I'm still a new member (it's been only a month since I'm here), I thought I could write it now So here it goes : I'm 17 and study law in Paris (I LOVE that city). the things I like are (besides OSC's books, of course...) reading, computers, friends (I mean : being with my friends, of course), japanims, cats (those pets are fantastic !!!), movies... well I think that's all. Welcome to all the other "newbies" on this forum Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
Hey everybody!!! Welcoooomme!
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Words cannot express the happiness I feel when lurking or posting on these boards.
Although I posted to political threads at first, I think I'll concentrate on humor and fluff threads for awhile.
I hope to meet some of you someday.
Posted by UTAH (Member # 5032) on :
Wow! Everyone is so Y O U N G! I feel like I'm in the wrong place.
[ July 01, 2003, 11:39 PM: Message edited by: UTAH ]
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
oh cool! There is a welcome mat! Is it technologically feasible to pin it in place so it doesn't disappear?
(aside to Utah: I enjoy your posts)
Posted by RKatchep (Member # 5363) on :
Hey Everyone,
I am a 28 year old living in New York. I am a HUGE Orson Scott Card fan and video game enthusiast. I am overjoyed at the fact that Card is doing a video game! I usually don't post to fan sites and such, but I wanted to know if there was anyone else out there who is anticipating the OSC game, Advent Rising. I would love to hear from you.
Thanks!
Posted by UTAH (Member # 5032) on :
Thanks, Filetted, you make me feel warmly welcome.
Posted by Gwynaria (Member # 5365) on :
Hi folks. I'm 18, from a very small place in New England, and I'm so looking forward to college. I hope I can talk as well as the rest of you. I'm a writer, so usually this kind of format works better than if I was using vocal cords And to my WheatPuppet, the guy who got me interested in the first place, well... You know Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
Welcome Gwynaria.
There are some excellent threads for testing and honing your writing skills.
As a relative (and sometimes confused) newcomer, I appreciate your introduction.
flish
Posted by VenomsValentine (Member # 5359) on :
Hi! I'm a long-time OSC fan but I just never got around to visiting the site. I'm 25, mommy of one (one year old) so far, live in Indiana and love fantasy lit. (I'm not so big on sci-fi, but I read some). I majored in French and English at ECU in North Carolina. Wish I'd been able to swing by UNCG and take an OSC seminar or something before I moved so far inland.Oh well. I looked up the site because I missed academia-call for papers, literary discussion, etc. For the past year I've been trapped in the world of Goodnight Moon with no hope of reprieve. I am trying to write a fantasy story for which I have the plot, characters, ending and most of the middle but am stuck for how to begin it. I've read OSC's books on writing and have been reading his writing class posts for help. I'm LDS, by the way. Well I guess that's it about me. Posted by Jexxster (Member # 5293) on :
I just (as in a couple of hours ago) finished up my first year of medical school. I am a little older than most of my classmates, 27 in a couple weeks, becuase I took a couple years off during undergrad (guess why!) and then took some time off before going to med school. Married, 2 little girls, 4 and 6 months.
I first read Ender's Game back in junior high, and have since been hooked. I also (as many, I am sure) enjoy writing, have a book ( ) I am working on and some short fiction under my belt. I mostly post and read game forums (huge PC game fan) but decided to broaden my horizons and came here.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, I'm not precisely new. But otoh, I don't post much, and I don't remember if I ever introduced myself. <shrug>
In any case, I'm Rivka. I've been a fan of OSC's books since (I had to check the copyright date) 1986, right after _Speaker for the Dead_ came out. Someone recommended it and _Ender's Game_ to me. I rapidly devoured everything else of his I could find. I still do.
I'm a divorced mother of three, and an Orthodox Jew. I live in S. California. I think that about covers it. Posted by xuefeng_89 (Member # 5376) on :
I'm a student living in Singapore and I came here to do research on a project i'm doing. I started reading the Ender and Shadow series after a certain book review one of my classmates did.
*Eowyn, you like L'Engle too?!
[ July 07, 2003, 05:31 AM: Message edited by: xuefeng_89 ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Welcome to Hatrack!
Hobbes Posted by Hari_Seldon (Member # 5375) on :
First time posting after reading EG a few times over the years. I'm not a big forum person so I never looked to see if there was discussion on OSC and his work. Happy to see that there is! Hope to banter with everyone soon.
Posted by RackhamsRazor (Member # 5254) on :
Hi-i am fairly new. I seem to have a problem with posting often because i get so caught up in reading everything. I love reading OSC's books and that is why i joined-plus for the fun conversations . Anyways-i just wanted to say hi!
Posted by xuefeng_89 (Member # 5376) on :
Don't worry about reading everything.That's the one thing that keeps me on forums after a looooong time.
Posted by Hushidh (Member # 3511) on :
Hey, I'm new!
Actually I've had this name registered for a while and forgot about it... but I'm posting now.
Ender's Game I started reading originally because when I was 13 years old, a former crush of mine recommended it. From then I was hooked. That was 7 years ago. I've reread Ender's Game more times than I could possibly say. I've read almost every single published book by OSC and loved 90% of them and liked another 8%. Interesting side note: my favorite computer games of all time are the Monkey Island games, and apparently the "swordfighting insults" on the original were written by OSC! What a pleasant coincidence Posted by GoodyDay (Member # 5385) on :
HI everyone, I'm new today. My name is April and I'm in Illinois. I'm really happy to have found this place and to hear that a new book is out in November. I was getting really tired of reading the same ones over and over. Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
welcome new folks! My name is Julie and I'll be your activities coordinator on the Love ... er... the Minn... no, um.. Good Ship Lo... crap!
*turns around*
"Hey captain?! captain?! what's the name of this boat again?"
*to the new folks*
"ok, my name isn't really Julie, I dunno what this boat is called or where it's headed. If you happen to figure it out, please lemme know. I'll be in the hull, on ice. "
Posted by Jason R. Peters (Member # 5430) on :
New member, introducing myself.
I'm a fan of Card's work (duh.)
I'm an aspiring writer (that follows) in the middle of my first novel.
I'm a philosophy and theology major at private Lutheran school. (I once heard Card advise aspiring writers not to major in English.)
I also work for my school, which pays tuition, but means I can only take classes part time.
I'm turning 24 in a month and a half, single, devastatingly handsome...er, okay, I embellished. Oops. Send an email if you want to greet me, I won't be checking back with this thread for awhile.
Peace.
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
Hello!
I'm 28, and I've been an Orson Scott Card fan for a long time, since I first read Ender's Game years ago.
I've read all his books except the Alvin Maker Series, which I'm saving just in case there's an OSC drout some time in the future. (I actually have a yet-undiagnosed phobia which concerns this.)
I'm an aspiring writer and a recently uncloseted fantasy-obsessive. (The LOTR movies finally made it acceptable to be a pale, dweeby fantasy enthusiast.) I'm an Orson Scott Card-enthusiast as well. I love his reviews, his books, his stories, and his ramblings.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Fresh meat! Oops, I mean, yay, new people!
Welcome! Come play on the other side of the river too! The pace is faster, and the topics are odder, but it's lots of fun. Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Hi. Really, though, I'm still just looking around. Seems to be a nice site, and the constituant members seem to be much more sophisticated. Nice to be here.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Hi. Really, though, I'm still just looking around. Seems to be a nice site, and the constituant members seem to be much more sophisticated. Nice to be here.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Hey, there, new people. Posted by Gendou (Member # 5439) on :
One n00b posting as ordered. Posted by Valet Racer (Member # 5442) on :
Hello everyone! I am yet another new member logging in as requested. I enjoy reading and have recently discovered Ender's Shadow. I read Enders game in 1993 (I think), and only recently found out about the new books in the series. Which leads me to a question: Which should I read next after Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon or Shadow Puppets? Or does it matter? Any help would be appreciated! Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
Hello, I'm Marek (okay I'm not really Marek but I like the name). I'm an 18 year old college freshman, for now. I like to read, (mostly fantasy and sci-fi) I like to write (mostly fantasy and sci-fi), I listen to music, play the viola, and watch anime. Well that is my intro.
And Valet Racer, I really think you should read Shadow of the Hegemon before you read Shadow Puppets, that is the order the story goes in, but hey what do I know, which ever ones you read they are good books.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Hi guys.
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
I am not a new person, but I have been gone for months. My browsing habits changed drastically after my favorite roleplaying chat went down the tubes. I am, however, back, hopefully for the long haul.
Posted by Calx (Member # 5470) on :
Hi, I'm Graham. I'm 26, live in San Diego with my girlfriend, and am in the process of applying to law school. I've been into Card for a few years, since a friend recommended Ender's Game. Other favorite authors are George RR Martin, Ray Bradbury, and Grant Morrison.
And Valet, read Shadow of the Hegemon first, since that's the order the books go in, and parts of Shadow Puppets may not make sense otherwise.
-Graham
Posted by EllenM (Member # 5447) on :
I'm a newbie. I've been lurking around trying to pick up the lingo "Dobie"? and so forth. I'm the mother of 5 and the step-mother of six, thank goodness more than half are 18 or above. OSC fan since being introduced to me by my husband of 2 years. He's an Electrical Engineer and I'm a stay at home remodeler. Nice to meet all of you. Great idea, this thread. Posted by Valet Racer (Member # 5442) on :
Thanks Calx and Marek! I figured that was the order since Hegemon was published before Puppets, but its somewhat confusing as the book jacket for both just calls them sequels to Ender's Shadow. I'm about a 1/3 of the way through Hegemon and loving it!
Posted by Deidra (Member # 5455) on :
Hey I am a newbe here, I first read Enders Game, on a recommendation from Zotto, and was introduced to hatrack river through Zotto, once again. I have read all the Ender books and Shadow books out there, now I am looking for the Seventh Son sequel. I just graduated from high school and will attend university in the fall. Not much more to tell abut me, just that I am from Hawaii Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Welcome all!
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Hi all - my name is Imogen and I'm from Australia... I got into OSC through my boyfriend, and I've now read every book of his I can get my hands on.
In fact, some of the older books aren't available over here, so on a recent trip to Washington I filled half a suitcase coming home with OSC books I hadn't read/seen in Australia!
Posted by unohoo (Member # 5490) on :
Hi,
I live in Connecticut and am basically a technogeek at heart. I am just now into the forth Ender book, "Children of the Mind". Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Hello. Nice to post on this forum, it seems quite intelligent. But it does have the backlash of me probably sounding sort of young and naive a lot of the time. Posted by petunia77 (Member # 5509) on :
Hi! I am a newbie here... I just want to say ..I never was a scifi or fantasy reader until a friend recommended Enders Game..I read the whole series 2 years ago (and i am going to buy it so i can read it again) and i have read enchantment and I am on # 4 of Alvin Maker series. I can't wait to read all of his books and I am really excited that I finally found a place I can talk to people about him and the books. I think his stories are brilliant and I have a lot to say about them! hope i can make some new friends here! Oh..i guess on a personal note..i am 26 and a stay at home mother of a 3 yo boy and a 8 mth old girl living right outside Chicago. So thats me! Petunia P
Posted by TwosonPaula (Member # 5511) on :
Hey, 21 yr. old from Tucson! Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
Ummm . . . my introductory post can be found here.
Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
Hey everyone. My name is Ryan, I am a theater student. I live in North Carolina. I attend an Evangelical Free church, and a christian school. Politacally I consider myself an "arch-conservative" and most recently have a bone to pick with the Supreme Court.
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
Welcome, Brian Hill...
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
Welcome Brian, Ryan, Book (enjoyed thus far) and the Twohanded Bandit from...?
enjoy.
Posted by GUNN (Member # 5516) on :
Hello, everyone.
The name is Gunn. I'm 26, male, and live in Michigan. I've been a tremendous fan of Orson Scott Card since childhood and consider him to be the greatest writer of his generation and likely our greatest living writer, as well. Not only is OSC an awesome---in the old-fashioned sense of the word---storyteller, but also a true visionary blessed with extraordinary intelligence, heart, and soul. I think we're lucky that this wonderful man shares his gift with us and I am an avid follower of his various other writings as well as his novels---I've been visiting this site regularly for ages, though this is my first post.
I'm excited that I finally joined up and I hope I can contribute to the conversation around here in at least some small fashion. Posted by Jimmy (Member # 5518) on :
Hello, I'm Jim. I've read the Ender saga, and really enjoy Orson Scott Card. My friend recomended the site to me, so I started checking it out, and here I am.
Posted by Melchior (Member # 5519) on :
Hey, my name is Jason, using the nickname Melchior. Melchior was one of the 3 Maji that traveled to find the Christ Child. Anyway, I enjoy OSC's books, and I love posting on forums, so this place seems like the natural place to be.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, new people! Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Hello, my name is Da_Goat.
I'm an active member on many forums around this here net. I was referred to Ender's Game by a member of the Game Hippo forum named eViL bOrIs. Since then, I've read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Shadow Puppets (finished last night). I would have gone straight through the Ender series first, but at the time I didn't know the fourth book in Bean's series wasn't out yet. I'm going to borrow Speaker for the Dead later this afternoon.
And, some more about me:
I live in Prescott, Arizona, which is a "small metropolitan area" (if that makes sense) about 100 miles north of Phoenix, right smack dab in the center of AZ.
I've recently gone from Public School to Homeschool so I could pursue a more religious, and possibly literary, course.
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Television Shows: The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, I Love Lucy, M*A*S*H, Malcom in the Middle.....actually, I'll watch anything, so long as it's not a soap or a reality TV show.
Favorite Movies: Rat Race, Hook, Dumb and Dumber, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, X-Men 2, The Muppet Movie, Return of the Jedi, The Two Towers, Who framed Roger Rabbit.
Favorite Bands: Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Led Zepplin, The Beatles, and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favorite Authors: Orson Scott Card, Douglas Adams, J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allen Poe, Roald Dahl. They are probably popular enough that I don't need to go into what books they've written...
Authors I feel are overrated: Tom Clancy...I'm sure there are others I just can't remember.
Hobbies/things I like to do: DRIVING! Lots and lots and lots of driving! I also like yoyoing (is that a word?), hacky-sacking (""), basketball, and the computer
Age: 16
Real first name: Dan(iel)
That's all I prefer to disclose at this time.
[ August 13, 2003, 01:32 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]
Posted by bluenessuno (Member # 5535) on :
“Hi.” My introduction was by way of a co-worker, “Have you read this, Ender’s Game? Here, you’ll like it.” But, this visit is not entirely new; my previous user name had been “Wally” but failed to consider explaining e-mail change and forgotten pass and the many years of drifting about and away from Hatrack, prior to registering again. The publication of “First Meetings” (a quick and enjoyable read) reminded me to return. Thirty approaches, but the mind still finds giddy and a cackle will erupt to release the buildup of my own amusements. Though I reside in San Diego, I do not surf and attended only one day of the Comic-Con this year. OSC, Heinlein and Robin Hobb are my favorites in the ‘genre’ of SF/Fantasy. My sister is currently enthralled with Veihl’s Stardoc series and impatiently awaits another installation. Non-work hours are spent reading books, exploring Photoshop’s capabilities or collecting and discovering music and occasionally I will catch a movie in a theatre. Peanut butter, I like peanut butter.
Posted by Petra'sDaughter (Member # 5539) on :
Howdy! I'm a 32 y.o. mother of four who has read every OSC in print (with the exception of Lost Boys...I just can't do it ) I first read Ender's Game following a referral from a friend in high school, followed by Songmaster, Hart's Hope, and Treason. Favorites are Worthing Saga, Speaker for the Dead and Enchantment. I suppose the reason why Card is my favorite author is that his characters are so much more three-dimensional than most sci fi characters. In too much sci fi/fantasy, you can trust the good guys to be good, and the bad guys to be bad...and if a charater thinks or assumes something you can assume it is fact. In Card's books, the good guys are just as capable of errors in judgement as the bad, and just because a character thinks a certain way does not make it fact. Sometimes OSC can be a little verbose (imho that is the main flaw in Xenocide) but I just can't get enough!
Posted by MojoJojo (Member # 5570) on :
I am posting here because it is the thing that is required of me, to post here, to let others know of my intent with this forum. For I, MojoJojo would like everyone to know of my intent, and, to that end, I, MojoJojo am posting it here, in this topic, which seems to be the thing that is required of me.
I have read little of Orson Scott Card, because I have little time to read novels in my evil quest for WORLD DOMINATION, because my evil quest takes up so much of my time, and so I have none to waste on reading novels! Not that reading novels, in itself, is a waste! I would not like you to think that improving your mind would be a waste of time, because as an evil genius I can understand the need to improve your mind, even if it is by reading novels, which I, MojoJojo, do not have time for.
It is hoped that I, MojoJojo, can use this forum to further my plans for WORLD DOMINATION, and by using words, which I type in this forum, I will be able to further my villanous aims. If I can use this forum to further my evil quest, then perhaps the cursed POWERPUFF GIRLS will not be able to stop me, as they are mear children who could not possibly match the wit and prose of the evil genius that is MojoJojo.
::Maniacal Laughter::
Posted by Mikal (Member # 5564) on :
Hey an official "im a noobie post". well...i'm a noobie. I started reading osc 2 years ago, and since have read all the alvin maker books, ender and shadow books, homecoming series, songmaster, and ive just started on pastwatch. Im 16, i live in the san francisco bay area, and like half the people here, im mormon.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
I am a n00b, and proud of it, thank-you-very-much! I'm 16 and live in MA. I started out reading Ender's Game in 6th grade on the recommendation of my entire family. I had always been a fan of sci-fi books, and so I was forced to read that. I loved it. I think I have read it about 5 times after that. I kept on reading OSC until I had wiped my parents out of books, and then set off to find my own.
From many perilous journeys and crazy book store owners I have finally become proud of my collection of over 30 OSC books. I'm no where close to having read them all, but I'm on my way.
So far, I love Hatrack. The people are so incredibly nice to eachother, and instant friends. It completely amazes me that people who have never met can be such good friends. Of course, I know that many of you have met, but never-the-less. You have all been so nice to me, and I thank you for welcoming me into Hatrack with open arms.
Yeah...that was sappy, but I mean it! Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I see that as a newbie I'm supposed to post in here (although I've already made comments on other threads).
I'm a 42 year old mother of three great kids -- and they are the ones that first turned me on to Ender's Game -- yet it was a couple years after that before I realized there was more to the series. Now I'm a devoted fan of OSC's books, and own as many as I can find. (I just got done this morning with typing up a Word document listing all his books as listed on his Library link on this site, so I can compare it with what I own and see what we are missing).
Oh -- and I also work in the IT department of a bank, which gives me plenty of time sitting on my duff cruising the internet -- and reading forums!
I most admire how well OSC really understands the minds of extremely precocious children - as most of the characters in his books are. As a parent of a child who skipped all of high school and went directly to University, I know that gifted kids (such as those who went to Battle School in OSC's series) DO think much differently than others, and he portrays it exactly accurately. (I assume many of you are gifted, as well, from some of your posts).
I appeciate all of your posts -- I have learned much in just a few days on this forum. And MojoJojo -- regarding your above post -- you should READ the works of OSC if you want to be great world dictator -- just follow the examples of Achilles, etc. (of the Shadow series).
The only thing about the forums -- I wish it would put most recent posts at the TOP of each thread instead of the bottom, so you don't have to go through seven pages of old stuff to get to the recent posts on the thread.
[ August 22, 2003, 03:27 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Youth ap Orem (Member # 5582) on :
Hello everyone! This is my first post, it feels a little strange. I've never posted on a forum before. The first OSC book I read was Ender's Game. The last book I've read was Hart's Hope. My favorite is a tie between Treason and Ender's Game. I just finished Hart's Hope, and I'm not sure which book I should get next. Anyone care to give me any advice? The choices are Lovelock, Pastwatch, Songmaster, Wyrms, or Saints. I hope to post some more later:)
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Slaine, Erik n. see eslaine.
Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
My name is Julie, I live in CT and I'm in high school. I love OSC books and it took me a couple months at this site to discover these forums. I signed up for them yesterday.
Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
Farmgirl, are you telling people to be like Achilles?
quote: just follow the examples of Achilles, etc.
Personally, I would pay more attention to Peter Wiggin. He didn't enjoy killing people quite as much. Plus he did most of the work over the internet (or the equivalent in that time)
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Yes. The antics of Mojo Jojo should be taken VERY seriously.
Welcome, n00bs.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I ammm....MoJo JoJo!!!
I just love saying that name. Come on, say it with me! MoJo JoJo. MoJo....JoJo. MoJoJoJo.
Ahh, so satisfying.
Hobbes Posted by Chade Fallstar (Member # 5581) on :
MojoJojo MojoJojo MojoJojo
Wow, you are right. That is fun. Now I'm just waiting for him to jump out of my closet or something.....or was that Bloody Mary and Candyman? I get confused between the forces of evil out there. There's just too many to remember at this point.
Oh wait, I remember now. It's Saddam Hussein, but I think you have to say Weapons of Mass Destruction three times, and that's a mouthful. I wonder if it still works if you abbreviate it?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Julie, I suggested Achilles because MoJo said his is an "evil quest" for World Domination. I tend to think of Achilles as much more evil than Peter (of course!) so I was just fitting the model to his apparent attitude.
But yes - I would much rather have Peter as a leader, than either Achilles OR MOJO!
Farmgirl
Posted by greensong Rose (Member # 5590) on :
Hello. I live in north of Greensboro, NC (Where Mr. Card lives!) and I'm a freshman in highschool. I'm working on the 4th Alvin Maker book (Alvin Journeyman), and my goal is to finish it and Heartfire in time to read Walking on Water as it is posted here! (What exactly is the deal with that, anyway? I'm kinda confused.)
Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease!
Posted by Celtic Flame (Member # 5556) on :
Hola! I don't really have anything to say in this particular thread...except laugh as if I have evil plans for all of you...
[ August 28, 2003, 08:54 PM: Message edited by: Celtic Flame ]
Posted by yeli:) (Member # 5596) on :
Hi
I'm 21 girl from Jerusalem, Israel, starting to study Architecture next year. I've read Ender's game, someone bought it for me as a birthday gift, I loved it and read all books of ender and bean, and also "The worthing saga", very recomended. I'm now reading "Seventh Son", i think I enjoy it less cos I'm not American, but it's still a very good book I think. I must say my favorite is SftD, this book really shook me. Other books I really like are The Neverending Story, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis, and of course Tolkien's Lord of the ring. by the way - stevejd - do you know where i can find that article about LOTR written by OSC? I'd love to read it. Anyway it's nice to be welcomed... see you around Posted by Gremlin (Member # 5598) on :
Hey people. I'm 15 and live in Allentown,PA. I have been reading OSC's books since I was 8. I have read the Ender series twice through and can't wait for the 4th Bean book.
Posted by Bricks-N-Sandwiches (Member # 5603) on :
Hello my name is of course derived from the way that is was percieved that the descoladores interpret messages. I am 23 and am a registered dental assistant.Alas the market is bad and I cannot find a job. Which led me to get re-aquainted with OSC.I am currently a local sandwich jockey and have convinced my fellow co-workers that when I rule the world it will be thru the diplomatic use of both Bricks and Sandwiches....so stay on my good side...Because I make some pretty damned good sandwiches. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, new people! Posted by Ksig (Member # 5625) on :
i'm new!! I can't believe i didn't know about this place before! I'm 14, play soccer,and am adicted to OSC. Need i say more
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Hello all... 18-year-old American reader from Germany reporting in. I've been here in Europe since April, and I've come here out of a desperate need to: a)comunicate in English b)stop spending all pocket money on incredibly over-priced imported books and, most important, C)cure a OSC craving that hasn't left me since I picked up my mom's copy of The Memory of Earth 10 years ago. Weird reading for a kid, I know, but I was hooked. I've read just about everything Card, excepting some of the short stories and one or two of the stand alone novels.
I lurked here on and off during high school, but never had much time to post... Now I'm on a quasi-break until starting college (DePauw U. in Indiana) in January. Since it's around midnight here in Germany, and I'm sleepy, I'm gonna cheat and post an edited something I wrote to introduce myself on my college's forum. Feel free to ignore anything after the sleepy, as it's quite long. Oh, and despite loving English, I have always been a horrible speller. If it bugs you, call me on it, and I'll try not to spell that particular word wrong again.
I'm Jaclyn. Everyone spells it wrong, so I'll answer to Jacklyn, Jackie, Jaquline, or even Jack. I was raised as a little tomboy (Dad had no clue of what to do with a girl) in a hamelet near Eureka, California. If you’ve never heard of Eureka, don’t dispair: it’s in Way-North California, and, while it sports amazing scenery, the population consists of loggers, aging hippies, and hicks. Visit, but don’t live there. Parents divorced when I was quite young, and I lived with dear ol Mum until high school, when I went to live with my dad in Sunnyvale, CA, about an hour south of SF, and smack in the middle of Silicon Valley. Interesting change of atmosphere. High school was very competative, and about 80% Asian, which resulted in me developing into an ‘‘egg‘‘ (you know, white on the outside, yellow on the inside...), as almost all my friends are 1st or 2nd generation. I was in a special program senior year that allowed me to take all my classes (except Band) at a nearby college. However, after three and a half years of go-go-go, I got a little burned out. Luckily, I was able to graduate early, and come to Germany last March as an au-pair. An au-pair is something between a live-in babysitter/house-cleaning service. So now I’m attempting to become fluent (languages have *always* been my worse subject), and enjoying a laid-back life.
Ummm.... interests include most sports, although I lack the coordination gene that most of my family has, so the only thing I dare compete in is swimming, where the greatest danger is hitting the lane line (and drowning, I suppose). I read all the time, and all subjects...actually shipped books here to Germany... I played mallets and general percussion for three years in high school, switched to mellophone/french horn senior year, due to a desperete need for brass, and am currently playing T.C. baritone here in Germany. When my friends and I get togeather, it normally involves movie-thons, runs to Krispy Kreme (donunt place open 24/7) and In & Out (world’s best hamburger’s until 1:30), LAN parties, editing of English papers (we take that *seriously*), and sarcasm. I originally wanted to be a math major, but have decided, after having my ass kicked in multi-var calc, to remain an admirining spectator of the subject. At the moment, it’s probably going to be a double of philosophy and economics, with a minor of german. But it could very easily change. No clue what I want to do after college; hopefully it will involve something international in nature, as I love to travel.
In case you were wondering, I‘m much more loud and eccentric in my writing style than I am in person, unless too many chocolate-covered esspresso beans have been consumed, in which case all bets are off. If anyone is aquinted with the Myers-Briggs system of typology (grain of salt, remember), I’m an INTP, although everything but the T is rather weakly developed.
Guten Nacht!
Posted by Mockingbird (Member # 5640) on :
Hello all! I'm Mockingbird - I'd tell you my real first name but I'd have to kill you. Seriously, it's too unique (I've never met another) and I'm not ready to be that identifiable on a public message board.
Anyway, I'm 43, mother of 4 kids ranging from 9 to 1, part-time lawyer in the area of computer law and intellectual property (which has succeeded in making downloading music, using unauthorized copies of software, making copies of professional photos, and other actions of that ilk too much of a guilt trip for me, dangit). I live in a smallish town in Utah County.
I've loved OSC (his works, not him, although I'm sure he's very lovable) since stumbling across Ender's Game in law school. Unfortunately it was during finals, and I remember the book taking up a lot of time that really should have been spent studying. Since then I've read just about everything he's published. When this site had the Ender's series trivia contest a few years ago, I was one of the winners in both the first and second rounds (not a prizewinner, though, unfortunately).
I look forward to getting to know you all better!
[ September 12, 2003, 02:11 AM: Message edited by: Mockingbird ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
((((((((((((((Mockingbird ))))))))))))))
Welcome to Hatrack, we already love you!
Hobbes Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome Mockingbird! (from another middle-aged mom who loves OSC books)
Farmgirl
Posted by Mockingbird (Member # 5640) on :
Thank you both, Hobbes and farmgirl! And farmgirl, I noticed your first post above and was excited to see someone here who has some similarities to where I am in life. Mr. Mockingbird is great but his interests don't run to science fiction, unless maybe it's end-of-world stuff (I did get him to read Lucifer's Hammer by Niven once and he liked it). Frankly, he's more of a Tom Clancy fan. (I liked Clancy's earlier books pretty well, despite their obvious shortcomings, but the shortcomings are now getting overwhelming! He needs a good, strong-willed editor, that guy.)
Also welcome to the newbie in Germany - I spent my LDS mission there (in Frankfurt, Bonn, Koln, Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken - add umlauts where necessary) and have many fond memories, and a few distant and not-so-distant relatives over there. Actually, my dad and his wife are living in Bad Vilbel near Frankfurt right now, on kind of an office-work mission. Are you anywhere nearby?
Posted by Willy Shmily Tiger (Member # 5647) on :
I'm a Clancy fan. Though I haven't bought anything of his since The Bear and the Dragon (I think that was the title). It was so...political. I wish he'd just go back to writting the classic Jack Ryan stories. Which I guess is actually what he did in Red Rabbit so I should really go buy it but I haven't yet...
Hobbes Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Because you can't tell the players from the fans....
Bump!
Posted by suntranafs (Member # 3318) on :
Velome to hatrack! It is verrry nice to mea- meet! you. So sveet and young an tender and Tas- Anyway! Hope you like the forum, and don't take any backtalk from any of the stupid old codgers on the other side, their bark is pretty bad, but we keep them on chains . Oh, one thing you maybe should watch out for- vampires, their seem to be a lot more around than there used to be, for some strange reason!
[ September 18, 2003, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: suntranafs ]
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I do believe that was your 666th post right there....it fits.
Posted by Shartae (Member # 5688) on :
Salut! Moi is new here (no im not french, im just practicing a language I might need for out of country use )
Im over at Ornery.org man, people really know how to discuss politics over there... im just on the sidelines right now seeing what they say cause im not really old enough to be within the action... maybe two more years
Im 17 years old... I love the Ender Series by OSC
I draw alot... and I swear im about to get blown away by Hurricane Isabel
I might need to nail my feet to the floor tonight... just in case the house decides to leave.
place looks great.
I like to draw as well ^_^
Posted by Wonder Dog (Member # 5691) on :
Well, I'm recently 22, love to hike, camp, and play on my computer. Dark shaggy hair, hazel eyes, broad build. I like long walks on the beach and.... oh, wait a second, I'm not on THAT site.
Uh... yeah. I'm from northern Alberta, about 500k north of Edmonton. I work at Staples where I sell computers and photocopiers while saving money to attend school next fall. I lived in Western Ontario for two years as a missionary, so I love all things Ontarioan, except for the PST and SARS.
I want to be a teacher when I grow up, but I'm a mean CGI modeller and dabble in the stuff as a hobby. Which gives me a mean idea - does anyone have an Hatrack Art site?
Posted by Ryuujin (Member # 5659) on :
hehe to tell the truth i have read only 2 OSC books but i liked them both. amazingly enough i found this because a really good friend of mine Loves OSC's stuff and i was looking for a way to get a book signed for her. so i have decieded to stick around a bit because of all of you really nice people.
"-Shines the name, Shines the name of Rodger Young!"
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Hey everybody !
quote: hehe to tell the truth i have read only 2 OSC books but i liked them both.
Well, at least I read more books than SOMEONE on this site ! (no offense Ryuujin) I own & have read Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide - all in Romanian (yeap, I'm from that "little"/"unknown" country) - and Children of the Mind and Ender's Shadow - in English. Looking through the topics on this site (what OSC novels have you read?) I know I'm just a newbie, but I promise I'll try hard to catch up !
Posted by Ryuujin (Member # 5659) on :
quote: Well, at least I read more books than SOMEONE on this site !
just OSC books but that will be remedied soon
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Ryuujin
quote: just OSC books
Sorry, my fault... But I see you see what I mean Posted by 5710 (Member # 5710) on :
Hello all
Posted by Tman (Member # 5716) on :
Hello all!
My name's Tyler, and as of just last night I finished Shadow Puppets and have read all seven in the Ender series (so far). Every one of them were the best books I've ever read (note that I said 'books' as to not contradict myself...) Now I'm going to go back to The Worthing Saga, any suggestions when I'm done with that?
[ September 21, 2003, 11:36 AM: Message edited by: Tman ]
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Hi 5710 & Tman !
It seems there's no welcoming party tonight, but cheer up, once we start making smart comments in ALL the threads they'll notice us...
quote: - Doc', I feel like people are always ignoring me ! - Next !
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
OOooh! Newbies! Tasty!
Welcome! Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Like you can talk Erik...
Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
Welcome n00bs.
I was once a n00b, but since my inclusion in a comical list of jatequeros I have been promoted.
*******SATIRE WARNING********* For an excellent posting lesson look at my early posts and then move to my new ones.
Posted by Tman (Member # 5716) on :
watch that. I've been to numerous other forums, and I know more about computers than you ever will Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Wow. It's like they come here expressly for the purpose of being spanked.
And I- I shall indulge them.
Welcome, n00bs. Try not to stomp on the flora.
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
Hmm. I guess I should post here because I'm new. I'm not new in some ways because I was a poster/lurker by the user name of Amontillado (member #1926)a while back, but I forgot my password and it was too much effort to try to get it back. Besides, my new name sounds a lot less pretentious.
I'd suggest going to Treason after The Worthing Saga but the EG series and The Worthing Saga are really his best stuff!
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
Hey Corwin, did you choose your user name from the hero of the Roger Zelazny novels? or is that your given name?
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Nothing wrong with that, Nick. Yeah, I'm a n00b!
I'm also very tasty! Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
JonnyNotSoBravo : Yes, my nickname is from Zelazny's series. You wouldn't know how to pronounce my real name, so you can continue to call me Corwin Btw, in a few days I'll have my own computer so I'll be able to post a little more often than lately...
Posted by ikantspel (Member # 5752) on :
I'm new, I like pina coladas and getting caught naked in the rain, but who doesn't.
Posted by ikantspel (Member # 5752) on :
OK, so I lied, I only like pina coladas, I would not like to be caght naked at any time. Anyway, about myself, I am a high school student in kearns Utah (yes I live on the west side although I go to school on the east side) I like reading, hiking, computers, cars, ultimate frisbee, and probably some other stuff I can't think of. I am also a fan of Tom Clancy and OSC, among others.
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
Found this a few pages back, check out the post count in just three months, so Erik have you decided to stay yet?
And people who are just looking around take this as a hint, Hatrack is a cool place worth staying with. Just my opinion. Welcome everyone.
eslaine Member Member # 5433
posted July 18, 2003 06:13 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi. Really, though, I'm still just looking around. Seems to be a nice site, and the constituant members seem to be much more sophisticated. Nice to be here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 813 | Registered: Jul 2003 | IP: Logged
Posted by John Van Pelt (Member # 5767) on :
Wurgh New forum, new again. Not feeling so shiny and fresh today, but whoa! I didn't come here to grumble. I'm almost 48, been reading sf since David Boniske introduced me to it in 9th grade, and OSC since early Omni magazine days. (Just finished the 1st 4 Ender novels, as part of my entrance dues :-) I also read a lot of real science, especially cosmology, geology, evolution, and natural history. I am an artist and graphic designer by trade. I am oil on troubled waters. I have 5 minutes before my next meeting. My only friend here so far is sharpie - but WHAT a friend. The rest of you seem... well, for once, words fail me. Good to be here. And TIA.
Oh yeah: Boston, USA.
Posted by Robespierre (Member # 5779) on :
Hey there. This Robespierre checking in. I am coming to you from St.Louis, MO USA. I have read most of the Ender books, and am currently on Shadow Puppets. Other authors I like inculde: Phillip K Dick, Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clarke, and David Brinn.
I am currently employed as a design engineer at a platics factory. Basically I get to design new parts for manufacture, and handle their development.
History is rad, as is the scientific method and modern math. Things that are not rad include: socialism, politically correct racism(read as affirmative action), and general disdain for logic.
Posted by Pelbar Spin (Member # 5791) on :
hello, im a diesel mechanic from Miles City, Montana. Im 25, married, and have 2 boys. Ive enjoyed Card for years, starting with his short stories, and have become very interested in the plight of Bean.
Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
I like Robespierre. We'll be friends.
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
I've only been gone for a couple of months, but when did we start actually calling newbies n00bs?
Anyway, welcome to Hatrack, everyone! Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Holy cow, roxy? I haven't seen you since I first joined last year! How are you doing?
Posted by roxy (Member # 3416) on :
Pretty good, just had to have a little while to get used to the new school year ... Not much new with me. How are you, and have there been any conflicts like that unmentionable one we had last summer?
Posted by Poseidon (Member # 5862) on :
Hi everyone! this is my second post. my name is Anna and i'm 13 years old. i read Ender and Alvin when i was 12 and i also read Lost Boys, Songmaster, and Worthing and i'm getting way too excited about the Crystal City. my Pweb screenname is Soara and my young writers screenname is Amaroq. i like history, soccer, astronomy and drawing and i have a darling kitty named BBKit but i call him Bean most of the time. Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
hey everyone! im a high school student (age 17 about) and i recently discovered the ender seris after that i locked myself up in my room for a week reading all the books from OSC i can find. i love sci fi books,sleeping late and eating whole pints of ben and jerrys ice crean in bed. anyone got good suggetions for any more osc books?
Posted by Wetchik (Member # 3609) on :
Yes. The is another sci-fi series by OSC. It's called Homecoming. The first book is called The Memory of Earth.
PS. Stay away from B&J's ice cream. I was up to 200 lbs because them before. Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
hey everbody. I should have done this two weeks ago, but hey, better late than never.
I'm a regular at Grenme and Patrick urged me (in thread/poll form) to join.
I'm a 22 year old journalism and radio/tv/film student at Rowan U, in southern NJ.
Just saying a belated hello. Posted by stuff (Member # 5876) on :
hello everybody i just reacently finished off the ender side of the saga with COTM in under one day total time 0o(about 1 month total for enders game+shadow SFTD Xenoside and COTM) and then i noticed where is the closed ending and loo i found this site which i may just call home for a while, while i look for more of OSC's grand ender series and help speculate among other things also one Q: how do i get the chat to work all i get is a gray box
[ November 04, 2003, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: stuff ]
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Welcome to the forum, stuff.
It could be your browser has Java scripting disabled, you can go to your browser options and check that. If that's not it I don't know what the problem is.
Lots more people seem to use AIM=AOL Instant Messenging here than Parachat. Parachat sucks. When I have tried to chat here via Parachat it crashed often, logging me out of the system.
AIM is free even if you don't have AOL. After AIM is installed, go to "people", send chat invation, invite yourself (and anyone else) to join chatroom "Hatrack chat" and you're in.
Posted by stuff (Member # 5876) on :
but... but aol is the devil and aim is the evil by proxy ;_; + ive been hacked through it....several times maybe we should make a IRC chan or something like that 0o or do you ppl already have one?
Posted by AkindredSpeaker (Member # 5899) on :
Hi everyone,
Guess I'm the newbee of the moment... I am a big fan of OSC and have been for about half of my 20 years. I've read the Alvin Maker, Homecomming, and Ender's series in that order, a few times each (not to mention a handfull of the columns on his website).
I recently discovered the joys of hatrack.com and even though I'm at an internet cafe in Florence where I'm studying this semester, I will find time to feed my new found addiction. Yes, this is my first time checking out the forums and I just spent two hours (thats a lot in net cafe terms) reading mostly the Hitler/Ender comparison thread.
I guess I should warn you all that I'm not too familiar with forum ettiquite (I'm also a terrible speller) so I wonder if its ok to jump into a topic without first reviewing at least a page? I hate to repeat what someone else has already said, but with this post I might be doing just that as I wanted to say hi tonight and have run out of reading time. So, I apologise in advance if I commit any acts of internet rudness.
What can I say, I find it very exciting to meet people who love OSC as much as I do, and can't wait to get into some really deep conversations with you guys!
-Adrienne
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, Adrienne! Yes, Hatrack is a fun addiction.
As far as jumping into topics without reading 'em -- it depends. One like this, no problem.
But in any of our hot-button topics, you're likely to get jumped on if you don't at least skim previous posts. Expect something like, "I already answered that on page 13!" Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
Hey everyone.
I'm also a newcomer to the forums. I started Ender's Game a month ago and have since read all that series up to Shadow of the Hegemon. I would have to agree with those that have said they tend to neglect everything when they read. I can't concentrate on anything else if I have a good book to finish. I've always been a science fiction fan. The first movie I ever saw was Return of the Jedi. I am also interested in politics and theater which is what I spend a great deal of my time studying both in and out of school. It was nice to find other people who love reading and science fiction as I do.
[ November 09, 2003, 08:59 PM: Message edited by: Brenuine ]
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote: The first movie I ever saw was Return of the Jedi.
Why didn't you watch the first two? And how old were you when you saw it? I mean, I guess if you were young enough...like everybody was when they saw RotJ the first time...the plot wouldn't...
Oh, nevermind, I just answered my own question.
Welcome to Hatrack, even though that's pretty hypocritical for me to say, since I'm still a newbie too...But technicalities are so stupid.
Anyway, have you finished Shadow of the Hegemon yet? And, if so, you're going to read/reading Shadow Puppets, right? Or are you one of those people?
[ November 09, 2003, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]
Posted by AkindredSpeaker (Member # 5899) on :
Thanks Rivka! Good to know about jumping in... thanks for the advice.
Da Goat, who are "those people"? I just read Shadow Puppets in September... it is indeed an interesting phenomenon how no other activity is possible when one is in the middle of a good book Posted by hasdy (Member # 5905) on :
Hi all,
Me = newb, 25year old male from Calgary, AB, Canada.
And as you can tell, I'm not much of a writer so hopefully great literary insight won't be expected. I'm actually a comp programmer.... and I even hate writing the documentation for that.
Buuuut, I first read Ender's Game back when I was in grade 8 and have been steadily reading OSC's books since (sometimes twice or thrice). I've just recently read the Worthing Chronicle and now onto the Worthing Saga.
Anyways, I just wanted to say hi and hopefully I'll have something profound to say the next time I post...(no pressure! ).
Cheers!
Posted by slightcap (Member # 5907) on :
Hello everyone! My name is Sarah and I live in Virginia. I am a high school math teacher, and have been a fan of OSC ever since I read Seventh Son. I have only ever read the Maker books, but I bought Enders Game today, while waiting for them to find Crystal City for me. So, after i read Crystal City, i will start enders Game. That's all for now.
Posted by Law Maker (Member # 5909) on :
Hi. I guess I'm new to you, but I don't feel that way about you. I've been lurking here for a couple of years. I saw an extremely interesting thread on the other side and I very rashly registered. Now that I have a name, though, I thought I'd let you all know I'm here. Who knows? Maybe now I'll post sometimes!
I'm a huge fan of OSC and have been for a long time. I think there is only two of his books that I haven't read.
P.S. Some of you may have known my brother. He had the screen name "slim" and mostly posted over at P-Web though he did post here sometimes.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oh, cool, the Newbie Factory is working overtime again.
Welcome, hasdy! Welcome slightcap! Don't forget to check out the "other side" of the River.
Welcome, Law Maker! Congrats on de-lurking. Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
Yes, I was little when I saw RotJ, about three or four actually, somewhere in there. I don't actually remember much of it, but my Dad said I clapped when Darth Vader came on the screen. I finished Shadow the Hegemon yesterday and the library was closed today so I have yet to start Shadow Puppets. I am not one of "those" people. My problem is I don't know which series to start next. I found Shadow of the Hegemon creative. I was a bit scared at the realization that I identified most with Peter's character, especially since upon reading Ender's Game the sound of that name makes me cringe.
Anyway, Happy Veterans Day and thanks for the warm welcome
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
did you read children of the mind yet? because in that book peter is portrayed as a much more normal and understandable character.he stops being the monster and starts 'behaving'
by the way... i liked him too
Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
I have to admit that I have yet to read Children of the Mind. I was too excited about going back to Battle School in Ender's Shadow. I'm anxious to know what happens, but as of now I'm more interested in following Bean's life. Does Peter really behave? I thought that he was uberevil peter from Ender's memories. But I guess thats just another reason I need to read the fourth book. However, I am glad to know I'm not the only person who liked him.
p.s raphael: what's your favorite Ben and Jerry's?? I like Chunky Monkey
[ November 11, 2003, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: Brenuine ]
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
ummm... lemme see i think cookies and cream best. by the way... how many of beans books did you read?
Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
I read Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon. Yesterday, I went to the public library to see if they had Shadow Puppets, but being a holiday and all they were closed. My school library doesn't even carry that book, so right now I'm back with Children of the Mind. I'm a bit frustrated with that trilogy, though, but it is relativly small so it shouldn't take long to read. Especially since when I'm reading there is no such thing as prior commitements. How many have you read??
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
i read just about all of them (dont think im SUCH a book worm. it took me a while to get through them but i loved it.)how is children of the mind going? enjoying it so far?
Posted by hasdy (Member # 5905) on :
hey all, this is my newbness talking but when we say "other side" of the river...... exactly what are we referring to?!?
Thanks, hasdy
Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a bookworm. I've foudn that my favorite people to be around are bookworms and supposed "nerds". Children of the Mind is going well so far. I started it this morning and am around page 100. Not much has happened really, but I am pleased with the banter that occurs between Peter and Wang-Mu. The Miro/Val relationship is a bit iffy, however. I'm not exactly sure where I stand on that, but I am not happy that they're thinking of putting Jane in Val's body. But this is the opinion of one who has yet to delve fully into the reading. One thing is for sure, I love the humor found in this book, as in the entire series. These books have some of the funniest quotes I have seen.
Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
hey hasdy, I don't know either.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
hasdy
She means the other side of the forum. You are posting on "discussions about Orson Scott Card", but the "other side" of the active forums is "Books, Films, Foods and American Culture" and that side of the forum is a hodgepod of all sorts of topics, and much more active than "this side."
Farmgirl
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I gotcha... farm and papa... thanks!
Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
I'm almost finished with the series, which one should I begin next?? I hate being without a good book to read, especially with the holiday coming up.
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
actually, i was asking that question myself.all i read from osc's books were the ender books , and bean. (i alse read hart hope but i didn't love it too much . oh, yes i also resd a woman of destiny wich wad interesting but made me think)
Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
What was that about? I think I've heard of it.
I'm a bit more than half way through Children of the Mind now, and I'm loving it. I was disappointed with the other two, but this one seems to have more of a plot. It is so sad, though. If Ender dies, I am going to cry. I know it.
Posted by X12 (Member # 5867) on :
CotM has an excellent story line and ends nicely, in my oppinion (of course!!!). Some want more after, others dont. OSC isnt goin to make a 5th Ender book, though!! Oi vay
Posted by MuadDib (Member # 5925) on :
Hey all. I guess I'll start out by saying that I have been a Card fan since I first spotted one of my friends reading Ender's Game, in my physics class in high school, about 4 years ago. I read the entire Ender series in quick succession, and started in on the Shadow series (aka the Bean series). I am nearly 20 years old. Live in Houston,Tx. and I am currently awaiting my recruiter to get that fire lit and get me in the Marines (that I've been told I will be leaving for in January). I have just finished reading the shadow series for the first time since being disgusted (NOT AT ALL FROM THE WRITING.. but for the fact I waited for 2 years for Shadow Puppets and devoured it in 3 hours) when Puppets had just come out. I love Card's writing style, how I came to know and love these fictional characters, and want more of it. I was so depressed when I realized there were no more Ender books after Children, but we go on how we must. Seeing as I have devoured my entire book collection in a matter of a month (being Ender/Shadow series, Harry Potter {all 5}, Military books, Neil Gaiman's books, and most of Crichton's works) I was wondering which of Card's other series you all would recommend reading. I am delighted to come into this community of my fellow readers, and hope to talk with you more. Posted by Brenuine (Member # 5891) on :
Hey MaudDib, I know, I'm also disappointed that there are no more Ender books. I empathise with the reading of your entire book collection, I've done so multiple times. What type of military books have you read?? I've only read a few, and I think only a few of those were legitimate. I think its wonderful you want to join the marines. My dad enlisted right out of high school, so there is undying loyalty in my family to the marine corps. Welcome to hatrack.
Posted by Johnny (Member # 5966) on :
Hello everybody. I am Johnny, as you all can see. I just found this forum, and thought, maybe I should sign up and say, hey. Well, I guess I should say a little about myself. I'm from South Western New York, I'm 21 years old, and i'm a soldier. Thats right, The U.S. Army. As of right now, I'm in Iraq, working twords the Iraq's Freedom, good stuff. The reason I have decided to write here, is to praise OSC for his great books, that have kept me from many boring days and nights, I have just read Enders Game about a week ago for the 6th time, it's is by far one of the most important books to me ever since my childhood. The only problem is, it's the only book, out here that i have been able to find by OSC, I would like to read the Ender Series back to back at some point, but i need to get the rest of the series first. Well sorry, for blabbering on and on. Anyways, just wanted to drop on and say hey, and hopefully i will be able to get active in some of the topics, if time allows.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Johnny.
There's (at least?) one other Hatracker stationed in Iraq. He posts every so often on the other side of the board.
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Hrm, I've been around for about a week on this forum now, I suppose I ought to introduce myself.
Let's see, I'm 28 years old most of the time. I have Asperger's Syndrome, which I only mention because I have a tendency to occasionally say things a bit bluntly and/or be mistaken for displaying malice where none is intended. It's a safe assumption that if it is not blatantly apparent a non-aggressive meaning should be found. In plain words, you'll know beyond a shadow of a doubt if I intend to be unkind. I don't pull punches.
I am also a writer, actually making a decent living at it although my current work doesn't earn me any particular recognition or fame. It is good practice though and leaves me plenty of time to pursue my various creative writing interests, most of which swing toward the Sci-Fi end of the spectrum. I've got one novel that is actually "complete", though it is in dire need of a rewrite before it's fit for human consumption. To much telling and not enough showing.
As far as my OSC interests go, I read all seven books of the Ender series in one whirlwind 8 day episode, with a few days of interruption after the first day. I picked up Ender's Game on the advice of my editor, read it in a day, and then ordered the remaining six books less than an hour after completing it. A few days later when they arrived I dove in and devoured them all in a week. Nearly missed a deadline, but I pad my estimates enough for such indulgences.
What else can I say about myself? I'm ex-military, I live in the Midwest U.S. (at least until I can save up enough extra cash to move into the real world), and have more interests and hobbies than I could ever hope to pusue in a single lifetime. Not that I'm likely to fill up a reasonable amount of my life with such things, as I'm a US Olympic hopeful in the sport of procrastination. Writing and reading are two of the only things that I love so intensely that they can overcome my tendency to flit from topic to topic.
That's about all I can think of without launching into "My Life: Cliff's Notes", which would undoubtedly set new record lows on the New York Times bestseller list. If you've got any other questions feel free to ask. I may not give an answer, but you're still free to ask.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
Does anyone actually read this thread? Anyway, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm 16 years old, I'm from Norway and I love Orson Scott Card
So far I've read the Ender series, The Shadow series, the Alvin Maker series (minus "The Crystal City"), The Homecoming series, Pastwatch, Treason, Songmaster, Lost Boys, Treasure Box and Maps in a Mirror.
My first OSC( ) book was Ender's Game, which I read in May 2002. I actually checked out this forum like a year ago but I never really got into it.
English isn't my first language, as some of you may have noticed, so my grammar might not be that great.
Anyway, i hope to have some interesting discussions about Card, his books and anything else that might pop up and I am honored to become a part of this community called Hatrack Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, Yogi!
Hatrack's a fun place. Look around, stay awhile. Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Hi, my name is T_Smith, and I am new. Or at least I was about a year and a half ago. But I never did one of these "I'm new threads" so I decided now would be a good time to start.
Ok... lets see... few details about me...
I've been a Card fan for like... ever (since I was 17). I am now 18 and living in Utah (GO MORMONS!). I have read nearly all of his books, except the Worthing Saga, The Alvin Maker books, all the Shadow Books, All of the Ender books after Enders Game, Wyrms, Maps in a Mirror, all of his short stories, Folks of the Fringe... etc. But I'm still like... a HUGE fan.
And the ladies love me. I have like... 200 girls just stalking me. I can't keep them off of me... gee... whats up with that? I think it's the brown jacket. Chicks dig brown jackets. I think I'll make this Brown Jacket infamous someday.
And I go to BYU and am studying World Domination and Leg Pulling 101. I'm going to rule the world with my wit! And everyone will listen to me because I know what I am talking about when it comes to politics. These silly politicians are cowards, and my great debating skillz and higher knowledge can easily expose them and overthrow the US government. And then I will talk the entire world into letting me be the Hegemon, JUST LIKE PETER! Wouldn't that be cool! Because if I was Hegemon, aliens wouldn't bother attacking us, because how could they destroy something so beautiful as myself? Really. Tell me that. They can't. And even if they tried, I'd tell all my lady stalkers to go attack them, and maybe even get kids to fight them, JUST LIKE ENDER!
And then I'd be in tons of parades and floats, with confetti falling down all around me, and I could get some kid to write a story about me and telling me as a monster turned into a good man and then people could call it like... The Hegemon. And there could be a movie staring Jake Lloyd or that 6th Sense kid, and hey, maybe I could even get OSC to write the screen play for it and get some decent directer to direct it, because I mean, come on I'd be the friggin hegemon for crying out loud, why WOULDN'T they do it, and if they refused, I could like throw them in world prison and no one would be able to find them, and then you'd all get ticked of course, but what could you do, I'm the friggin hegemon, baby.
By the way, I'm just really bored. All of the above is just supposed to be funny, and not a parody of anyone here, or an insult to anyone. Any likeness or similarities are purely coincidental.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to all newcomers!
Spektyr -- I was wondering which part of the "midwest" you are from -- I hear different interpretations of exactly what is considered to be "midwest" in USA all the time....
Farmgirl (from Kansas!)
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Well I'm originally from Texas, which is not midwest or any other category, being a category whole unto itself. But I've lived the majority of my life in Kansas, which is as "midwest" as you can get. Wichita is a real city, with electricity, running water, and no cows - and no, Dorothy doesn't live here.
But it's nearly that boring anyway. I spent a few years stationed in Florida. I thoroughly enjoyed living there and hope to move back soon.
Oh, and Yogi - your English is better than most Americans. Unfortunately that isn't saying much, but you write quite well all the same.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well Spektyr,
Then you and I must be "neighbors" -- I work in downtown Wichita (although don't live in town). Glad to see another Hatracker in my area -- all these other guys have wonderful get togethers states away from where we are, so I haven't got to meet any of them personally. Always welcome another OSC fan -- wish I could find more of them. What have you read of OSC's besides the Ender's series? Delano books on west Douglas sometimes has some good copies of OSC stuff (if I haven't bought them all).
Welcome to the group.
Farmgirl
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
So far I haven't read anything beyond the Ender series. Old West genre isn't really my cup of tea, even with a mystical theme. I tend to do my reading in spurts - I spend a week or two reading 6-12 books and then I usually don't pick up another one for about a month. If I read on a more consistant basis I never seem to get any writing done. Two separate mental gears.
Get-togethers don't make much difference to me if they're a few miles or a few states away. I've got a car, but no license to drive it, no insurance, and expired tags. Heck, the battery in it would be better employed as a paper weight. But someday I'll revive it both in legal and mechanical terms. Until that time though I don't expect to be getting out that much, which is fine by me since my writing income can pay the basic living expenses (and a few minor luxuries) but adding the vehicle expenses would be tight.
I don't envy you your commute - although the drivers around here aren't nearly as aggressive as they are in the "bigger" cities, they are dumber than paint. Half the people on the road seem to think their car is equipped with some sort of autopilot and all they have to do is numbly follow the car in front of them. Not remotely alert to what is going on. Coming back here after driving for a few years in Orlando made me wonder how so many Wichitans survive automotive transit.
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
I am am an avid reader and I find that many of my ideas about what could link fantasy and science fiction are expressed in Card's writing. I am of course an Accounting Student and a writer.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I'll bet you're also a firstborn or only child (most bean counters are, did you know that? 95%) and that you are extremely analytical (as can be witnessed by your post about the Crystal City book.
Farmgirl
Posted by BobbyK (Member # 5970) on :
Is it too late for this? Too Bad.
At the age of 4 years old I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Regulations of medication, blood sugar level, and food intake became as normal as play time and cartoons. Well, least to say, childhood wasn't normal.
At 7 years old I started injecting my own insulin and cooking my own meals. Thanks to a most excellent youth diabetes summer camp(Wish I remembered the name! Anyone interested email me, I can dig up my old t-shirt). I was 7 going on 30, and told so often. I never did fit in with my age group. I just couldn't identify.
I never felt good tearing someone down. And it was obvious. It made me a very easy target.
The teachers made it all the worse. Paying such close mind... when they were around.
"Did you eat your snack Bobby?", "Are you feeling okay Bobby?", "You don't have to ask permission to use the restroom, Bobby, just go." (Diabetics tend to pee frequently FYI)
The schoolyard was another issue. Details are unecessary; I just learned to stick close to the fenced perimeter.
Come Junior High, I learned to stay home.
4 years later, my sophmore year; I found my niche. Via the drama department. But I chose to stay home rather than attend "Social Hour" or "High School". Ridicule was, and still is, harsh on me. And my comprehension and communication skills were enough to coast through.
You may be asking yourself "What does this have to do with Hatrack"....
It was about this time in my life that I entered into my first relationship. Important for so many reasons to every person, but those reasons aside, she influenced me far more than anyone else.
I saved two paycheck to but her a golden heart necklace for Christmas. I handed her the poorly wrapped box, palms sweating, heart in my throat. She was overjoyed, and I was elated. Until.
Until she handed me her present. Wrapped to mask, but so obviously, a stupid book. My heart sank.
I managed a smile, and unwrapped Ender's Game. The most moving of this gift was the signature in the back binder "Love, Stacy". 2 months later we broke up, and the book sat unread on my shelf for months.
I can't say what possesed me to pick it up. But doing so changed my life. Orson Scott Card showed me that I wasn't alone. I wasn't the only one who felt this way. This isolated, yet displayed. I've since read Ender's Game at least once a year and 70% of his books. Each one has touched my life in a unique way. Taught me a different perspective.
Thank You, Orson.
I hope to help further enrich this forum, if such a thing is possible. Thank you all.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Thank you, BobbyK.
That was very honest, open and heartfelt. You really took a risk by opening up your feelings to us, complete strangers.
I hope we are worthy, and that you find total acceptance here.
It's a great forum.
Farmgirl
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Bobby, I hear ya ^^
Welcome to the 'rack, I'm glad you've joined us!
Posted by BobbyK (Member # 5970) on :
Thank you Farmgirl! I had a rock in my throat when I posted it. I appreciate your feelings.
Dearest Myrddin, tannk you for everything! You've made me feel very welcome, which isn't the easiest thing to convince me of. [Edit: Puntuation]
[ December 04, 2003, 08:36 PM: Message edited by: BobbyK ]
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Not to worry, Bobby. I haven't been around here for anything remotely resembling a long time, but it was pretty clear to me from the start that this wasn't the sort of place where those kinds of attacks would be tolerated.
If you bare your soul here and someone takes a cheap shot you won't get much of a chance to fire back at them... all the decent folk of the forum (pretty much the whole crowd) would perform the literary equivalent of a nature program on pack animal predators.
"Blimey! No sooner than that elk hit the ground those wolves had it shredded and fileted."
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Spektyr
Hey -- great to see you post back. You came on for a few days and had some GREAT posts (love your word usage) and then disappeared for awhile.
Would like to hear your thoughts more on some of the topics on the Other Side
Farmgirl
Posted by BobbyK (Member # 5970) on :
I don't know of your habits Spektyr, but I'd have to agree with Farmgirl about your writingstyle. Very visual. Thank you for the insight, sir. That does help to know.
Bobby
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Bobby,
Wow. Your introduction in "New members post here!" was practically a landmark. I echo those who say that it's great that you can be so open and honest to people you don't know all that well. I also echo those who've told you that Hatrack is indeed a place where's that's safe to do. I'm certain you're destined to be a longstanding and contributing Hatracker. And thanks again for the instant message last night -- that really was a very cool thing to say.
Welcome to the 'Rack.
--Pop
Posted by Nicado (Member # 6004) on :
Hi all, just joined the community. I've been a die hard fan since first reading Enders Game many years ago. His writing is, as you know, exceptional to say the least. His stories have always drawn me in until I find myself having been perched on the edge of my seat and the evening rolling into the early morning hours {oops}. I had never touched the Alvin Maker series, boy, sure glad I did because I've flown through the books and just got Crystal City and am now disappointed to find out that it just came out. Disappointed because now I'm going to have to wait another two years or so . Anyways, gives me a chance to read the series again but not after researching some American historical icons that are presented in this book {as I am Canadian and don't know American History indepth except the basics like the individuals themselves,to be honest}. So I'm interested in learning more so that I get a better feel for the books and the historical comparison.
Anyways, I look forward to taking part here!
Thanks for havin' me!
Nic
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Farmgirl, I've pretty much been lurking off and on over the past few days. I've poked around the Other Side and taken mild interest in some of the discussions there, but I tend not to simply put in my two cents worth unless I have something to say. While I am anything but a quiet individual who avoids speaking his mind, I try not to speak unless I have reason to believe that my points are both valid and worthwhile. I have a tendency to speak without regard for other people's interest - a failing I work constantly to hold in check.
As for those who appreciate my writing style, thank you. I get more than a few compliments on it from my editor but it's always nice to hear them. I don't let it go to my head though, I've still got a long way to go before I can start to feel content. There's plenty of room for improvement (not to mention acheivement).
In the spirit of Bobby's post, I suppose I'll explain a bit more about myself. A good place to start would be at the beginning, even if it is cliche and predictable.
The mere fact that I'm sitting here typing this out is a miracle of sorts. I was born 5 weeks late, tipping the scales at 10lbs, 15oz. Furthermore the placenta had stopped working long enough prior to my birth that the majority of its tissue was dead. The doctors estimated I had lost at least two pounds prior to being born and suffered oxygen deprivation. They told my mother that I had brain damage and would likely be retarded. If that wasn't bad enough, they also told her that overcrowding in the womb due to my extreme size had damaged my knees and ankles. I would most likely never walk without leg braces and would never be able to run.
Of course anyone with even rudimentary reading comprehension skills can tell that I am quite obviously not retarded. Quite the opposite, in fact. I don't want to sound like a braggart, but I skipped a year in school, took numerous honors and advanced placement (AP) courses, went to college on an academic scholarship, and have an IQ that is quite frankly embarassing to mention. Not to mention the fact that if I say it people think I'm either lying or insufferably smug. Despite the fact that my life would be considerably easier if I wasn't so smart, I still wouldn't trade it just to fit in better.
As far as my legs go none of the doctors' morbid predictions came true there, either. I learned to walk early, and began running around like a holy terror shortly thereafter. With my considerable developmental headstart compared to most children my age, I was always the tallest if not the biggest kid.
I probably could have been an impressive athelete were it not for a little "incident" at my father's church. (My parents split up when I was very young.) I was a little over three years old when I first encountered another boy with the same first name as mine. This four-year old and I were in Sunday school and began arguing about which of us was "Josh" - it hadn't occured to either of us there could be more than one person with the same name. He announced that he was older, and therefore had first dibs on the name. Unable to think of a quick argument to this, I punched him in the nose hard enough to start it bleeding. My father was mortified by this since this boy's parents were very prominent members of the church and then told me that "I was very lucky the other boy didn't hurt me since I was not physically strong". I believe he even went so far as to say that the men in our family were "genetically predispositioned against physical prowess". Since he was my dad, he was by default always correct, and I believed this implicitly for many, many years.
Fortunately I did find this to be blatantly incorrect only 15 years later. [grumble] In college I was relentlessly hounded by the coach for the Novice Men's Crew team (olympic style rowing). Being 6'4" and 165lbs is pretty much the ideal build for the sport. I found out that I not only enjoyed it immensely, but that I was remarkably good at it as well.
So what's the point of all this? Basically that time after time in my life people have made predictions about who and what I was or would be. Sometimes I was aware of these predictions, other times I was not told until I had proven them wrong. Either way it taught me that absolutely no one can tell you who you are. I read the story of Glenn Cunningham (the famous runner and fellow Kansan) in the seventh grade which helped to reinforce this. For those who don't know, he was horribly crippled in a fire as a child, told by doctors they would have to amputate his legs. He refused to allow them to and refused to believe their predictions that he would never regain use of them. He became a world-class runner and held the world record time for the mile for many years.
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
I've got one more little insight to add, and since the previous bit was running a little long and the two points weren't especially related I opted to split it across two posts.
As I've mentioned before I have Asperger's Syndrome. In excessively generalized terms this means that I do not have the natural ability to read social cues. It is in the Autistic spectrum, but to the layman would not be mistaken for Autism. Genetically speaking it's very similar, and if both parents have Asperger's there's a 33% chance of full-blown Autism in their children. (Part of the reason I'm not going to have kids.)
Having Asperger's means never fitting in. It's not very common, although most people know someone that has it but has never been diagnosed. Most people with Asperger's learn to adapt well enough to just seem a little odd by the time they're adults. It's a matter of studying people intently to figure out how to emulate their behavior and react to social cues with appropriate behavior. The problem is that even the best of us are using the equivalent of a translation system to decode social cues and determine what the best response is. Invariably we make mistakes and annoy or anger people without realizing it.
To use an analogy (which I constantly do - it's the way my mind thinks), I have a Linux brain in a Windows world. I've got a Windows emulator but as any Unix user knows these emulators are anything but flawless.
I didn't find out that I had Asperger's until a couple years ago. I'm not sure if it would have helped or hurt me to have found out earlier, but looking back it has helped me to understand a great many of the difficulties I've had in my life.
I would say that my mother is worthy of sainthood, if either of us were Catholic. Without knowing anything about Asperger's, Autism, or any other mental disability (though I don't personally feel "disabled") she is the sole reason I am as "high functioning" as I am today. My best friend of 22+ years is likewise a remarkable individual. He is the only other "neuro-typical" that has managed to adapt his social view to fully accept me. (Neuro-typical is our little name for the rest of you. You labeled us "Asperger's" and turn-about is fair play.)
What else... let's see... how about the "dark side"?
I'm a systemizer. This isn't to say that I'm a neat-freak. Quite the contrary. But everything needs to be a certain way. I don't like planning things, but unexpected change - particularly big things - is a source of enormous anxiety for me. Sometimes this can be debilitating. I once was informed by my roommates that they had decided we would all move into a new place - in 4 days. I wanted to move, the place we were in was immensely crowded, but the sudden time-table was more than I could deal with easily. It would be fair to say that I was virtually impossible to live with for a week.
I have poor self-censorship. I speak the truth as I see it and tend to speak my mind without consideration for the appropriateness of the conversation. I've got this quirk mostly in control, but it still pops up on occasion. Particularly when I'm out with friends at a bar.
I have "ticks". These are some of the classic Autistic traits, such as "rocking". Mostly I play with my hair ("twirling" it as my mom calls it), or bounce a leg. Neither are widely accepted behavior in public. This was one of my biggest sources of frustration growing up - trying and failing to eliminate these habits. Recently I've come to terms with the fact that these are things I do. They're soothing to me. I still try to not do them in public, but if someone thinks I'm a freak because I'm playing with my hair or rocking back and forth a little... well why should I care?
Rambling. I do that too. Like now.
When I decided to do this I envisioned a much shorter post that had an obvious "point". Now I haven't the slightest clue what the "point" is, aside from the fact that I'm different, and not just in the normal "everyone is unique" way. My brain is fundamentally different (maybe due to that oxygen deprivation, who knows).
But to be honest, I like it. Like many people with Asperger's I'm smart. Whether that's due to having Asperger's or not is anyone's guess, but having an atypical brain also gives me an atypical view of the world. Inside my head I'm not any different than anyone else, or at least not appreciably so. I just don't have the native social programming installed.
Personally I think this difference plays a major role in making my writing "better" than it would be otherwise. I had to work infinitely harder at understanding people. Everything social had to be dissected, analyzed, and filed away. I read voraciously to try to learn how words worked to invoke instinctive responses in everyone else. In some ways I understand people better than they understand themselves. In other ways I'm hopelessly in the dark. (That's part of the reason I like writing better than socializing. I always understand my characters, I invented their whole psyches. Sometimes they get minds of their own and screw with my plot lines, but that's a whole different story.)
Alright... my imagination is now conjuring images of that glassy-eyed look I've learned to associate with people who are wishing I'd just shut the hell up, so I will.
If you're curious I'll post more. If not, I apologize for talking your ear off. I can talk for hours about nothing more than the average human's ignorance of the way their own mind works and their instincts, or the insights I've gained by being able to observe humans from what is almost a foreign perspective. But as I've promised, that will have to wait for later, and an invitation.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
It's interesting to see the similarities between AS and ADD. I've had the latter for as long as I can remember.
You and I could make for a pretty good sitcom. With a rather severe case of ADD, I thoroughly enjoy chaos. (which tends to make me get a kick out of the quirks which you try to quell ) We could drive each other bonkers.
Otherwise, you sound eerily like me. Where in Kansas are you from? (I'm from Chapman)
Where did you row? (I got hounded[successfully] by the lightweight coach at Columbia. While I was on the K-State campus for Boys State, their crew coach mistook me for a college student and attempted to recruit me there, too. It's a tough life, being 6'+, 165, isn't it?)
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Actually a lot of people with Asperger's also have ADD. I have a few tendencies that way, but thankfully (IMO) it's not enough to actually include it in my diagnosis.
For instance, I can bounce around between several points of interest, but if anything actually catches my attention to any real degree I can easily lose track of hours, days, or in rare cases weeks. More than a few times in my life I've not been entirely sure of what month it was. Not that it really makes that much difference to me - one day is pretty much the same as any other. What day of the week it is only affects me in as much as it influences the availability of places and people (their work schedules, business hours, that sort of thing.)
One of the many reasons I don't much like Wichita (or anywhere in the midwest for that matter). Things have very specific times and dates and you have to keep constant close attention if you want to interact in the world. I much prefer cities where you can find most any kind of store open at any time of the day or week.
As far as rowing goes, it was one of the things I loved the most about college. (Actually, it was just about the only thing I did in college, including schoolwork. Part of the reason I didn't attend more than two years - too much time rowing and playing MUDs.) I rowed for WSU those two years and had an absolute blast. It was an absolute thrill to find that my life as a nerd had been primarily self-imposed and that my body could be trained to perform virtually any physical task I needed it to. Run up the stairs of a 30 story building without stopping? Not a problem. Race up and down the stadium seats with a 110lb coxswain on my back for 20 minutes? Not a problem. It was exhilerating.
One of the other drawbacks I've found to being 6'4": it becomes difficult to be around people who are as tall or taller than you. Almost everyone I meet is shorter than I am, so when I come across someone taller it is more than a little off-putting. I imagine it's easier for people that gained their height later in life, but I was at my full height as a sophmore in high-school.
I was also the most flexible oarsman on the WSU team when I was there. The coach was constantly yelling at me to shorten my stroke so I didn't outpull the other guys in the boat. For the non-rowers out there, the oars in a crew boat are 10 feet long and swivel on an outrigger. The farther you swing it back the more it pulls outward, away from the boat. If one guy is pulling from further back he will produce a slight turn in the boat with every stroke, since that pull isn't being countered by the oarsmen on the other side.
I'm nowhere near being in the same shape I was back then. Now I'm doing pretty well to just sit down and touch my toes. Back then it was no trouble for me to sit with my feet a foot from the wall, then lean forward and touch the wall with my fingers.
Perhaps someday I'll get back into shape. On second thought, I'll probably just redefine my image of "in shape".
Posted by Nicado (Member # 6004) on :
I've read about Aspergern Syndrome and to be honest, you're obviously quite social about everything...I mean, let's face it Mr. Know it all, you're working full time on it all??!!' You may have some issues but your real issues are something else! I'm tired of people like you standing to be real people and scrucking everyday peoples!
They can do what they want with my profile but I know what's right!
Nic
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by BobbyK (Member # 5970) on :
Motion for a removal anyone?
Spektyr, I find your openess very refreshing. I've lived with people telling me how I should feel about my diabetes. Some people have nothing more than the ability to critisize. I'm always interested in another perspective. Thank you for your honesty.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I might be in favor of requesting removal if I could figure out what he was trying to SAY!?
I have a feeling he's had posts deleted before (possibly done so himself?) -- he's posted 5 times, but only two posts show up.
Spektyr, I've enjoyed reading your posts since your very first. I hope you won't let that response(?) color your views of Hatrack too much.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: I've read about Aspergern Syndrome and to be honest, you're obviously quite social about everything...I mean, let's face it Mr. Know it all, you're working full time on it all??!!' You may have some issues but your real issues are something else! I'm tired of people like you standing to be real people and scrucking everyday peoples!
They can do what they want with my profile but I know what's right!
Nic
wth?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Who the heck is Nicado, and what... is he/she TRYING to start a flame?
I'm not sure exactly what their lack of communication skills is trying to say, but I also vote that the moderator remove that post, which appears to be TRYING to say something insulting...
Farmgirl
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Man, if we removed all insulting posts, I'd be knocked back to newbie status in less time than the average lifespan of a bottle of tequila in Ralphie's kitchen.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Nah, deleting posts doesn't change your post count. Posted by Nicado (Member # 6004) on :
You're all absolutely correct. I apologize to Spek, most specifically. and to you the rest of the people who love this forum. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. What I was thinking at the time was utter shite!
I will disengage myself from this forum voluntarily for my utterly stupid and significantly inconsiderate comments previous to this post. I am deeply embarrassed by my actions and words. I apologize to Spektyr and everyone here for my less than poor behaviour.
Nicado
[ December 09, 2003, 02:25 AM: Message edited by: Nicado ]
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
I don't think that post needs to be deleted or anything. I found it rather amusing.
Quite frankly I find it flattering, even.
I mean, one could not dream of being criticized in a way more obviously demonstrating a frightening lack of intellect. If someone cannot even make their insults clearly understood, then they are the perfect voice for those insults.
Now on the other hand if someone well-spoken had lashed out at me, that would be far more likely to land a blow. But as it were the attack was so uncoordinated that it illustrated in itself the idiocy of such an attack. No one else can try to duplicate it using, oh, a "real" language without risking an immediate comparison to this joker.
Absolutely perfect.
Hell, it makes me wish I had thought of doing it myself.
[ December 09, 2003, 06:10 AM: Message edited by: Spektyr ]
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Just leapt out of bed to add something (or what passes for my "bed", I never understood the need of a piece of furniture for sleeping).
That post was the literary equivalent of a social cue.
It was the staggering drunk who, in a harsh tone of voice, spews forth as many incoherant syllables as spittle. The intent is clear, but not the content.
Though I think I was able to decipher one thing - that he was of the opinion that his "expertise" in Asperger's dictates that those who have the syndrome are not social.
Thank you for sharing - it is a very kind impulse - but you are quite welcome to keep your ignorance to yourself. Those who have Asperger's are not actually anti-social. They may learn to be because they consistantly fail to fit in, but that does not mean that we don't feel the same instinctive urge to interact with others. Autism is the complete withdrawl into oneself. Asperger's is like being a foreigner wherever you go. You may be able to learn the local language, but you'll never quite speak it natively and you never quite fit in.
Sure, I'm definitely not the poster child for Asperger's. I'm more of an exception than I am the rule. But this isn't indication that I'm making up things to garner sympathy or whatever reason you may perceive. This is an indication that I spent the better part of 8 years studying human interaction. All that crap you learned instinctively by the time you were 5 years old? It took me nearly a decade of intensive study as an adult to figure it out. I simply didn't have the cognitive resources to process it all when I was younger. Even now I don't really have the same level of understanding that a neuro-typical does.
On the other hand, I see things most people can't or won't, simply because it comes to them naturally.
Thankfully, your behavior is not one of these "mysteries" for anyone of learning.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
A couple suggested areas of future concentration:
1. Intro to Accepting Apologies.
2. Why not to vigorously defend something you claim to have brushed off 101.
3. How to Avoid Posturing For Dummies.
Seriously, though...show, don't tell. Most often, comments like, "I'm smart!" only go to show the opposite to be true (even if you try and balance it with other humbling statements ). ____________________________________________
I spent too much time rowing, too. Only instead of MUDs, I spent the rest of my time at the womens' college across the street. Had I not dropped out, there's no telling what portion of my current income would go to child support.
Rowing truly was more addicting, though. One of my best friends also came on as a walk-on. He rowed all four years, and is now certifiably nuts.
We had an erg in our apartment. We pulled 2Ks for no reason. We pulled 500s to get us pumped up for a night on the town. We pulled 10Ks to circulate air through the place. And this was all three years after he graduated (with a ton of medals) and almost six years after I dropped out.
The year after I dropped out, I was so addicted, I had to join a club and row with 40-year-old men to get my fix. They disbanded, and I even coxed a womens' 4 while I was waiting to buy my single just so I could get my time on the water and see the sunrise!
And if I don't stop thinking about it right now, I'm liable to go join the club team that just formed here at Boise State.
And that would probably lead to me becoming crippled, as I've also succesfully redefined my definition of "in shape".
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Familiar with these three most-evil words of the English language?
Anabolic
Threshold
Testing
For a time I was thoroughly convinced that my coach was Satan.
Or a member of his immediate family.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I had to go through it all and keep my weight at 153lbs.
I looked like a crack addict.
To this day, I can't look at a box of All-Bran without a little vomit rising to the back of my throat.
Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
I dropped 9lbs in one day to make weight for a lightweight boat, once.
After that the coach just agreed that my weight was, and should be, 175. Actually several guys had been struggling to make weight, and the team collectively decided we'd rather field a heavyweight boat of healthier oarsmen.
Incidentally we didn't lose a single regatta after that - until the Dad Vails - but then you can't exactly expect to win the national championships. We rowed a reverse german-rigged eight - a wooden boat! It was hard to tell what got more confused looks, the 4 & 5 seats both sporting port oarsmen or the fact that we were lining up in what was usually the only non-carbon fiber shell. (I rowed #4 by the way - I still cringe when I think about how many times I accidentally stabbed poor #5 in the kidneys with the oar handle when we were learning how to deal with that very strange configuration.)
I'll tell you, Shoenbroad knows how to build a boat. We had several much more expensive (and newer) shells that simply were nowhere near as fast. It was a thing of beauty and at race pace that boat lifted so far you could almost mistake it for a hydrofoil.
You take a standard D-bottom carbon fiber boat: you can feel the water flowing past the hull on the backstroke if everyone is setting up the boat properly. This thing... it felt like you were skimming through the air. Absolutely smoooth. Of course that had something to do with us sanding and clearcoating it at least a dozen times with textbook obsessive compulsiveness.
Ahg... such a boat... more than anything I miss that boat (and I say that in the oarsman way - the shell and the other rowers).
There's nothing really that compares with that feeling, is there? When you're under full pressure, pushing the low to mid 40's on your stroke rate and getting an easy length and a half run. The surge of power as eight guys who collectively outweigh the boat by at least 5 times lay everything they've got on the oar handles, followed by that almost zen-like calm of the recovery as the boat literally just glides along with only the faintest noise of running water and the well-lubricated seat runners.
There's only two kinds of oarsmen. Those who love it obsessively and those that quit before they even find out what it's about. I firmly believe that once someone rows in a boat that comes together and doesn't look like a drowning insect flailing about (as we all did at first) - once they feel the flawless coordination, they're hooked.
I rowed with acute tendonitis in my achillies, I rowed with pneumonia, I rowed with dislocated ribs. There wasn't anything that was going to keep me out of that boat.
[ December 10, 2003, 05:40 AM: Message edited by: Spektyr ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: Man, if we removed all insulting posts, I'd be knocked back to newbie status in less time than the average lifespan of a bottle of tequila in Ralphie's kitchen.
I find this insulting.
I keep my tequila in a very respectable bar, thank you very much.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
One of my favorite things as a lightweight was the first meal after a weigh-in. My least favorite was being an Italian living in NYC and having to control my pizza consumption.
quote:but then you can't exactly expect to win the national championships.
Man, you should've seen our boat scowl at the nice lady that handed us our silver medals.
We had a pretty standard Vespoli, starboard rigged. The weight of the boat is a much bigger factor in lightweight rowing, so nobody in our league was so unwise as to use a wooden boat. Also, every crew in our league was overflowing with money. When I went back to visit the boathouse at homecoming two years ago, I saw that even the novices were rowing Resoluts!
I sat 5-seat, and I think my kidneys still hurt from being stabbed by our spasmatic 4-seat. Sense of trust is a fragile, fragile thing.
Aside from that, the only abnormal pains I had to row with were a pulled lat and strep throat.
But the pain was more than outweighed by the sight of the sunrise over the trees on the Hudson River. That, and the feel of perfect rhythm--to settle after a start at a 34, yet still walk through every crew on the course like they were paddling.
*shiver*
Man, I need to get back into a boat.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Oh, Ralphie. Don't be modest. A bar...come on, show Hatrack the picture of your stupendous rack. I bet they won't even believe how little it cost!
Posted by callmecordelia (Member # 6021) on :
Hello all. Well, I certainly don't have anything to add concerning lightweights, however, I thought I should introduce myself somewhere. I'm a huge OSC fan, although only somewhat recently, as I'm only almost finished with the Ender series. But I tend to be a fanatic when it comes to absolutely great stuff, so hey. It helps to have people to obsess with, right? Right. So anyway, anyone feel free to drop me a line; I'm usually a pretty bearable person.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, cordelia!
You are seeing an example of a thread derailment. It's something of an art 'round these parts.
See ya 'round the 'Rack!
Posted by callmecordelia (Member # 6021) on :
Thanks rivka!! Posted by Spektyr (Member # 5954) on :
Thirty-four? Was that warm-ups?
For the spring 2000's we were pushing 46 strokes per minute with good run.
As far as unusual pains while rowing... let's see. I was in a car accident my freshman year that spun my car so fast one of the rear wheels was sheared off. Considerable back problems for the rest of the year. I've rowed with dislocated ribs that pulled loose and snapped back on every stroke, a dislocated shoulder, tendonitis in my Achilles... they simply couldn't keep me out of the boat.
Me and the 5 seat had a few tense situations with the kidney jabs, but we found the rhythm that worked pretty quickly.
Speaking of kidney jabs - we had some cocky oarsman from a different school transfer to our school in my sophomore year. He got so mouthy that we suddenly found ourselves unable to row properly and a surprising number of our oarsmen seemed to have trouble clearing their handles before he started back on the slide... lol.
He didn't last long.
We had some fun mind-games to play with other crews, particularly in the long races with staggered starts. Instead of those grueling battles when one boat catches another, where each tries to get ahead and both crews end up more tired than they would have been otherwise, we'd just psyche them out.
About the same time as we'd start to pull alongside the coxswain would crank up the box to max and start screaming at us like you wouldn't believe. "I haven't seen rowing this bad in my entire life! Get it together you pansies! Take it down two in two!" However, we took it UP two strokes and did a power 20. Of course the other crew can't watch us closely and their cox isn't likely to be timing our strokes, so they think we dropped below race pace to regain rhythm and are suddenly walking on them.
Once they believe you're faster, they go slower to make it true.
We had other fun things we did, too. We perfected a three-stroke start, getting to speed one to two strokes faster than most of the other boats. At nationals all of our power 20's became power 30's though the cox still called it by the former name. And we had a Swedish exchange student that was built like a norse god who would stalk around the boats glaring at everyone else and growling fiercely in Swedish. Then we'd make a big show of trying to placate him so that he wouldn't hurt anyone. We considered chaining him to a tree and feeding him raw meat, but we thought that would be a bit much. (He was actually a pretty decent guy, if a bit rough around the edges.)
As far as wooden boats go, ours really wasn't much heavier than a glass boat, and it was yet another form of psychological warfare. Add in the strange rig we had, the three-stroke start and a wood boat. When we were lining up at the start most crews were sneering at our shell. But when we leapt ahead by two seats in the first ten strokes most crews believed we were unbeatable.
If we were that fast in a wooden boat, we must have been better oarsmen, right?
It doesn't have to be true. The opponent just has to believe it. As soon as you believe you're beaten, you are.
Posted by efrum (Member # 6030) on :
Okay, I see that this is, well, supposed to be the place to introduce yourself.
Being new to this particular forum, and having not properly done so, I had better get to it.
My name is gary. I live sort of in Minnesota, and sort of in Montana (Long story, and not too terribly exciting...). I have a beautiful wife, and four beautiful daughters (2 to 9).
I'm an artist by trade and by habit, dabbling in pretty much every medium possible.
I'm a neo-cubist. No, not the artist kind, I just really like Neo, and I dwell in a cube...
And did I mention that I'm a big OSC fan? Well, that kind of explains my appearance here, now, doesn't it? I've read nearly all of his books, and all of his short stories that I've been able to get my hands on. And I frequent hatrack. Not sure why I hadn't wandered in here before now.
I'm currently reading The Crystal City. It's great so far, but then I expected no less.
Well, that's about it. If you have any questions, ask. And if I get around to it, I may actually answer back
efrum
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome efrum! (interesting screen name)
I see you have already posted quite a bit. Glad to see you dive in and take part. (good web page, too, by the way)...
Farmgirl
Posted by efrum (Member # 6030) on :
Thanks Farmgirl. Well, I've been trying to qualify as a "posting whore", whatever the advantage of that is
efrum
[ December 18, 2003, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: efrum ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
My name is Derrell and I live in Tempe, Arizona. I'm 37 and an avid SF and fantasy fan.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Derrell! Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Thanks. Posted by Diko (Member # 6060) on :
Is this still an intro thread?
This is actually my second post on the Hatrack River Forums (first being: Advent Rising?).
My name is Rose, and I've been a fan of OSC for going on 12 years now. My favorite book of his (and of any author, for that matter) is Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. It is my favorite not so much for the sci-fi aspect (I'm not a big fan of sci-fi!) but more for the history aspect. I chose the username Diko from that book, she was one of the pivitol (sp?) characters, and the one I understood the most.
I'm a history w/secondary education major, and I write in my spare time. I have yet to decide whether I'd rather write or teach, so I figure I"ll do both until I my mind makes itself up.
So, enough with the boring details that all of you will forget as soon as you're done reading.
Hi! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
All together, now: Hi, Rose!
Choosing between teaching and writing, hmm? So either way, you'll need an incredible amount of time and energy, and likely not make enough to live on?
Good luck! Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Hi Rose. Welcome to Hatrack.
Posted by Tonatiuh (Member # 6052) on :
Hello im a new member and orson scott card is one of my favorite authors i was browsing this site and it seemed like a great place so i singed up and here I am. My name is Sam I live in Montana (USA)im in high school and need some intellegent conversation because most people my age aren't the best people to talk to if you want intellegent conversation and these are cool Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Welcome, Tonatiuh. Glad to have you here. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to Derrell, Rose and Tonatiuh(Sam)!
Hope you enjoy your time here talking on Hatrack! We do most of our "intelligent" discussions on the other side -- Books, Films, etc... but I see most of you have already found that!
Derrell -- cheer for my Kansas State Wildcats tomorrow as they play in your city for the bowl game!
Farmgirl
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Hi newbs!
(This thread needs to be bumped so bad...)
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome to Hatrack Elaine! I'm sure you'll fit right in. If you're a SF fan, you may be interested in taking a look at the SF Author Showdown threads over in the sakeriver.com forums.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
:slitted eye emoticon:
Posted by Fooglmog (Member # 6088) on :
*Shows up*
I guess I'm a newb again... I had an account on these forums long long ago, but it's been deleted. I only posted a few times so I doubt anyone recognizes me anyway.
I guess a little about me might be in order. My name is Jonathan Cassels, I live in Kitchener Ontario Canada, and I'm fairly Liberal in my opinions on... everything.
I'm always looking for some good discussion with right wing thinkers (emphasis on thinkers) so if you ever feel like having a discussion with a left wing canuck, give me a hollar; cassels_jon@hotmail.com (for e-mail or msn) or 41753115 (for those who prefer ICQ)
-Fooglmog Guy with no clue.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
You're referring to synaptic connections actually, well, . . . . connecting?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
But synapses aren't actually connections, they're spaces. Neurotransmitters have to jump the gap. Jump, little neurotransmitters, jump! Posted by Luis A. (Member # 6085) on :
First of all, I must apologise for my poor English, but I hope to find a good amount of good will 'round here.
I'm 38, from Spain, and a fan of OSC since I read Ender's Game years ago (though I sometimes 'cheat' him with Frank Herbert )
I'm afraid I won't participate a lot in the forum (you know, work and all of that), but I wanted to say hello to all of you, readers of the world.
See you soon.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome Luis! Hope you have time to post more than you think you will!
Fooglmog, what was your original username? You never know who might remember you. In any case, welcome back!
Posted by Fooglmog (Member # 6088) on :
I probably used the name Fooglmog, Noemon (though I'm not certain) it's also possible I used the name Startwin, Gomlgoof or Cassels. I can't in all honestly remember.
[ January 09, 2004, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Fooglmog ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Welcome all. Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
quote: I probably used the name Fooglmog, Noemon (though I'm not certain) it's also possible I used the name Startwin, Gomlgoof or Cassels. I can't in all honestly remember.
You're sure it wasn't Dawlwoom? How about Boofmar?
Well welcome whoever you are!
Posted by SouljaKlipp (Member # 6092) on :
o my god... ive been reading ender over and over for the past 9 years and i never visited hatrack. i think ill be spending a lot of spare time here! i am a senior in secondary education in the field of english at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee. im a bouncer at a bar out here and i work at a daycare with 2 and 3 year olds. reading writing and wrestling are my hobbies, i hope to coach while i teach. looking forward to good conversation klipp
Posted by Magius (Member # 6091) on :
Hello , my name is Mike and I am a newbie here. I came across the site by looking up 'Orson Scott Card' in google. My reason for looking it up is that I have become fascinated with the Ender series. I have read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, and I am finishing up Shadow Puppets presently. I found some of the issues within the books to be of extraordinary importance to the human cause and so I became curious about what people were saying and doing with the information (ideas) contained within the books.
I also wanted to email Orson Scott Card and ask him whether or not there is going to be a sequel to Shadow Puppets.
Lastly, I wanted to find a place where I could engage in philosophical discussion regarding the myriad themes within the Ender's Series. I am also a part of another message board, for those who are interested, which deals with many very interesting topics ranging from everyday talk, to quantum physics, business, economics, politics, astronomy, philosophy, religion, and much more. I Love Philosophy Website
I am a university student majoring in Philosophy. I am presently finishing off my second semester of the third year.
Other than that, I think I am your average Joe.
What's your take?
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
It's funny, it seems a lot of newbies post first here before posting on the other side... Well, as I did three years ago ! So, a warm welcome to all the people who posted here and all the ones who will, and I'm impatient to see you here Books, films, food and American culture Posted by Scarecrow (Member # 6109) on :
i live outside Melbourne in australia.its cliche but my copies of EG,ES & SotH are dog-eared, in a way they are my "security books" i love reading them, they are timeless.im 19 going on 20 and am in my second year of Uni doing a computer degree (Bachelor of information Systems) not much else abt me, i hold down a couple of jobs to pay thru uni, i like running, bike riding and watching movies. pretty stock standard, i think.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to Mike and Scarecrow
Hopefully, Magius, you read enough posts on this side that you found the answer to your question about the Shadow Puppets sequel, since it has already been discussed a lot.
I also hope the site makes you realize there are a LOT more OSC works that just his Ender and Shadow series. Try some of his other books!
Farmgirl
Posted by marzipan (Member # 6096) on :
Hi everyone
OSC is my hero and I lurk here from time to time. I have a little more free time now so I thought I'd try to participate. Posted by Magius (Member # 6091) on :
Yes, Farmgirl, I found my answer. Thank you. Furthermore, I am aware of the majority of books OSC has written, I just don't have the time to devote to reading all his books. The reason I even tried Ender's Game is for the reason that numerous people had told me much about it, and a friend lent me her book - which I couldn't just leave lying around so I gave it a shot and loved it.
What's your take?
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
Hi everybody, how d'ye do. I'm 23, I have three kids, and my husband is a programmer in the Air Force. That's computer, not mind.
I've been reading OSC almost as long as I've been reading the Chronicles of Narnia and Dune, that is, since I was 8 or so. My dad raised his kids right, on a proper diet of sci-fi.
Sachiko is my RL middle name, as I'm Nisei, though I'm the whitest Nisei you'll ever see. (That's what happens when Japan and Sweden collide. Produces a broad-shouldered Mexican.) (Not that I look Mexican, I'm 3/4 honky and 1/4 Japanese.) (Can I say "honky"?)(Sorry, "Utah-American".)
Hatrack looks like fun, though, frankly, with three kids in diapers, I'm not too picky. (I'm so desperate for adult conversation I talk to myself.) But you guys look like a pretty classy bunch, so, can't wait to get to know y'all. Posted by Kauai1983 (Member # 6143) on :
Hi everyone I've just got a hold of OSC series of Ender's Game( from Ender's Game to Children of the mind ) and all I want to say is I WANT MORE!!! I'm a 20 year old who's always loved sci-fi In everything I do, from being a lube techy, computer geek, foothball jock, and being with my friends I've hardly had anytime for my first love, reading But since I've read the OSC books I can't stop myself from wanting more:wallbash: I haven't really felt like this since I read the end of Chapterhouse: Dune Well anyways I LOVE THE ENDER'S SERIES!!! And that's end my saying Hello:) haha.
[ January 25, 2004, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Kauai1983 ]
Posted by TheClone (Member # 6141) on :
Hmmm, I guess I'm new here. Read here before but started back up now that I just reread or am rereading my entire OSC collection. I'm Andrew from Virginia. Read a lot, that's about it for me!
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
hi I'm new! i've lurked here for a while but this is my first post.
I'm 15 years old from northern virginia and I've been a fan of OSC since I read EG four years ago. Since then I've read most of his other books.
Hope to get to know you all better!
[ June 29, 2004, 02:10 AM: Message edited by: alath ]
Posted by Camber (Member # 6154) on :
Another new member here. My user name is Camber. A roommate at the Y recommended Ender's Game to me back in 1995, and it began a pattern that has always been recreated with each OSC book I read. They make me cry, always at some point. Usually from joy, and I love that about his writing.
I'm currently working on a Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy at Iowa State University. I just have my dissertation and internship left to do. My wife also reads OSC, currently she's enjoying Alvin Journeyman, and tonight I just finished Saints. It has sparked many interesting conversations between us (especially since it was the first Card novel that my wife read before me). We have two children, and our third comes in May.
I just want to thank the company (Fresco Pictures) that is working on the Ender's Game movie for putting out a new press release on their progress. I read it last night, but it was dated February 6th (!). I rushed to the Hollywood Stock Exchange to look at the effect, and my 50,000 shares of Ender's Game had jumped about 60% to over $3 per share. That seems to happen every time anything about the film reaches the press. Woot! I'm going to be a bizillionaire when the movie is finally released.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
I may not technically be a new member anymore, as I've been posting for about a month now. But I guess I'll post here anyway and just face down whatever resistance there may be. Hah!
I'm a junior in high school. I live in Seattle. Obviously, I really love OSC's work, or definately wouldn't be here because I tend to avoid computers, and, actually now that I think about it technology in general. Speaker for the Dead is probably my favorite by OSC.
I am also a total LotR freak. prefer the books. I generally prefer books; see the technology comment above.
Interests...music, art, drama (especially improv), and running and biking. Star Wars. Johnny Depp. Mick Jagger.
And to end this little introductory post, I'd just like to say that me surrenderring my computer-hating soul to this forum just kinda shows how cool all you hatrack folks are. Woohoo!
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
howdy hey,
formerly "flish" here under new label (with bleach alternative).
checking in to see what's goin' down on hatrack.
fellah fallow
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome back, flish/fallow. Posted by gwan (Member # 6194) on :
hey, this thread is such a good idea. I've been here little while,(though my friends make fun of me.) I LOVE OSC! He is my hero. Actually he is the reason that I ever started to read at all. You see I've written short stories for as long I can remember, but I hated to read (A.D.D child) . I never found anything that sustained my interest until ender's game. so yes that is why I spend much time here. Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Thanks, Rivka.
Nice to see a few familiar names still stirring it up.
fallow... er flish... er flallow?
Posted by Kai_Hawatari (Member # 6271) on :
Greetings all. I've just joined here as well. I've been looking for intelligent discussion on the net (political and otherwise) and after reading most of OSC's books, I decided this is probably the place to come.
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
Welcome Kai, this is the best place for it.
If you really want to get into some really good descussions: Click on where it says 'Active Forums,' then click on 'Books, Film, Food and American Culture.'
Posted by BattleSchooler06 (Member # 6279) on :
im a 13 yr old from columbus ohio, had to read an OSC book for school once and was immediatly hooked on the Ender/Bean saga. i solely read the ender and bean series..i tried to read some other books but found ender series much more interesting....i like baseball comps and books...i despise school..its so boring
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Welcome!
Battleschooler, you should try reading the Alvin Maker series, it's very good! Posted by BattleSchooler06 (Member # 6279) on :
ill look for it next time i go to the library (when i return CotM...just finished it...again...too lazy to buy it) What is mainly about? i like mystery Sci-Fi action and anything else if its good...but if it doesnt appeal to me i usually wont read it...im one of those kids who are the exact opposite of "never judging a book by its cover"....if the pic is nice...and a good summary on the back then ill read it lol but if nothing...then i usually wont unless i have other sources that tell me its good
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Well, it's not a mystery. I'm pretty sure I remember that the summary on the back of the first book in the series, Seventh Son, wasn't very telling of the contents of the book.
I too used to judge a book by the cover but after reading a good portion of OSC's books, I tend to assume that any book by him will be good. Judge it for yourself. And if you don't like it, stop reading it.
Posted by Proteus (Member # 794) on :
Hey. My name is Mark and i'm pretty new here. How's everyone doing today?
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Welcome Proteus ! Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
Salutations everyone, I'm a new member from Bountiful, UT. I've never been registered on a forum before and I don't have much time to peruse them, so you likely won't hear from me too often, but I just thought I'd say Hi.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I live in the Seattle area, I am a mother of three kids (7, 5, 20 months) and work part time running my church's nursery. My passions are chocolate, fair trade, and organics. (mmmmmm, fair trade organic chocolate, insert Homer Simpson drool here). I am kept busy homeschooling the kiddos and transporting the 5 year old to ballet, yet still find plenty of time to read. I have read just about everything of OSC's up til about a year ago, I keep planning to get The Crystal City, but, the $$$... I also read Tolkien, Heinlein, Stephen King, Stephen Brust, Terry Pratchett, Larry Niven and Piers Anthony.
[ March 10, 2004, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: romanylass ]
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Welcome everybody !
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*too cool*
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Welcome Proteus, Epictetus, romanylass, and everybody else I forgot to welcome while I was ignoring this thread. Posted by Lord Detheroc (Member # 6311) on :
Well i found this link in the back of one of Cards books so i decided to check it out, and ive found the kind of fanatics i was looking for. If anyone could inform me of his signings etc...it would be great, id love to see hte man in person.
Im from Danville, CA
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
A fellow CAer! Welcome to Hatrack.
The Calendar link up top can keep you updated on OSC's upcoming appearances.
Posted by DarkWizard (Member # 6186) on :
I just recently joined and am loving this forum. I discovered EG hidden in the back of a book shelf and read it in a day. Haven't read it lately because my library doesn't have it. Can't wait for the new books and more posts here
Peace Out
Posted by Proteus (Member # 794) on :
Hehe, silly. I've been here for years, I just post much more sparsely than I used to now I've grown old and weary in the last um.... four years..well ok not that long then! Just nice to say howdy to everyone.
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Welcome Dark Wizard! Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Lord, Proteus, Dark Wizard, and any others I missed,
welcome. hope you enjoy and bring lots of fodder to the table!
welcome.
fallow
Posted by braindonor (Member # 6338) on :
Hi everybody, I come to the hatrack page every few weeks for some years now. Just two weeks ago I discovered the forums. Great to find a place where OSC fans can share their views and stuff.
My name is martin, I'm a reporter/journalist for dutch union CNV (www.cnv.nl), 28 years old and an avid science fiction reader. I discovered OSC through the homecomming books and have been reading his stuff ever since. My english is a bit rusty as I haven't been using it much since i got out of school, so please be patient. I'll pick it up again. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Hi I'm new. Getting a little less new...
I live in Detroit, Michigan (yes, the true Dark City), am 27 yrs old, GWM, single, 6' tall, blond hair, hazel eyes...
Went to Alma College. Love sci-fi, Tolkien, Rocky Horror, gothic music and clubs, reading, philosohy...and OSC!
I am a musician, vocalist, first/second tenor.
Politics tend to be a pragmatic-romantic-centrist with libritarian leanings.
[ March 18, 2004, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by PhilipTraum (Member # 6331) on :
Hey, this is my first post, but will I post again? Who knows. The "Graemlins" in the right bottom corner of my screen are a little distracting, in fact I think I feel a seisure coming on...
Posted by A Daughter of Diko (Member # 6346) on :
Hi--it's been a good 2-3 years since I last checked this website out! I'm a "daughter of Diko", who by day is a high school teacher and at night an aspiring writer of speculative fiction. OSC's long been an inspiration; I've read the majority of his canon and both of his writing books numerous times.
Although I am not LDS, I too am a person of faith who appreciates the fact that in OSC's futures and alterverses, there is worship and reverence. I don't think speculative fiction is off limits for Christians, nor should it be.
I'm also from Detroit, Michigan... good to see a neighbor posting a few above me.
Posted by Geomancer (Member # 6299) on :
Hey, peoples. This is Val 014's brother here. Good to be member, won't post a whole lot (like a normal n00b) because I don't have alot of time to do much of anything. In case you are tired of spelling Geomancer, just call me Ricky.
"Did you know that 76% of all statistics are made on the spot?"--Brett Vaida...(affectionately dubbed "Zoltan".)
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
This is a good place. Why this concept appears lost on a substantial fraction of the forum denizens remains a great mystery to the Fallow/flish?
Greetings are good.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Social graces are a bit of a blunderings around on the living room carpet here.
fallow
Posted by Ahribar (Member # 6349) on :
Hi everyone, another new member here... I got introduced to OSC's works a couple of years ago in a counselling session... we were trying to sort out my life and a friend who was sitting with me said that I was Ender... after that I had to read the book to find out what she meant. A very moving experience but also a sad one. Great book. I loved Speaker for the Dead as well, and this term I've read the six Alvin Maker books, which is what brought me here, to find out whether there would be a seventh... I'm so glad to hear that there will be!
Posted by skrika03 (Member # 5930) on :
I don't know if I ever signed in here as pooka, but this is my landmark procrastination ID.
Okay, it doesn't look like pooka ever introduced herself. But you could go to the Landmark Archive. She has at least one landmark there. pooka's 1000th post
[ March 22, 2004, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: skrika03 ]
Posted by Crux (Member # 6364) on :
Hello, i'm Nick Crosby. I'm an art major at USU and am currently in the grad student classes despite my lowly sophomore status. I also am working on my 'nerd-rap' demo... (too damn smart for the populace). I love reading and creating, whatever the medium. i really should be working on a design for a cessna 180 paint job right now... but you guys are WAY more important than any ol' art career.
right?
you're not?
yeah, umm... i gotta... go. I have ... work to do...
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Hey Nick,
Welcome. I was up in a cessna today (a sun-yellow bird with a bit of green under the wings) over the westside of LA today. (totally rocked)
fallow
Posted by Crux (Member # 6364) on :
thanks for the warm welcome fallow. Cessna's do rock.. and i'm kinda stumped as to what to do... he want's "elaborate and original" So im just gonna paint my face on the side... hehehehe. ... okay, no i won't.
Posted by Phil Tice (Member # 6370) on :
My name is Phil. I'm 25 years old and I'm addicted to reading. I've been married about a year and a half now and my wife and I have a little baby girl. I just graduated from BYU in August and I will be joining the Air Force in June. I'm a linguist by the way. Meaning I studied linguistics at BYU, got my Bachelors in it and hope to never deal with actual linguistics ever again. I did it so that I can learn new languages and that's what the Air Force is going to do, teach me a new language. Anyway, I've been reading OSC for as far back as I can remember really. I have a larger OSC collection in my house than the local library does, I've checked. I introduced my wife to his writing about a year ago and she really likes his writing too. That's me pretty much.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Crux,
Facepainting's fun!
Phil,
The more, the merrier. welcome.
fallow
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I never "signed in" here, I have spent my time on "the other side". But I am pretty new. I need to check out this side more often. Posted by Jia-Ning (Member # 6406) on :
I'm a newbie!
I've been a fan of OSC's for about 2 years now, but I haven't read his books in a really long time- so many books to read, so little time! It's depressing. I should really start again, though, and probably will. It's great to find a forum like this- now I know I'm not alone! Posted by Apooche (Member # 6384) on :
Im pretty new, been here about a week.
My real name is Miles, im fourteen and just finnishing 8th grade. I have read the Ender series except first meetings, and the Alvin Maker series. Im about halfway through The Memory of Earth. Well high all.
Posted by FWG (Member # 6409) on :
*waves* I am also a newbie! Posted by captainmoriar (Member # 6416) on :
Hey just joined tonight.
Umm well I have read the entire Ender's Game series/Bean off-shoot(not sure if you count that in the series so...). Really love the books especially on the 2nd meaning level (well that is what I call it)
Well I like OSC's books, reading in general, military history (and regular history), warhammer 40K, and computers.
Also I like good discussions and looking at this board it seems to have better discussions then many others so that should be great
See everyone around.
EDIT: Oh and I got to see OSC at a signing for Shadow Puppets and got to hear him talk/ask questions and got my book signed so that was pretty cool.
[ April 05, 2004, 11:50 PM: Message edited by: captainmoriar ]
Posted by Erhendil (Member # 6419) on :
Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm a French girl, so excuse me if my English is not very good... I'm 17. I love reading, and particuliary SF and Fantasy. Orson Scott Card is one of my favourite authors, so I have a mind to speak about him or with people who have the same likings, and this forum seems to be the good one for it Posted by CO_Titan (Member # 6433) on :
Well, looks like I post here.
Hi all , Im new here. I have been browsing the forums here but just never got the time to register to post.
Im a fan of OSC's Ender series. I can't wait until the movie Enders Game comes out. Even though it wont be out for quite awhile. Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
rock ON! newbs.
The fields of spontaneousness are to the left. The more serious (though not always) furrows are to the right (here).
have fun, multiply if you will, and keep your wits about you!
fallow
PS. I don't really work here, I just like this gig.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Welcome, new newbies ! Posted by Slurpy (Member # 6505) on :
Hey, I just found the new members thread two posts too late. I figured that one existed somewhere, but I was too interested in my posts to come looking .
So, um, hi, I guess.
Posted by namaki (Member # 6519) on :
Hi,
Saw this thread, figured an introduction was in order.
I am a sci-fi fan "de longue date". I read pretty much everything I come across, and what I enjoy I will read again (and again and again). I seldom come across a book that I am unable to finish (The DNA Cowboys is the only one I can think of at the moment).
I originally decided to become an aerospace engineer, but reverted before actually beginning to the softer science of medical biology, so I won't be inventing the Gap drive or developing gravitational technology after all.
I read that there was a OSC site in one of the introductions to one of the books - have no idea which. Finally decided to come see for myself.
I had originally decided to lurk and observe the unwritten etiquette around the forums, but I couldn't restrain myself, and I seem to have posted twice already. I can't have been registered for more than 20 minutes
All the best, Namaki
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Welcome to Hatrack Namaki!
Edit: spelling. Arg.
[ May 02, 2004, 10:41 PM: Message edited by: alath ]
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
namaki,
welcome!
I was once a proto-aerospace engineer who took a liking to biological relevance. nice to meet you.
fallow
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
I didn't see this before, but anyway...I am new.
I am 24 and live in Florida. I have been a big fantasy reader for a long time, with a bit of scifi thrown in on the side. Many years ago I saw Xenocide sitting in my parents house and read it, and thought it was cool...but never thought anything else about it. This past Christmas I got a bunch of gift certificates for barnes and nobel, so I picked up the Ender series (as I remembered Xenocide) and the Alvin maker series. Since then I have devoured both series, as well as some of his short stories. At the end of Crystal City Card mentioned this sit, so I thought it might be fun to stop in.
I have read most of the mainstream fantasy authors...and a few scifi authors. I am one of the administrators of the message board and Terry Goodkind's official site, and have been poster there for many years.
Well, that is a bit of info about how I came here, the rest of it you will see as I post here more.
[ May 02, 2004, 11:18 PM: Message edited by: Lupus ]
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
cool! welcome lupus!
how'd you get into the administration job on the other site?
fallow
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
I have been a member there for 7 years or so...back when the webmaster changed from an old style message board to UBB (around 5-6 years ago) he brought me on to help out, as I had previously help run a UBB board, and not only knew how to set it up, but I also knew how to install mods (aka hacks) to the board, and also make my own alterations to the code when needed. I also moderated a UBB help forum, and created a UBB FAQ for members needed help with UBB code, as well as the added features that we added (the FAQ was actually rather widly circulated back then). When the website grew and he needed a couple full time admins to help keep an eye on things, the webmaster had me become a full time admin. I have done it ever since.
Posted by wzrd (Member # 6526) on :
Hi my name is Greg, I am 14 and live in Toronto. I started reading OSC books when I was in fifth grade. After reading that first book (Enders Gamer) OSC has become my favorite author. I have now read 14 OSC and will continue reading them.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Lupus,
wow. I'm not familiar with the board tech lingo, but your tenure is admirable. Got any fav juicy stories to tell?
fallow
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
wzrd,
welcome! they're good aren't they? which one was your favorite?
fallow
Posted by fitbrit (Member # 6529) on :
Hi all. I'm fitbrit. British, but live in Canada. Of Indian (Sikh) origin. I'm a PhD in cell and molecular biology as well as a president of a one-man personal training business called FitBrit. Educated in Cambridge, England, I'm now a research scientist in Montreal, Quebec. 35 years old. Won't bore you with more.
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
welcome wzrd, fitbrit, and lupus! Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to all the newbies to Hatrack!
(Kansas) Farmgirl
Posted by ushi (Member # 6538) on :
Hey,
I'm Ushi, I live in London, I'm 23, I write, I read, I am training to be a proofreader to pay the bills, and I'm teaching myself French and Japanese.
I recently devoloped an unhealthy fear of writing - unhealthy because that small fear of being crap always kinda seemed healthy before
At the moment I can write online fine - lengthy, intellectual posts on culture boards, lengthy and beautiful entries into my Live Journal, interesting and witty reviews on 'zines etc etc but the moment it's on paper, Microsoft Word, whatever, I freeze up and break out into a cold sweat
But it's ok. At least for the moment anyway. I force myself to write a couple of words a day, and reading Raymond Chandler keeps my brain from atrophying
So ummm, yeah, hi everybody
(Did I put in too many smilies? It's always so impossible to judge on new boards )
Posted by julian (Member # 6540) on :
Excuse me, but I hadn't seen this thread and I posted in another one before introducing myself.
I'm afraid I'm a bit older than the mean here, because I'm 53, but my soul is still young so it doesn't mind.
I was born in Cuba but I live in Spain with my wife and my 17 years old daughter since 1992. I'm a computer games programmer and a SF fan.
And I'm, of course, a big big fan of OSC. (Probably it was love at first sight, because the first sight was precisely Ender's Game, in 1990. However, my favourites are Speaker for the Dead and Lost boys)
So hello everybody and nice to meet you all.
[ May 11, 2004, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: julian ]
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Ushi,
welcome!
You can never have too many smilies. They keep the cold sweats away.
Julian,
Age before beauty, except after wit. We do have rules around here, and they are yours for the making.
welcome!
fallow
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to ushi and julian!
ushi -- why don't you do all your writing up on on-line boards, then copy/paste it to Microsoft Word? at least to get you started again....
julian -- from another one of the "older" members of this board (I'm 43) I'm always glad to see more mature individuals join You were born in Cuba, live in Spain, but seem to have perfect English. I'm impressed.
Farmgirl
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome everybody! I don't get over to this side of Hatrack as frequently as I used to, so if you've been posting over here I've probably missed you, but it's always nice to see new faces.
I don't know if you've done much lurking here, julian, but we have a decent number of "over 30s" here, and you're certainly not the oldest person on the board.
In any case, all four of you (julian, ushi,fitbrit, and wzrd) sound like you'll fit in beautifully.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
Fallow,
the craziest thing that happened was before I was an admin or mod at terrygoodkind.com, there was another major TG board (though this one was unofficial) called atotw. This is where I learned how to install and mod the UBB board. As the boards were both rather large, competitiveness kicked in between members of the boards. The webmaster got along fine with the webmaster at terrygoodkind.com, as did I (at this point I was an admin at the other site...I was just a regular member at tg.com). Someone who knew the board dynamics between the two boards hacked both sites and made it look like the opposing webmasters were to blame. They hoped that it would start a huge fight btwn the websites. He would have gotten away with it, except he decided that was not good enough. He rehacked atotw to get into the e-mail to send out e-mails from the webmaster "claiming responsibility" (while pretending to be the atotw webmaster). He was not as careful at covering up his tracks that time, got caught, and sent to jail (it was not his first offence). That was the biggest thing that happened btwn the two sites, though there were many other minor squabbles. Which annoyed both the webmasters…since they got along just fine.
Lol, our other funny line is a "nuke." Back before there were mods, at times things got out of hand with people fighing over something, and would not stop even when told to cut it out, so the webmaster would "nuke" the board deleting all the threads. It actually only happed a couple of times, but it was so massive it got its own word. Now nukes don't happen for that reason, but there are times when the board goes down due to a problematic upgrade, or a server error and people call that a nuke as well.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
lupus,
whoa. tabula rasa!
can't imagine what it might have been like to handle that many (i assume) ticked off posters.
fallow
Posted by Rhapsody (Member # 6514) on :
hi my name is erica and my friend gwan showed me this site because we've both been reading OSC since grade nine when our english teacher introduced us to him I'm 17 and live in Saskatchewan
Posted by JO14921 (Member # 6562) on :
Hello to all,
I've been a frequent visitor to the Hatrack site for some time now, but I'm not sure why it took me so long to make my way into the forums. Finally, people just as crazy about OSC! Somewhere bells can be heard and someone is screaming "SANCTUARY!!!!!"
Anyway, my name is Jennifer. The name of Jo was given by friends to both my sister and me, hense the display name; for her it was because her name is Maryjo and me because my initials are JO. (Actually my "friends" would soon discover my initials are JLO and would insist on refering to me only as J-Lo...after Jennifer Lopez.) Insert comical irony here (_)
I'm a student at the University of Central Florida due to lack of resources, but hopefully I will eventually make it over to Emory. I am an Art History major and am the Research Assistant to one of my professors. Blah blah blah..now for the important stuff: ORSON!
I as well discovered OSC in the 9th grade. It was assigned reading for the regular English classes (yeah right!) but I wasn't in them. Fortunately, my honors teacher recommended it to us so I thought, what the hay. Now here I am, 17 OSC books later. I feel I have a better relationship with Orson Scott Card than I ever had with any boy I dated, which isn't so bad considering the esteem in which I hold OSC and the effect his books can have on people. It is impossible to list my favorites, but Enchantment and Lost Boys are unforgetable..and of course the Ender series will always have a special place on my bookshelves.
Well, I can't wait to have conversations with all of you. Take care and thank you for letting me introduce myself.
Jen
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Erica and Jen!
Ah yes, the thrill of realizing that there are other people just as crazy as you! Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
JO14921,
"There's always room for J-Lo!"
sorry, I stole that from a local radio show.
welcome.
"SASKATCHEWAN!!!!!"
welcome, erica.
fallow
Posted by EurasianGirl (Member # 6524) on :
I must say, I was pretty shocked too to find other OSC followers out there just as enthusiastic and fanatical about his books.
I'm semi-new around here too; introductions aren't really my thing though. In fact, I've been avoiding this thread for a while now because when it comes to giving introductions I tend to get a little.. sheepish.
Anywho, my name's Jessica. I'm 16 and I live in Sacramento. Like so many of the other high schoolers on this forum, I was introduced to OSC through the freshman curriculum and just one book wasn't enough for me I guess
OSC just hits that soft spot I have for philosophy and I always lose myself in thought after a good read from one of his books-- especially Speaker for the Dead. Gotta love that book. I have to admit though, despite how dearly I cherish philosophical matters, I'm rather pseudo philosophical, or at best spewing out cliches that lead to particular point, just round and round in a maddness of cyclic reasoning.. Um. Ahem. Mhm.. Nice to meet everyone.
So, is there enough room here for me too?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Don't ask. Shove yourself in, and we'll all shift to make room. Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
EG,
cycling is a way of life (rippled abs and striated quads), and a good energy-saver, to boot.
welcome!
fallow
edit: pedals the stationary to it's knees!!!
[ May 21, 2004, 02:17 AM: Message edited by: fallow ]
Posted by Erick the Great (Member # 6527) on :
*posts*
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
That is NOT an intro, Erick!
FG
Posted by ctm (Member # 6525) on :
Hi everyone... Well, I've been reading these boards for quite a while but only registered recently and obviously this is my first post. I'm a 41-year old, married, homeschooling mother of 2 kids, boy and girl, 13 and 10. I live in rural southwestern Wisconsin. We're not farmers, but we do have chickens!
You all are a great bunch of people and I'm glad to be officially "on board"! Thanks!
ctm
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Greetings ctm!
You and I sound very much alike. (you'll have to search back a ways to find my intro post).
Welcome to Hatrack!
Farmgirl
Posted by Barak_Israel (Member # 6576) on :
well I'll do it agine now officanlly..:
Hello to you all! I'm Barak twito from Israel. i'm 20 years old and i serve in the israeli army (IDF). Im in the army for one year and 14th mouthes and one day(out of 3 long long years). waiting for my fredom. "TILL WHEN MARCH 03!!!"
*most of the time i'm in the army and i come home only on weekends(evry 2nd one) so it might be difficult but fell free to post me an E-mail (baraktwito@hotmail.com).
I reads alot(it help forget about being wher I am(the army...) and dive into another world)). i write, mostly for my self. I hear pshycodalic rock and it give me insprtion for drawing.
I live in a small town in south of Israel, in the desert land of our small counrty far from the big problems. i like long hikes(which i don't have time for now..).
*I tried the chat rooom but it seams that he allways empty(why?) :-(....
And anothe thing my English is not very good so i sure i have alot of speeling mistakes-sorry...
Hope I'll mange to keep in tuch... Peace & Love . . . Barak.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
barak,
You don't really read as Israeli, but whatever floats yer boat dude. welcome!
ctm,
bwock!
fallow
Posted by RyFitz13 (Member # 6582) on :
I'm Ryan, 27, living in Connecticut. I read OSC's Harmony series a few years back, and just recently picked up (and subsequently flew through) Ender's Game. Between the two, I'm hooked!
I've been checking out the site for a couple weeks now, just decided to sign up and start posting today... One reason: my wife and I (just married in October!) are both avid readers - but we're interested in very different styles. About the only reading we have in common is LOTR (I turned her on to that) and Harry Potter (she got me hooked there!). So, upon finishing Ender's Game, I really wanted to talk about it with someone, and she was, let's just say, non-plussed by the idea of the novel.
When I'm not working or reading, I'm playing guitar, watching movies, playing with our 3 cats, or working on the house (wife and I also just bought a home in October - heckuva Fall last year!). I'm also starting to feel the writing bug (I think Ender pushed me over the edge!) and so I'm taking my first stumbling steps into writerdom...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Ryan. Posted by the Somalian (Member # 6557) on :
Hello, I am theSomalian. I am, as the name suggests, a Somalian, even though the correct term is "Somali". But it matters not--all that matters is that I am here, and that you should insantly recognize my glory and worship me like a King. I am a reasonable man. I ask no more.
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Welcome to:
ushi julian Rhapsody JO14921 EurasianGirl Erick the Great ctm Barak_Israel RyFitz13 The Samolian
I think I got everyone but if I missed you Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote: julian -- from another one of the "older" members of this board (I'm 43) I'm always glad to see more mature individuals join
Farmgirl, are you calling the rest of us immature? I'm telling my mommy on you! Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :
Hi All!
I stumbled onto this site several months ago as I was trying to find out when Mr. Card would grace us with something new, but only today decided to venture into the forums to see what was going on.
I'm 37, living in Columbus, OH (hence the Blue Jackets fandom ). Aside from reading, I enjoy playing volleyball, watching hockey and going to movies.
My first exposure to OSC was the Alvin Maker series, although I have since thoroughly enjoyed the Ender and Homecoming series, as well as Lost Boys and Unfinished Sonata. I'm currently reading First Meetings. Any opinions on "the Best of What's Left" would be appreciated so I know where to go next. Posted by Jalapenoman (Member # 6575) on :
Okay, I've been on here a couple of weeks now and have been too lazy to post on this thread.
I just recently moved from Ruidoso, New Mexico (a resort town between Albuquerque and El Paso) and am spending a few months in El Paso before moving to Las Cruces, New Mexico.
I am a 43 year old male with a wife and two children.
I am also strongly opinionated, a know it all, and have somewhat of a sarcastic and satirical sense of humor.
A few of the things that I hate: the republicans, the democrats, the communists, the socialists, the libertarians, (basically all political parties), rap (it isn't music, it is rhyming and spitting), abuse of any kind, stupid tv, war hawks, oil companies, pampered athletes, the caste system in this country (that allows rich athletes and politicians to get away with rape and murder), druggies, lowlifes, and seafood.
I love Mexican food, Italian food, chocolate, good writing, good comedy, black humor, irony, sarcasm, my mountains, chocolate, college football, the NCAA tournament, Turner Classic Movies, my children, and chocolate.
Feel free to blast away at my opinions as I do not mind a good arguement and realize that opinions differ. I do not like it, however, when you attack me instead of my opinion. For example, if I say that Reagan was the worst economic president we ever had because he bankrupted our future, then show proof and attack my assertion. Do not say that I am a pond scum sucking dirt bag because you worship the ground he walks on (by the way, he was the worst economic president we ever had because he bankrupted our future). I have left other sites because people made things personal.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: I am also strongly opinionated, a know it all, and have somewhat of a sarcastic and satirical sense of humor.
We've noticed, Jalapenoman!
Welcome to Hatrack!
quote:For example, if I say that Reagan was the worst economic president we ever had because he bankrupted our future, then show proof and attack my assertion.
Only if you have "proof" (as you called it) when you first MAKE the assertion, then we will show "proof" and document how we debate your stand.
Farmgirl
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Well, put, FG.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*agrees with FG*
Anyway, welcome Jalapenoman. I did wonder at the fact that you omitted your WIFE from this list:
quote: I love Mexican food, Italian food, chocolate, good writing, good comedy, black humor, irony, sarcasm, my mountains, chocolate, college football, the NCAA tournament, Turner Classic Movies, my children, and chocolate.
O_o
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
If you have to explicitly state that you love your wife, then something is wrong.
I mean, isn't that just assumed?
*I should probably go out and buy my wife flowers just to make sure.*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
He explicitly stated that he loved his kids, didn't he?
Anyway, assuming that your spouse knows that you love them (instead of TELLING THEM) is a good way to test that assumption.
*sad voice of experience*
Posted by Jalapenoman (Member # 6575) on :
Okay, Okay,....I love my wife. I did not include her in my loves, just as I did not include many things.
I did not say that food that did not contain jalopenos, green chilis, onions, or garlic is not edible (at least one of the above, preferably more).
I did not say that I love the Dallas Cowboys (yes, I'm "one of those").
I did not say that my favorite comedy movies are Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the Princess Bride (I didn't say that! Inconceivable!).
A thousand apologies to my wife and all of the women who felt scorned by my omission. May I be beaten with silk whips by a college sorority dressed in thongs if it happens again.
Posted by Enderwillsaveusall (Member # 6227) on :
OK ive been putting this off because im not really a new member. Ive been popping in here and there. But now im reading threads almost every night.
So here goes. Im 16 Live in jersey, just recently found out books are cool if you find what you like. im now a big OSC fan Ive read Enders Game, Enders Shadow, Shadow of the hadgemon, shadow puppets, and today i finished seventh son which i found highly enjoyable. I also just picked up red prophet today and should be done by the end of the week. I plan on reading the whole alvin series over the summer. So thats all you need to know. Hope to see you all.
Later
Posted by Theresa (Member # 6609) on :
HI All. Some of you may know me as TLFry. I lost my username and password so, I just signed up under a knew one. Plus, I changed my email address. One word....SPAM. UGH!
Nice to be back. Posted by Dew (Member # 6610) on :
Hello all. I'm from a little town in Nevada. But for now I am in Utah going to school to be a journalist. I'm 22 and have been married for a month. I'd like to write a novel someday even if it stinks. Does anyone know some good books on how to get started on your own book? I've read Character and Viewpoint, but I still don't really know how to start.
Posted by michaele8 (Member # 6608) on :
Okay, I am active LDS and live in Europe, although originally from California. Have 7 kids, love the outdoors and love to travel. Politically, I am somewhat moderate on economics, somewhat libertarian on religion and free speech issues and one of those anti-globalist individualists. I see big government and big business as potentially just as bad -- although I am firmly anti-communist as I have visited many sites in Russia where they used to execute people by the thousands. I enjoy a wide range of activities -- I can find myself feeling at home at a hippie gathering, a hot spring or a rodeo or shooting range. I would say my favorite personalities that I like in recnet times would be Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Brigham Young and Boyd K. Packer.
Posted by Diane S. (Member # 6612) on :
Hello!
i am 50-ish, and after i read Ender's Game for the first time about 1992, i wanted my kids to read it too, but as they weren't reading yet, i had to read it out loud. It took two evenings of about three hours each. For children aged about 7 and 4, you never saw them sit so still! To keep there intrest from lagging, i did tend to skip the emails and the interaction between Peter and Valentine. They have since read the entire series for themselves, of course.I am a laid off telecommunications worker (job got located to Canada where they have national health, so the workers were cheaper), and my hubby is a teacher. My favorite books are Pastwatch and Lovelock, and i hope the other Lovelock books will be writeen someday!
Posted by twanner (Member # 6604) on :
Hey
My name is Tanner, I am 23 and a senior at USC. English with a emphasis in creative writing. I will probably go to law school next fall but still will continue writing. I just mainly write poetry but also will start working on a script or two which could give me another career option since I do know many of the people in industry and would have an easy time getting the script read. I do write some other stuff but at this time, maybe because I dont like the stuff that comes out now, I dont plan on doing any novels.
Discovered OSC in 7th grade and read all of his Ender series. Hes actually only contemporary author I read. Everything else is pretty much authors from 1950 down through antiquity. Huge on romanticism though I do like some modern and post modern stuff too. Also spent time on AOL and his Hatrack community on there and so when he wrote COTM i was able to read it first online and comment on it and it was pretty cool for me back then as a kid cause he replied and discussed it with me a bit on there. Also I really think OSC has an excellent perception of the way the world and politics work. I do not always agree with how things should be but i think his analysis of how things are is spot on.
Posted by ArCHeR (Member # 6616) on :
Hi. I'm ArCHeR. I got my name from my real name and Age of Empires II, not from the piggy, but don't get me wrong, I love the Ender series (I finished it in under a month).
I'm planning on becoming a filmaker, and I recently graduated from high school, so I'm hoping to go to UNCG, UNCW, and NCSA (that's UNC Greensborow, UNC Wilmington, and NC School of the Arts), which are the only in-state 4 year schools with film degrees.
All my life I've wanted to do so many things with my life, and then I realized that the thing I was always doing was writing, and then I realized I can't do all the things I wanted to, but I sure as heck can write about them. Then I discovered that I want to make movies more than books, so now I want to be a writer/director.
For the past month or so, the Enderverse felt like a second home to me, and I almost cared more about what happened there more than my real life, which wasn't a problem since I didn't really have much of anything important to do. I stumbled on the fact that they're making an Ender's Game movie at IMDB, and the folks there directed me to the philotic web, which directed me to here.
I hope to become a part of this community, and I hope you enjoy my stay here.
Thanks for listening to me for a while, ArCHeR
[ June 18, 2004, 06:17 AM: Message edited by: ArCHeR ]
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Greeting to Archer, twanner, Diane, and Michaele Welcome to Hatrack Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Welcome newbies!
Posted by chrysophylax (Member # 6630) on :
'Lo all! I'm a 19 year old college student who has been a fan of OSC since the age of 11. The first one i read was Ender's game, and my favorite to date is "Shadow of the Hegemon"... anyway, I like web forums alot, so i figured, why not join hatrack.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Hello all. I'm 15 and i'm from New York. I first read Enders game when i was 10 years old. Now ive read the whole Ender Series (Bean Saga included), and im up to Alvin Journeyman in the Tales of Alvin Maker. THe thing im looking foward to most right noe is for Shadow of the Giant to come. Im wondering how OSC will end the bean Saga. Also, im hoping for another book to give more closure ont he ending of CotM. I wasn't very happy with that ending either.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Little Doctor.
Hope you get a chance to read some of OSC's non-series works as well, such as Pastwatch, Enchantment or Lost Boys.
Farmgirl
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Welcome L-Dr. And chrysophylax!
I had a pet dragon named chrysophylax once, after the Farmer Giles of Ham story. Nice SN.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Welcome Little_Doctor and chrysophylax.
[ June 22, 2004, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Tammy ]
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Welcome ! Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Hey folks. I be a newbie to this form, but not to net forums in general. I've read all of the Ender books (in order) and all of the Alvin Maker books. OSC is definately one of my favorite writers. I can't remember how long ago I read Enders Game... 7th grade maybe? 5 or 6 years ago? I'll be 18 in a month give or take (take I think) and I live in Indiana, RL friends of Raia, Blackwolve, Fugu13(I think thats the one I know)... probably others who's SN's I know not. Big Tolkien fan as well, implementer/owner of Middle Earth Mud... hmm.. all I can think of to say. Hi Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
Hi and welcome.
[ June 26, 2004, 12:09 AM: Message edited by: alath ]
Posted by goatboy (Member # 6646) on :
Hi guys, just found your little community here and thought I might want to chime in every now and then.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Alcon, I am pretty sure you know me, we were in speech and orchestra together.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Alcon, you dork! You didn't tell me you joined!! Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I didn't think it was that big a deal...
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Haha, it isn't really, I was just giving you a hard time! Welcome!!
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
Hi all - not sure if you're still reading the newbie thread 13 pages later, but here I am...
I've been an OSC fan for years and years. First read Ender's game about 20 years ago (give or take a few) and I've been hooked ever since. I regularly loan out Pastwatch, Ender's Game, Songmaster and few other favorites to those who've never had the OSC experience. They always come back hooked. But we knew that, right?
anyhow - I promise to lurk more and post less until y'all find out what I'm *really* like.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Gryphonesse! Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Howdy Posted by Freak83 (Member # 6663) on :
Known as Freak83 on the internet, an avid fan of the series, particularily Bean's sega (saga? Can never remember which). I found this website in the back of Shadow Puppets which I just learnt a couple of weeks ago existed. Ahh I was so happy to discover that the series didn't end with Shadow of the Hegemon. Just upset that I've finished Shadow Puppets now . Any sequal to Shadow Puppets I should know of? I'm a senior high school student, work in a family restaurant as my current part time job, and aside from spending time with my friends, I enjoy Flash Flash Revolution, devoloping RPG Maker games, and Natural-Selection. Hopefully I'll stick around here!
*EDIT* Aww, if I had just joined three members later I could be member 6666
- Jonathan
[ July 03, 2004, 02:35 AM: Message edited by: Freak83 ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Becoming member 6666 was carefully planned. There is no way you could have won.
Posted by Mean Old Frisco (Member # 6666) on :
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Posted by isoman2kx (Member # 6673) on :
Hey guys.
17 year old student here, will be going into senior year of high school this August.
Big Card Fan (Mainly due to the Ender Series as well as the Shadow Series that I am reading after I finished Ender Series).
Currently reading..... Bel Canto...... then Life of Pi....... then going to finish up the summer reading with shadow of the hegemon and shadow puppets.
Seems like a nice community ya guys have here. Always looking for clarification on something in Card's writing, good to know that I can search the threads for the answers or make a thread of my own on the topic.
Peace.
-Travis (isoman2kx)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Gryphonesse -- You mean when you loan out your Orson Scott Card books, you actually get them back??? Wow! I've never had anyone give one back from a loan! I always have to go buy a new copy
FG
Posted by WhiteDuckTape (Member # 6678) on :
New here, course not new to OSC. I first read Ender's Game for an assignment my junior year of high school. I liked the book so much I read it twice before the test and wrote about my English class visiting Ender in Battle School for an assignment at the end of that year. My teacher liked it. *grins sheepishly*
I'm born and raised in SugarLand Texas (near Houston). But I plan on doing some traveling soon.
I've become a writer, not really what I had it mind, but because of my sister, who killed herself driving home drunk the morning before Super Bowl Sunday came to Houston. (talk about irony at it's finest) She was pronounced dead at 4:20 PM the same day not even 12 hours after she hit the tree. Brain damage. And my last words to her? "I guess not." Without so much as a glance as she closed my bedroom door and walked out of my life forever.
I could go on forever. All I gotta say is, OSC is an awesome writer, and I respect him greatly for his work. I've read all of the Ender's series, including the Bean side, Lost Boys I read recently, and Worthing Saga I also enjoyed.
Rissa
Silence is silver. Thought is gold. Actions are diamonds.
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
hey FG -
I usually have to take them back myself at a "suprise" visit... Not that I haven't had to buy at least three or four copies of everything over the last 10 years...
Posted by babager (Member # 6700) on :
Hi everyone - I'm a long time OSC fan- I have to say that Card is my favorite author- few other writers can make the reader connect with the characters the way that Card can. I've read almost everything he has written (except some of the newest releases- but I will remedy that soon enough!!) Fave book is probably Ender's Game- but there are SEVERAL that I have read more than a few times!! (The entire Alvin Maker series, Enchantment)
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Greetings to you all. I'm nearly 24 years old, and I live in Alaska. I first learned of OSC in high school, when my mother, knowing of my aspirations at writing, bought me a book called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy. I had never heard of its author, Orson Scott Card, before, but after reading the book I could tell he really knew what he was talking about. So I went ahead and read a few of his novels (starting, perhaps inevitably, with Ender's Game and its 'sequels', as well as Pastwatch). After that, I moved on to other things, but I got back into OSC a couple of years ago and have been a fan ever since. You can guess that I particularly loved the Tales of Alvin Maker (though I haven't read Crystal City yet, since I'm waiting for the paperback version, so no spoilers please!), but I was also particularly touched by The Worthing Saga and Enchantment.
I found this website a long time ago and check back often to read his articles. I've sort of lurked in the forum a little bit, and decided to finally post here because this seems like a genuinely friendly place, especially when compared to a few forums that I've found and decided not to register for. . . .
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
I think I've been a closet Hatrack member for years -- in fact, I was probably registered on the board while I was in high school ages ago. I've been an OSC fan since my mother gave me Ender's Game in my early teens, and I consider myself an active missionary for the cause. I find myself buying three or four copies of Ender's Game in a year, lending them out, and never seeing many of them again, which doesn't bother me a bit. In fact, my one claim to fame on the board is that I introduced Narnia to OSC several years ago (since then she is always the first to read anything new he writes, and she has read several of his that I still have not).
So ... I'm a Provoite, just graduated from BYU this past April in Music, and I'm now putting my music degree to good use working in the Quality Control department of a distribution warehouse in Lindon. Anything else? Let's see ... I can play the William Tell Overture on my face. How's that?
Good to be here. (And about dang time!)
JG
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*bakes cookies*
[ July 16, 2004, 06:35 AM: Message edited by: fallow ]
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
say...
you kids have any money?
Posted by helene (Member # 6710) on :
Hi
I whish I had time to read all 13 pages but that's definetly too much in a row...
Well, I'm 23, french and friendly, going back to my studies to be a librarian and tell every body to read some OSC
Can't think of anything else right now but I'll be back Posted by kazwailah (Member # 6711) on :
I just registered today, and thought I'd make my presence known. I'm 24 years old and a student at Weber State University in Ogden UT. Ogden is not much of a place to visit, but I LOVE living here. I also Love Orson Scott Card's work and I've read almost every book that he's written, now I'm down to tracking down the ones that I haven't read. Some of my other interests are music, hockey and longboarding.
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
Welcome, you guys!
Gosh, I look back on my first post here, and I realize how young and wet behind the ears I was then.
I've grown so much in the last year.
Posted by Cowboy Poet (Member # 6724) on :
D'oh! I didn't see this Topic and already posted something else. Please forgive my protocol flub. Well, as the name may indicate, I am from Texas. I'm 29, and an aspiring writer. Actually, I have only read Enchantmen, Ender's Game, and the How to Write SciFi/Fantasy. . .But I have Speaker and Xenocide ready to be read once my wife is done with them(she likes them alot) Posted by Whitehorse (Member # 6718) on :
Hi Everyone! I'm excited to have found this place! I read about the forum in one of the Alvin Maker books. I've read them through Alvin Journeyman. I'll come back to the series in a little while. Pleasure postponed is pleasure increased, right?
My first exposure to OSC's work was Speaker For The Dead. I enjoyed it, and went back to find Ender's Game. I'm reading through Maps in a Mirror now, along with some other summer reading.
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Columbus was an excellent read. I'd like to read more like that.
My name will be Whitehorse on the forum, but really I'm called Matt. I'm 43, married and living in Canton, Ohio. My wife and I work together as independant contractors selling books to teachers. I've been at it for over 15 years, and it's been a great experience.
Books have been my first love since childhood. I've always liked frontier fiction, ever since my dad bought "Cowboy Andy" for me when I was four. Louis Lamour was very influential for me as I went through my 20's, collecting them second hand at flea markets and used books shops. I have a complete collection. The Sackett novels are great fun to read, if you like heroic stuff, ala Joseph Campbell.
One question that I have for anyone who might know is the location of the fictional town of Hatrack River. It's obviously somewhere near Canton in NE Ohio, but the map doesn't give enough detail for me to be sure exactly where.
I would guess that the Hatrack River is either the Tuscarawas or the Muskingum. The Tusc is a tributary of the Muskingum, which flows into the Ohio at Marietta. I imagine that to be the river Horace Guester and co. travelled on when they were rescuing Arthur Stuart.
Newark, OH is where the Octogan Mound is located, which was refrenced in Red Prophet as the Great Eight Faced Mound. It's worth a visit to Newark if you're ever in the area. The Octogan Mound in now a golf course, which is a shame.
The nearby Great Circle Mound is a much more pleasant place to visit. Here's a website for you to look at, if you're interested: Ohio Historical Society
Hope you have a pleasant day. I'll be riding into Hatrack River soon. Whitehorse
Posted by Whitehorse (Member # 6718) on :
I went to the library and picked up a heardback copy of Heartfire. The maps inside are a lot clearer than the ones in my paperbacks. I found a really cool book called Maping Ohio that showed a picture of a map from 1778 that shows the rivers very clearly, and it was obvious.
I found the answer to my own question. The town of Hatrack River corresponds to Warren, Ohio. The river is the Mahoning River.
Whitehorse
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Cowboy Poet, you will soon find that we're not real sticklers for protocol around here. Anyway, welcome to the 'Rack.
Welcome to Hatrack, Whitehorse!
quote: My wife and I work together as independent contractors selling books to teachers.
What kinds of books? Textbooks? Supplemental stuff?
Posted by Cowboy Poet (Member # 6724) on :
Thanks. I am a moderator on another site and we're pretty stringent on protocol, but it is a writers group and we do get a ton of spam. I'm glad I found this place as I said in my first post. I need a balance and this appears to atract all kinds of folks. Alot of Mormons. hehe.. . . My pops is LDS and trys to convert my wife and I all the time. Seeing as how my father in law is an Anglican minister, probably not gonna happen, but all the people I have met through his church and especially when he had a bad accident a year ago, all the people who came to the hospital really made me admire the bond the LDS faith gives them. I have a lot of respect for it, though I am at peace with my Luthern faith. . . heh. . I'm kinda stuck in the middle. . .
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
that's a mighty fine handle you got there Cowpoke. have you met Whitehorse?
giddy-up!
fallow
Posted by Mothman (Member # 6727) on :
new here... read all of the Ender's Game series, and all but Shadow Puppets of the Bean series... I just read some of Card's editorials and couldn't agree more with them.
I have enjoyed every book i read, and liked how every single one of them had a very good and very different dilemma, each book had it's own identity.
[ July 23, 2004, 02:47 AM: Message edited by: Mothman ]
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
mothman! welcome!!!
may I call you "moth"? "mothra", perhaps?
you've come to the right place!
*cups newbie in claws and whispers* "Do you happen to know any eagles? of a rather large and impressively grandeurous sort, winging and reeling their way about, up in the northern skies?"
fallow
Posted by Whitehorse (Member # 6718) on :
quote:Cowpoke, have you met Whitehorse? Giddayup!
Whoa, now, slow down a bit there, pard! That Cowboy Poet fellow can ride along beside me and recite some verse, but let's not get carried away!
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
hey now!
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*stops near ripped-nostril-o-steeed*
whitehorse,
did you know?
fallow
Posted by Cowboy Poet (Member # 6724) on :
Well, thank you folks. I'm much obliged fer yer warm hospitality. I am out th break the myth that rednecks are all crude, obnoxious barbarians who cannot fathom anything intellectual in nature. And become a writer and not write about cowboys. I actuall have a bunch of cows and do live out in the country. . .
Posted by Whitehorse (Member # 6718) on :
Good morning. Just a quick reply to Rivka's inquiry:
I work as a slaes rep for a company called Books Are Fun. We do what's called display marketing, where I set up a display of books and gifts in the teacher's lounge and then return in a week or so and fill the orders. The merchandise is generaly geared toward personal purchases instead of cirriculum.
For example, we seel general interest books like Off The Beaten Path, a collection of day trips in Ohio. In addition to that we sell lots of kid's story books like Rainbow Fish and Love You Forever. Cookbooks are a regular category, too. Photo Albums and picture frames sell well, as does stationary.
I've been at it for over 15 years. We have a territory and serve over 470 schools in 5 counties in Ohio. Thanks for asking.
Posted by Whitehorse (Member # 6718) on :
quote: Stops, near ripped nostril O' steed.
Fallow
Nice horsey! Settle down, now, boy! Posted by Whitehorse (Member # 6718) on :
Posted the first chapter of my story under a new subject in the Riverfront Forum. We'll be riding into Hatrack river in a day or, two, once we get the varmits off our tails.
See you there!I'll be ready for a beer, and my friends and will be hungry and tired, so I'm looking forward to your company.
Whitehorse
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome Whitehorse!
I love Books Are Fun! They come to my company (a bank) twice a year and set up in our cafeteria for two days. Used to also come to the school when I worked as a teacher's aide. I always go way over budget after seeing all their neat stuff -- buy Christmas gifts and stuff for my kids and nephews.
(Haven't ever seen them offer OSC books though!)
All of you newbies -- but sure to check out the other side of the forum : Books, Food, Film and American Culture because that is where we do most of our general chit-chat. Over here we focus on OSC books and literature, but over there we discuss everything -- even the "taboo" topics of religion, sex and politics!
Have fun!
(Kansas) Farmgirl
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Is it true that OSC and Kacard did it in a bookmobile?
fallow
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
You aren't a newbie only if you were on hatrack back in the old AOL days. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Jaime -- some of those people may not have had "300 posts" at the time we called them a newbie. Each time you add to your post count, it updates the count at the bottom of every thread you have posted on. So the very first post I posted (post 1) probably now, at the bottom, says 2837 posts, even though it was my first post.
Farmgirl
[ July 27, 2004, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Sephiroth the Enigma (Member # 6735) on :
I am teh uber noob of doom. I am happy to visit such a grandeur of places. ::bows heartily:: Now where is my booty?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: What do you mean by the old AOL days?
I think MPH is just pulling your chain there, Jaime (but I could be wrong)...
Welcome to uber noob of doom
Farmgirl
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Farmgirl!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oh, there were indeed AOL days. Back then, I was aware of Hatrack's existence, but as a non-AOL-user, that was about it.
Posted by Sephiroth the Enigma (Member # 6735) on :
AOL is like death but it's more permanent. Earthlink is so much better for dial up.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Evening, all!
My father got me started on OSC with the Ender series last summer, and I just today finished reading the Alvin Maker series. I've got Homebody sitting on my nightstand.
IRL I'm a legal secretary in downtown Chicago and the mother of two. I mostly read sci-fi and fantasy, but occasionally branch into other areas. I also do cross-stitch and Hardanger embroidery.... if only I could find a way to read and stitch at the same time.... I've tried books on tape but have problems following the story even when I'm not multitasking.
Looking forward to knowing some of the residents!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Miz Scrivener!
*laughs* Chicago, eh? Come over to the other side and you'll see several threads about KamaCon. A bunch of us are descending on your fair city in a few weeks' time. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello all newbies!
As rivka said, Scrivener, you couldn't have timed your joining of Hatrack any better! Come meet us all when we have our big get-together in Chicago August 13th-15th It is our chance to meet other Hatrackers IN REAL LIFE -- which is really exciting for many of us!
Farmgirl
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
awman....KamaCon, Skokie, perfect timing indeed.... IF I can get someone to watch the little Scriveners at least for a few hours. I will certainly see what I can do and post on the KamaCon thread if I'm able to make it.
Goody
Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :
After a two year hiatus, I have returned. So, I guess no one will remember me, but still it's good to be back!
Posted by Johivin (Member # 6746) on :
Just would like to say hello to those fine people who read and write on this forum. I, Johivin, would like to say hello to all.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hi Jess! Hi Johivin! Welcome to Hatrack..
So tell us Jess -- where ya been?
Farmgirl
Posted by MacBeth (Member # 5670) on :
When I first came to hatrack I believe I posted somewhere right next to one of Farmgirls first posts...I am still a newbie and she has become a staple...I think you get what you put in.
Posted by MacBeth (Member # 5670) on :
Hello my name is of course derived from the way that is was percieved that the descoladores interpret messages. I am 23 and am a registered dental assistant.Alas the market is bad and I cannot find a job. Which led me to get re-aquainted with OSC.I am currently a local sandwich jockey and have convinced my fellow co-workers that when I rule the world it will be thru the diplomatic use of both Bricks and Sandwiches....so stay on my good side...Because I make some pretty damned good sandwiches.
WOW it is so gratifying to see my first post again...I went thru a few name changes since then and realized that dental assissting for a male is a pipe dream but other then that I am alive...which is good...I think
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote:When I first came to hatrack I believe I posted somewhere right next to one of Farmgirls first posts...I am still a newbie and she has become a staple.
That just means I have no real life outside of Hatrack...
(as in, no boyfriend to keep me occupied...)
Farmgirl
Posted by Numb (Member # 6748) on :
Hi I've been lurking here for a while but just registered today.
My name is Alexa, I'm 14 and from West Virginia. I like soccer, track, and a lot of other sports. As well as, of course, reading. I got hooked on OSC two years ago when i read EG but I've read a lot more since then. My sn is Numb mainly because it was about 2 in the morning when I registered and that was about the first thing that popped into my head.
edit: fix the state lol
[ September 20, 2004, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: Numb ]
Posted by from Cythera (Member # 6749) on :
*breaths in the fresh air that is Hatrack after two years of being burried underneath own life*
Good morning Hatrack! I am just returning after a long long time as well and also figured I'd introduce myself to everyone I don't know. Well, I'm just a 19 year old girl from Florida. I'd mostly like to know about everyone else...
...and exhale.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Welcome Numb and from Cythera ! I hope you'll enjoy the 'rack. fC, if you want a good place to start knowing people, look in the Landmark Threads Archives. They're fascinating !
There's also a FAQ for newcomers on the other side, with everything you need (and don't need) to know about posting here.
Welcome and enjoy ! Posted by piruleta (Member # 6747) on :
Hola everybody!!!
This is Maria, from Madrid, Spain. I was looking for information about Orson Scott Card in internet and I have found this page, I think it is a great page with a lot of good things. I have loved OSC books since I was 15 and now I am 28, so it is great to find a place where everybody likes OSC books too!
I hope you all are fine, and I am so sorry for my bad english, I will try to do my best with it .
See u soon
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Welcome to Hatrack Pirulata! Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome to Hatrack Maria! I hope that you enjoy the site (be sure to check out the other side of the river--it's where all the action is).
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote: Oh, there were indeed AOL days. Back then, I was aware of Hatrack's existence, but as a non-AOL-user, that was about it.
Does anyone remember the pre-AOL days of Prodigy? I remember reading and posting on an OSC Prodigy site in early 1991...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
YES!!! So did I! maui babe, what SN did you use back then?
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I honestly don't remember. It may have been CATKAR?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Doesn't ring any bells. Ah, well.
Posted by dr34m (Member # 6753) on :
hi everyone,
my name is jared. im a college student in massachusetts. i've been an OSC fan since 4th or 5th grade when i read Ender's Game. ive read most of his novels and a great deal of his short stories, and, well, i've greatly enjoyed almost all of them.
recently i just reread the alvin maker series, and i believe it is my favourite of his work.
and with that, i'm off to bed for the night
-dr34m
Posted by redjellydonut (Member # 6754) on :
I'm Sam. I've been a member for a couple of years but my membership was deleted for some reason. Anywho, I'm back. I'm in Texas and have been an OSC admirer for years, since I read Ender's Game, the finest piece of SF I've ever read, and one of the most powerful pieces of literature I've found.
Posted by I dig it (Member # 6769) on :
Hi, I'm new here, but a long time OSC reader. I used to have all his books, but since he's come out with some new ones I'm behind. That's how I found this place-I was looking to find out what I didn't have! Anyway, hello all!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome back Sam, welcome for the first time I dig it. Can I call you "It"?
Sam, what was your username before?
Posted by Frangy (Member # 6793) on :
Hi all. This is my first post here. Sorry for my bad english, but i´m spanish and my english isn´t very good. I´m 13 years and my name is Frangy. I think that Card is a best writer in the earth.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
You are right, Frangy! He IS the best writer on Earth...
I think we have a couple of Spanish -speaking regular posters here. Hopefully they can start a conversation with you that you might find easier.
Farmgirl
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
Hello,
My name is Steev. I'm new here.
Well, I’m not exactly new as in I just discovered this web sight forum and decided to join. I’m new in the sense that this is my first post to a forum that I’ve been lurking on for a long time and have finally decided that anonymity is rather lonely. So, here I am. Exposing all manner of my enigmatic persona.
Please use sparingly.
-steev
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I always wondered what lurkers think....
...hiding there in the shadows, listening in on our conversations... snickering and shaking their heads......
FG
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
quote: I always wondered what lurkers think....
...hiding there in the shadows, listening in on our conversations... snickering and shaking their heads......
FG
Tee hee hee.
-steev
Posted by MoonLeon (Member # 6812) on :
Hey guys,
My name is Becky and I am a college student studying Political science. I have been reading OSC since the 8th grade and he has had an obvious effect on my political addiction. I have been looking into joining this message board for a while but have only just been pushed towards it. Anyways, I look forward to have many interesting discussions with you guys. Thanks
Posted by from Cythera (Member # 6749) on :
*push*
Welcome, Becky!
Posted by BeansAchilles (Member # 6813) on :
Lol I hate AOL... I also hate being under 18 and not being able to do anything important and get blamed for it... wait nevermind I love you all a lot more now that I know im not responsible and I'm going to live longer... THANKS FOR CHEERING ME UP! Posted by DF2506 (Member # 6847) on :
Hi all,
I just signed up today. I thought it best to post here first. I have recently got into the Ender's Game series! In fact, I just finished Xenocide today! A really good book imo (though Speaker For the Dead is my favorite so far).
As for me, well I'm 24 years old and currently a college student (and job less. thank goodness for grants). I'm trying to finish up my 2-year degree (never as easy as it sounds. Believe me. My main problem is math) and I'm not sure yet whether I'll go beyond the two years. I already feel like I've had more then that. lol.
As for a job, I want to be a writer. Any kind of writer really. Every kind of writer maybe. I just love writing (fiction mainly, though journalism may be interesting. I haven't decided). I have not published anything yet. I could say its because I feel I'm not ready and there is truth to that, but I think alot of it has to do with just not putting all my effort into. You know, I'm one of those people who like to put stuff off too. lol.
Anyway, this seems like a good message board. I know I like Mr. Card's site quiete a bit. Its one of the best sites I've seen. So much info on it!
Well, I hope to have alot of great conversations here. I really have so many questions and tons of thoughts on the Ender's series (what I've read of it). Especially Xenocide, which is such complex novel. I may soon start a thread on Xenocide!!
I'm glad to be here. Hope its fun!
DF2506
[ September 13, 2004, 01:25 AM: Message edited by: DF2506 ]
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Technically I apply myself as a newbie, even though I have been here a rather long time... I kinda... forgot about the forum.
Posted by RaptureMan (Member # 6862) on :
Hi this is my 2nd post on these forums and my first day at this website. I'm a big fan of the Enders series of books, reading them all within about 2 weeks time (and I was never really much of a reader)
I can't wait for the next in the line of Shadow series to come out if there really is going to be one.
Anyway, hello everyone nice to meet you! Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Welcome RaptureMan, welcome. May the number 6862 bring you good fortune Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
Hello DF2506, Vadon and RaptureMan! Welcome to Hatrack! Posted by Coven (Member # 6875) on :
Hey all.
I'm a 21 year old college student in New York who was introduced to OSC back in high school when a close friend of mine tossed Ender's Game (novel)on my desk and told me not to put it down until I finished it. Needless to say I listened to her and polished it off in a night. From that moment on I was hooked. I've read the entire Ender series and am anxiously awaiting the final Shadow novel. As an avid Sci Fi reader I have to say that OSC has put himself within my top 3 authors Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote:Needless to say I listened to her and polished it off in a night.
How can people do this!? I've seen it done, and it amazes me. I'm lucky if I can read for three hours straight (and if I do, it's rare that I'll top 50 pages at a time). I mean, doesn't your head start to hurt or your neck get stiff?
And welcome to Hatrack.
Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :
Chad, 30, married, 2 kids. Was introduced to OSC as a teen, but never read any of his stuff until recently. Read "Ender's Game" and liked it. Am more into Filmmaking than OSC, although the prospect of an "Ender's Game" film intrigues me.
Posted by Coven (Member # 6875) on :
quote:
quote:Needless to say I listened to her and polished it off in a night.
How can people do this!? I've seen it done, and it amazes me. I'm lucky if I can read for three hours straight (and if I do, it's rare that I'll top 50 pages at a time). I mean, doesn't your head start to hurt or your neck get stiff?
And welcome to Hatrack.[/QUOTE]
Honestly its not that difficult. All you need is a really comfortable recliner and be a quick reader. If its a page turner (like Ender's Game) it should be no problem going cover to cover in just a few hours. It really isn't that long of a book.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hi! I finally wandered over here from Nauvoo. My name is Anne, and I'm a Card addict. I read everything by OSC I can get my hands on. My favorite book by OSC is Lost Boys, although it makes me cry. I'm also very into the Bean books (I like Ender, but identify more with the Bean books *shrugs*). I'm a So.-Cal. transplant living in TX (Dallas area), and I stay home with my almost-6-month-old daughter and do some freelance sewing. My husband is currently assistant to a CPA (anyone need an accountant? ) while he goes to school. He also works as a veterinary technician on the weekends. We have two orange tabby cats. I like to cook, sew, sing, and am teaching myself to play mandolin (in all my copious spare time ). I think that's all about me... Anyway, glad to be here! *waves*
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Wow! That sounds like a busy life, ketchupqueen!
Welcome to Hatrack!
Farmgirl
Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :
I bet it's Kerry's wife HEINZ!
Just kidding.
Just because your name said KetchupQueen. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Heinz is the only true ketchup. I really don't care who makes it, it's the only stuff I'll eat.
Posted by ephealy (Member # 2219) on :
EP Healy Soldier, US Army - currently in Iraq Married 10 wonderful years One beautiful baby girl
I mostly lurk here - but if anyone wants to ask my opinion, etc... I'd be more than happy to reply to you via email.
ephealy[at]ephealy[dot]com
Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :
Be safe over there. I appreciate what you are doing.
Please tell me (I wish there was a PM function) do the majority of people over there hate us and want to kill us?
Some people here seem to think so.
Also, my cousin just arrived over there. He's in the Marines, last name White. I'm not exactly sure where he's at now though.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
ephealy -- we salute you!
(well, okay, we don't have a saluting smilie)
Welcome to Hatrack community. Be sure to check out the chatter on the other side of the forum.
Farmgirl
Posted by BraveSirRobin (Member # 6894) on :
hi, i'm 14. i've read all the ender, all the homecoming, enchantment, worthing, lovelock, and the first three alvin books and i'm currently reading the fourth. i like the star wars, indiana jones, lord of the rings and matrix movies. i live in north eastern ohio,im a freshman in high school and my gpa is approx. 4.28 i also like led zeppelin and wierd al OSC is my favorite author and i like all his books.
Posted by BraveSirRobin (Member # 6894) on :
btw - what is osc's mail address or can that not be put up or something because i cant find it
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
They do not post a direct e-mail address for OSC -- however, if you click on the "OSC HELP DESK" link above and fill out the information you want to send him on that page, it will probably get to him.
Farmgirl
Posted by Defenestraitor (Member # 6907) on :
I've been sneaking around here for months but never posted until today. Been a fan of Ender's Game and Speaker for 13 years now... can't wait for Shadow of the Giant!
Posted by kamikaze (Member # 6920) on :
i owe all my gratitude to OSC, for he brought out the inovated reader within me. Not until last year have i ever spent my personal time eyeing a book with interest, lol... His Ender's series was what intrigued me and gave me enjoyment in reading books with such passion.It started in middle school during 7th grade when my class had to find a book to read for a book report. That is when i first found Enders Game on the shelf of my schools library. I probably read about 35 pages before i gave up and got a F on my book report, hahahhaa, but not until high school as a sophmore did i find Ender's Game again on the shelves in my high school library. This time i finished the book and really loved the book. After that i've read the entire Ender's series and now as i'm in my last year in high school. Currently on the 4th volume of the HomeComing Series.
add one more to the growing number of members in Hatrack's forum
-John
[ October 09, 2004, 02:03 AM: Message edited by: kamikaze ]
Posted by alath (Member # 6150) on :
quote:I've been sneaking around here for months but never posted until today. Been a fan of Ender's Game and Speaker for 13 years now... can't wait for Shadow of the Giant!
wow I really need to get my eyes checked. I read that as "I've been streaking around here for months" Welcome to hatrack Defenestraitor though you're probably less of a newbie than I. And to you as well kamikaze welcome!
Edit: spelling of course
[ October 12, 2004, 11:18 PM: Message edited by: alath ]
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Well, I finally decided to join an online community. I figured this one would be the best for me to join, what with OSC being the person who's taught me more about writing than anyone on earth. I aspire to be a similar writer of excellent science fiction. I'm currently a student of professional writing at BYU-Idaho (Yes, I am a Mormon for those who recognized the acronym). I'm originally from a little town in North Carolina called Hendersonville (If you drive south of Asheville and come upon an unusually high number of traffic lights, that's Hendersonville). I just bought "The Crystal City" last night and, after reading the acknowledgments decided to join the group. The name Boris comes from a guy I met in Twin Falls, Idaho, who, upon seeing me in a black trench-coat, started calling me Boris (he said it was because I looked like the Rocky and Bullwinkle Boris, Even though I'm tall and chubby and he's short and chubby). Normally I hate nicknames, but I liked Boris, so I kept the name. So anyway, that's me. Hurrah. Heh, those are cool Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
HI Boris. Boris...Boris...Boris
I like the way that name rolls out of the mouth.
Boris!
Welcome!
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
quote: I'm originally from a little town in North Carolina called Hendersonville (If you drive south of Asheville and come upon an unusually high number of traffic lights, that's Hendersonville)
Oh my goodness! I just read this. I love Hendersonville! I lived in Rutherfordton for awhile. That's where my parents live. Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Rutherfordton, love that place (For those not from NC, it's pronounced Ruthfordton :>)
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
My family and I have always pronounced it Rutherfordton.
Now the locals, they say "Ralphton".
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Well, I guess it's just my dad and a few others that pronounce it Ruthfordton. I tend to generalize things like that Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I thought I'd bump this for the newbies because it has fallen down quite a ways, and we've had several newbies lately -- hope they take the time to introduce themselves...
Farmgirl
Posted by Demosthenes_08 (Member # 7058) on :
Howdy fellas
Posted by osc'solderthanmeafterall (Member # 7054) on :
Hi you guys. I posted on "Sorry" but I'm coming here to introduce myself too. I just discovered OSC in August and I'm reading Children of the Mind now -- I read the "Homecoming: Earth" series too, and discovered OSC through _Rebecca_. (_Rebekah?_). Whatever. My 14 year old stepdaughter has read Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. Someone said today that Shadow of the Hegemon is more kid-friendly than Speaker, etc. Whaddya think? Christie
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Love your username, Christie.
Welcome to Hatrack.
Not sure what you mean by "kid-friendly". All three of my kids read all of the series', and liked them all fine.
Farmgirl
Posted by osc'solderthanmeafterall (Member # 7054) on :
My stepdaughter said that Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow appealed to her more because they were about kids. The clerk at Barnes and Noble (I know, bad me for shopping at B&N, but I wanted to buy her several books and figured they'd have them all) said Ender is such a different character in Speaker, etc. that she didn't really get it as a kid, and that she did get/like the Shadow series -- I understood her to say that the characters in the Shadow series had more continuity from book to book, but I haven't read them. Christie
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hmmm.. I'm trying to think of why she would say it that way.
Perhaps it is because Ender appears to be more of an "adult" (mentally, and in deed) in the latter parts of the Ender series, while in the Shadow series, Bean & Petra and dealing with young adult issues.
So I guess, yes, now that I think of it that way, Ender does seem so much "older" (even though he isn't, really) as he goes through the Ender series of books, while Bean seems to age more gradually.
Or perhaps the clerk just read them at different stages of her own life, thus coloring her own feelings about them.
Farmgirl
Posted by Stiricide (Member # 7067) on :
that's it, fine, i quit, i cave, i'm joining. so i've been reading OSC for what feels like ever, tho i know it can't be more then 6 years. I'm a voracious reader, but i tend to fall into authors - i'll read everything they ever write, and then frantically search for someone i don't hate. i plowed trough most of asimov and bradbury in middle/high school, since then i've been working on OSC, Poppy Z Brite, and F Paul Wilson. Poppy and OSC don't seem to write fast enough for me to ever really be satisfied, luckily, most of wilson's stuff is out of print, so finding it is also like a treasure hunt. even if i still just plow through the book in 5 hours, like i do with everything. (i finished crystal city over thanksgiving break, in about 6. i blame reading in the car.)
so what do i do when i've run out of books? besides lurk on forums and update my livejournal page? i'm a Communications student at Beloit College, in Beloit, WI. Hopefully, I'll be graduating this May. I don't like to think about what comes after that, mostly because i haven't figured it out yet. I grew up outside of Philadelphia, in Bryn Mawr, a college town in every sense of the words. Man, do I ever miss my used bookstore.
So that's me. Hi. I don't know if I'll be around as much as I think i'd like to be, but i suppose I'll de-lurk for the occasional thread.
~m'ris
Posted by Ginosion (Member # 7066) on :
Well, I kinda already inda introduce myselft I'n the determine post I made a little bit ago. But here I got. My name is Tanner, I live in ogden utah (no I'm not morman). I'm an animater, I animate little cartoons with flash. If you want to see some of my stuff go to Ginosion.deviantart.com or ginosion.sheezyart.com . Well, what else, I've only read Ender's game and Speaker for the dead but I've fallin in love with them. And, thats really about it. Oh yeah, this is my favorite smillie: Posted by dh (Member # 6929) on :
Welcome, Stiricide and Ginosion! Posted by Scooter (Member # 6915) on :
I joined recently and finally clicked on this thread and like the idea. I learned about OSC on a BYU sports board and got my hands on the recent book with 3 stories (can't remember what it is called but it has the short Ender's Game and a story about Ender's father and about Jane), then had to get Ender's Game and the rest is history.
I recently finished the Alvin series (after reading all the Ender-related books) and have also read Lovelock, Enchantment, Pastwatch, Worthing Chronicles, Stone Tablets...that may be it. I have been hesitant about the "Earth" series because I fear they will skew my future reading of their original source. Anyone find that to be the case?
I live in Muncie, Indiana and am faculty at the local university here. Have never been much of a liesure reader until a few years ago and OSC has very much helped reinvigorate a passion for reading.
By the way, can one still enjoy "Lost Boys" after having seen "The Sixth Sense" and having heard that that movie kind of spoils this book? What do you think?
Thanks for the space and for all your perspectives on OSC.
Posted by Popcornbaby (Member # 7046) on :
Hi everyone! Just wandered in from PWeb.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello Scooter and popcornbaby and all the other newbies!
Feel free to join us in more lively discussion on the other half of this forum -- a little more activity over there.
Scooter - I've read Lost Boys but I haven't seen the Sixth Sense, so I can't answer your question. Although I do think that has been discussed on here before, so someone will probably reply to that.
Farmgirl
edit: In fact, HERE is a thread that talks about it some -- and many say they don't see any similarity between the book and the movie.
[ November 29, 2004, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by babager (Member # 6700) on :
welcome popcorn baby!!!!!!!!! Posted by ChaosTheory (Member # 7069) on :
Well I'm new here. I am an OSC addict, I have read the whole Enderverse series about 80 times (as I'm sure most of us have )
OSC's writing really helped me out about 2 years ago when my dad died, reading speaker for the dead filled my mind with so many new ideas and ways to look at life, it also answered a few questions that I really needed to know at that time.
My favorite band is The Clash
Right now I've just started The Seventh Sun and it looks very interesting and I hope it will live up to what i've heard and the magnificant work that OSC has done before.
[ November 30, 2004, 08:28 PM: Message edited by: ChaosTheory ]
Posted by MorpheusX (Member # 7076) on :
Fan of OSC since I first read Ender's game when I was 13 (am 31 now).
Hands down, Uncle Orson is my favorite science fiction writer alive.
But after reading his views on politics, I am heart broken. Hearing him call himself a Democrat, yet disparraging the philosphies at the very core of the Dem ideology and consistently validate the most abhorrent and solipsistic policies of what history will show to be the most corrupt and destructive administration ever to come to power, just smacks of a Black Klansman to me.
Love his books. Hate his politics. I guess it's true what they say about the liberal to conservative shift that occurs with aging.
But.. my God... Such a keen intellect as OSC turning a blind eye to such ruinous social policies and the institution of a textbook definition Fascist government with devastating shockwaves that will ripple throughout the future for generations... It's sheer dissonance...
Playing Devil's Advocate is alright and even exposing hypocrisy or incompetence in your own party is intellectually admirable.
But acting as a rubber stamp for George W. Bush... It's like unleashing the Little Doctor upon this country.
I guess it's true... This is truly the New Civil War. Red and Blue states playing North vs South.
And in that case, I agree with Bill Maher in regards to the South. .. "Upon further consideration... you CAN go."
I'll still buy his books, but I'm afraid my admiration ends with his writing skill and storytelling ability. Ya broke my heart, Mr. Card.
Finding out that OSC is another Zell Miller, was like when I first realized that Dennis Miller was a closet right wing Republican. Complete shocker. Nothing in his humor or material even hinted at it. It's the same with OSC's writings.
Yeah, I know.. I know.. This is supposed to be a "Hi everyone! My name is Bob!" kind of topic, but the pain of the discovery is too fresh, too raw... Like having just walked in on your mate in bed with someone else... I've spent the last few hours reading many of his articles and forum member posts about his affiliations and affinities, etc., in utter disbelief.
Now, I'm just waiting for Jesus to come back and declare himself a Muslim...
[ December 01, 2004, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: MorpheusX ]
Posted by Scooter (Member # 6915) on :
Hello to MorpheusX (if I remembered your username correctly).
I share your passion for the works of OSC. However, I wonder if you realize that you probably insulted a large contingent of this board, of if you were trying to do so. You essentially told us that anyone who sees things as OSC must be pretty out of it. It's not like he just throws out support for the administration or certain policies without explaining his positions. Regardless of what I or anyone else believes, I find him to make very rational points, well supported by logic and reason and often by documented evidence. I find it ironic that you accuse him of dissonance when that may be exacly what you struggle with... broadly dismissing his well-reasoned articles because they don't match your beliefs/perspectives as if he offered no intelligent support of his views (at least that is how you come across to me).
I hope you don't take this the wrong way. I personally welcome your thoughts and perspective and this is a simple reaction to them. I find it difficult to simply dismiss OSC's opinions regarless of my own perspective on a topic (and admittedly we agree on many things).
Have a good read of the Alvin series...I really enjoyed them, especially the early books. Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
Hello, I'm Sylvain and I'm French. I read all books of the Ender's story and the Bean's story (without the fourth). I live in Paris in France, and I'm engineer. My favorite hobby is chess. Sorry for my bad English (this is not my strong point). I join you because I appreciate These books. Many Ideas are very interesting in social network and social psychology (my actual interest center). So I hope to discuss with you about that, and to confront my "elder continent" point of view with the yours.
See you soon in the Forum !
Posted by Proteus (Member # 794) on :
Howdy to all new members. I've only been here a short while myself but enjoy
Posted by Quimby2999 (Member # 7044) on :
Hey, all I'm new. I'm 15 years old, I've read all the Ender books and all the Shadow books so far. I'm now starting to get into some other OSC books, but there's so many, where to start?
Posted by Mark (Member # 6393) on :
Hey all, I suppose I might as well make an introduction post.
As I mentioned in my other thread, I'm Canadian. Originally from a small city called Miramichi, currently living in my province's capital Fredericton while I attend university.
I'm 20 years old and I plan to teach high school, specifically English and History. Since I was very young I always loved to read, and my dream was to become a writer. After I got older I realized that I was not a very good writer and I got much more enjoyment from reading and discussing books than I ever did from writing.
Just how cool is this Card guy? That's a rhetorical question, he freaking awesome! I've read everything Enderverse related as well as Pastwatch, The Worthing Saga, and Homebody. Don't make me choose a favorite!
I’m not sure if I’ll be a real regular here or not. Since there’s no new book until March I suppose I might end up slipping away for a while.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, I was going to say "welcome Mark"....but....
I have just learned to never click on someone's "homepage" listed in their personal profile, while I'm at work....
disgusting.
Farmgirl
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Just from glancing at the URL, I expect that my work's smartfilter would block me from reaching the site.
Mark, check out the other forum--the "Books, Films, Food and American Culture" one. You'll find that it's less OSCentric, and probably more capable of holding your interest over the long haul.
Posted by Mark (Member # 6393) on :
My sincerest apologies to Farmgirl, Noemon and anyone else who saw that site. I have no idea how it got there myself.
I deleted it without even looking at it.
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
Hi I'm new (obviously) and I am an avid OSC reader. I keep all 25+ books of his that I own in a place of honour on mt bookshelf. I own all of the Ender/Bean books, all the Alvin books, all the homecoming books and a lot more I live in Toronto, Canada, and probably will lurk around here for a couple months before I start posting. In my spare time I play hockey and the bass guitar and like to read and play axis and allies on my computer. I am in a band called Desperate Measures, and my favourite band is Metallica. So if there's anything else you want to know about me, speak up.
Posted by jjmelberg (Member # 7099) on :
i posted for the first time today. been looking at the website for a few months and read EG 6 years ago. hooked on that series ever since, but honestly....i dont even like to read.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
quote: So if there's anything else you want to know about me, speak up.
What would YOU do with a hundred grand?
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
A) bribe the NHL to come back and play B) buy all the OSC books that I don't own already Hold on... 100 grand isnt enough for A. Oh well.
Anything else? Posted by jjmelberg (Member # 7099) on :
buy stock so i could retire early
Posted by NinjaBirdman (Member # 7114) on :
Hey everybody. I read the Ender/Bean series a couple of years ago and I'm currently reading through them again. I figured since I usually end up here when reading one of Card's books I might as well register. I grew up in New Jersey(and go back there for holidays and summer), but I'm currently studying video game programming at Digipen institute of technology in Redmond, Wa. Uhhh, so, yeah, hey all. Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Wow, ninja, video games, talk about a dream job. . . I would love to do stuff like that. Lots of programmers here, in fact I think Card's son Geoff is in video games, though I haven't seen him around lately. Welcome to the forum everyone, I have to go now. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Geoff is indeed a video game designer. He posts intermittently -- hang around long enough, NB, and you'll see him (mostly over on the other side, though).
Welcome to Hatrack! Posted by mmzoller (Member # 7125) on :
Hello I just joined and I started reading enders game and then I read Speaker for the Dead and then i read the whole series and this was like 3 years ago since then I have read all of the ender series and the bean series like 3 times each and i just found out about this website so i thought i would join it to see about it and to talk to ppl who read the same stuff that i read and thats me Posted by mmzoller (Member # 7125) on :
Hello I just joined and I started reading enders game and then I read Speaker for the Dead and then i read the whole series and this was like 3 years ago since then I have read all of the ender series and the bean series like 3 times each and i just found out about this website so i thought i would join it to see about it and to talk to ppl who read the same stuff that i read and thats me Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello mmzoller! Welcome to Hatrack.
Glad you've enjoyed OSC's books as much as the rest of us.
I'm not too far away from you -- in Kansas. And we have at least one other Oklahoma person here that I know of.
So answer for me this constantly debated question from my office: "Are we supposed to tip the carhops at Sonic" or not? I always do. The guys here say no way.
Farmgirl
Posted by mmzoller (Member # 7125) on :
well alot of ppl do tip and well that is really where i make all of my money because ive been there for a year and a half and so far no raise still 5.15 an hour lol but we get to keep all of our tips we make so on average i make maybe 5 dollars in tips an hour i mean u dont have to tip but it would be nice Posted by gingerjam (Member # 7113) on :
Hi i'm a newby from Perth, Western Australia! I'm 23, have been hooked on Ender's since around 1994 and Shadow since then too... I alway seem to have at least one of the books next to my bed at all times!
I have to say I'm worried about the way the film will turn out seeing as I was irritated by the way Bean suddenly appeared on the scene as a main character in ES and kept second guessing Ender...but i love the series now!
What OSC says is true...Enders must really be the most "lost" book at libraries...I experienced it myself when I introduced it EG and ES to a 'friend' and my original copy of Enders Game mysteriously got "packed in a box" of his... the months until i got a new copy were very strange!
I'm only just discovering the world of the net and so will be lurking while I try to figure out how being part of an online community works Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, mmzoller and gingerjam!
Another Perthite (Perthian? Perthan?), eh? We have a couple Hatrackers from your neck of the woods already. Posted by tykemerry (Member # 7126) on :
Ok, I'll introduce myself, though I suspect my age is quite a bit higher than the mean age here. I live in New York City, I've been reading OSC for quite a while now and happily have introduced him to my 14 year old son who is an even more avid reader. I'm a musician who does financial planning for a living. My other favorite authors in no particular order are Dickens, Asimov, Greg Bear, William Gibson, Faulkner, Hemingway, Arthur C. Clarke, Dorothy Sayers, and Rex Stout. Eclectic to say the least. I enjoy the Harry Potter books, but don't care for the Series of Unfortunate events, to my children's chagrin. Oh, and I can't get into Graemlins.
Cheers.
Mike
Posted by AuroraPhage (Member # 7127) on :
Please excuse me for not taking the time to read all of this post.
I joined because of a search for Philotics on google, and found a thread in a forum, about philotics, and its question wasnt answered so I registered and answered to the best of my ability.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome!
tykemerry -- I'm sure glad you signed your post "Mike" because up until that point I was sure you were a female. Somehow that screenname (tykemerry) just sounded female to me. I hate it when I guess the wrong gender of someone when posting to them.
Farmgirl
Posted by tykemerry (Member # 7126) on :
Thanks Farmgirl. Tykemerry is a sort of reshuffling of my full name which is Mike Terry. I had to come up with it years ago when I joined AOL and didn't want to be MikeTerry2000034245.
Cheers.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Hey, TM, AuroraPhage, gingerjam,mmzoller. Welcome to the forum!
[ December 14, 2004, 06:17 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
Posted by Elfenn (Member # 7151) on :
Hi ! I'm a french Alvin fan. I dream about a real crystal city and i think it's possible to build it. Who's ready to walk on this path ? Don't forget your tools, there is a lot of work to do. let's work in joy !
Posted by Nania (Member # 7144) on :
I don't have the patience to read 16+pages of one post, but I'll be glad to add to it!
Online, I go by Nania. Just some name I made up a few years ago when trying to think of an online alias. I'm in NC, USA. I did live in Greensboro for some time. Thats how I got to know about OSC. My Introduction Post Was all explained there. I'm a mindless drone (or at least supposed to be) for a car dealership. Well the official title is Customer Service Representative, but i'm just a Receptionist who can no longer read in between phone calls or do anything. Just sit there and look "pretty" while waiting for the next idiot to call. Okay, that is quite harsh, but when you give someone the choice between a service manager desk and the service appointment desk, I don't need a life story or a debate in order to get an answer. Also, its not a yes or no question. Either one, A or B. Okay, I'm done trashing 75% of the people I talk to all day, it just gets on your nerves after a while. The only allowed entertainment I'm allowed at my job is to listen to people contemplate whether they should speak to a service advisor/manager or just go straight to the appointment desk. I'm told that I'm just too smart to be a phone operator, which is why I'm going back to school this spring. Yay! Maybe I'll finish the semester. I've gone through 4 semesters and completed 1. Not that I couldn't have, its more of situations out of my control prevented me from attending my classes. I don't claim to be very smart or anything, but I know I'm wasting my abilities on answering phones, if a monkey could talk, it could do my job. Luckily they can't, so I still have a source of income! I'm only 20 by the way. Alas, a little girl to many. Don't judge too harshly now! Anywho, I'm rambling. As another post had said, my brain went away during work today. It couldn't take being neglected anymore. I don't blame it. I'd run away too if I was my brain. Good night Posted by gingerjam (Member # 7113) on :
Hi thanks for the welcome!
Hope you all had a great Christmas period...we went camping up the coast of Western Australia, went snorkelling in the warm clear blue water of Turquiose Bay and got home to a burgled house, but what can you do...
oh and I managed to introduce another friend to EG and and an existing EG fan to ES by buying them the books...some people spread Christmas cheer...I spread the Enderverse!
Posted by Vid (Member # 7172) on :
Hi everyone, my name is Vid (drop the Da- from David... long story ), and I'm a huge EG fan. Due to school and work, I have been unable to allow my love for the Ender/Shadow Series to spread to other Card works, but I have done my best to bring others into loving the Enderverse.
(Thinking of other info to include...)
I go to school in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and I'm getting married in July of next year. I'm at school for computers, but in the end I hope to be a pastor. I guess that's all for me.
Nice meeting all of you!
[ December 30, 2004, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: Vid ]
Posted by Qadar (Member # 7175) on :
Hello all newby here.
Im from Somalia but grew up in Sydney Australia, and Dubai in the gulf.
I an avid reader of sciencefiction but i never came across OSC work until a year and a half ago when i first saw Enders Game in my local library. I was lucky that my library stocked the entire ender series, which i was hooked on from that day on.
I have just read the 3 chapters from SofG and i am already experiencing withdrawl symptoms.
Anyway happy new year everybody Posted by xtownaga (Member # 7187) on :
so hello all, I'm new (or I've suddenly experianced selective amnesia which has erased only my memories of this board )
anyway, I read the released Ender/Bean books awhile back and just got Maps in a Mirror for christmas...
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
Welcome
Gingerjam:
quote: I'm only just discovering the world of the net and so will be lurking while I try to figure out how being part of an online community works
I hear you. I've finally decided to try to break out of lurkdom and it's a little frightening to me. It's probably silly, but I feel like I'm really putting myself out in a world of strangers with every post I, uh, post.
tykemerry:
quote: I suspect my age is quite a bit higher than the mean age here
I think you'll find a relatively mature community here. Lots of family folks. It's OK to be old.
I was reading through some of this thread and noticing a discouraging trend among newbies: many people join, post a few times for about a week, and then disappear and are never heard from again (which, incidentally,is just what I did about six months ago, except for the never-heard-from-again part, which I'm trying to remedy). It's funny how I can find myself missing people I never even knew. Here's hoping you'll all hang around, make yourselves at home here.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
YOU haven't been officially welcomed either, so I tip my hat to you for your kind words and say "Welcome!"
Oh, and I'll wink at you too. *wink*
I also would like to welcome the rest of you! I've seen Vid post a few times, but I'd love it if you would all hang around and contribute. I am a champion lurker and I mostly hang around fluff, but it's still fun and I've gotten to know a lot of really wonderful people.
And now, I'm addicted.
*psst* and don't be afraid to post on the other side of the forum. We don't bite, we just talk really fast.
[ January 08, 2005, 06:27 AM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by Strawcatz (Member # 7215) on :
I was originally only going to post one thing and run off, but now that I realize how intelligent and mature this community is I think I will stay around for a while.
I basically consider myself to be a philosopher even though I'm merely a student. We are all students and the people we encounter in this world are our teachers, even if they don't realize it.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello Strawcatz and welcome to the forum!
If you want to get into some of the deeper discussions of all taboo subjects (like religion, politics, etc.) be sure to check the other side of the active forums -- Books, Food, etc. etc. -- which has a much more lively trend...
Farmgirl
Posted by Dazzling Kira (Member # 7281) on :
Hi! This is my very first post on any forum. I admit to being a little nervous. I don't know why. Maybe because I have lurked here for many months and people here are so cool and popular and smart and I just want to be part of the community. Of course anyone who likes Orson Scott Card's writings is cool. I love his writing. All of it. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hi Kira!
Anyone who can raise three boys and maintain her sanity enough to post on here is a winner with me!
Farmgirl
Posted by Dazzling Kira (Member # 7281) on :
Thanks Farmgirl for making me feel welcome. Now I can go post all the replies that I have wanted to do for a long time on all of the other threads. I am so excited! All good! Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Post away without fear!! Welcome! Posted by C. Patrick Carolan (Member # 7280) on :
Another perfect stranger here! I joined up a few days ago.
Remember that TV show Perfect Strangers, with Balki and Cousin Larry? I think it was a lot funnier when I was a kid than it would be if I were to watch it now. I don't know why I wrote that either.
Anyway, I've been re-reading the Alvin series again lately, this time from start to finish - last time I tried I only got as far as Prentice Alvin before getting derailed by reading for school and such. So at this point I'm about 50 pages away from finishing Crystal City.
So, this is he first time I've joined an author's message board. I haunt a few Transformers forums and various music boards too.
So... uh, hi!
Posted by Bork (Member # 7283) on :
This is technically my second post but i'm making it my introductory post.
I've been a fan of Orson Scott Card since I was 12, I am now 19 and have read The entire Ender and Shadow series, Alvin maker series, Women Of Genesis, Maps In A Mirror, Pastwatch, Homecoming and The Worthing Saga (I might be leaving something out).
I am also looking forward to the Alvin Maker MMORPG.
Other things I like are Spider-man or Marvel comics in general, I'm a harcore trekkie, I love music especially Morrissey, Johnny Cash and Nirvana. Also a big computer geek and I love to role play on text based online games, mainly www.the-night.com, it's free and worth a check out by anyone who is interested.
Anyway, would love to hear from anyone who wants to chat, my aim name is public so dont hesitate to message.
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Bork! Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I love your screen name. Welcome!
Posted by gingerjam (Member # 7113) on :
hi everyone, well i've posted a few more times then i expected too, and have to say that the other side of the forum is great...hatrack is a really nice and intelligent community...thanks for all the welcomes!
Posted by ostyinmi (Member # 7218) on :
hey all,
Well I am kind of an oldie but have been away for a while and can't even remember my old sign-in name so I decided to start everything over fresh!
Glad to be back!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, welcome!
Lots of newbies (or returnees)!
Welcome back to ostyinmi.
Welcome, Bork! I'm not much into MMORPGs myself, but I know a lot of people are excited about this one. Enjoy!
Hiya, Patrick. We don't bite . . . much . . .
And Kira! Looking forward to seeing all these planned replies of yours.
To all: do check out the other side. It's faster paced, but lots of fun.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello and welcome to Bork, Patrick and ostyinmi!
Stick around and make lots of friends here!
Farmgirl
Posted by just-a-min (Member # 7308) on :
Hello, everyone. I've been visiting Hatrack for years to quick-copy-and-exit OSC newest esssays ( limited online minutes; that has now changed .) I had first heard of OSC in the late 80's when I lived in Utah. I just thought he was another mormon author who'd made it in a popular market -- big deal. Four years later I picked up a tape of Call of Earth and found out just how great he is. Since then I have read everything except Hart's Hope (I couldn't stand the first couple of chapters.) Most recently I have reread Pastwatch and the Alvin series in preparation for Crystal city. I read Wyrms again over the holidays. I was surprised by the ending in an admittedly blonde moment. Somehow I thought I remembered unwyrm offspring terrorizing ice caves.
Posted by Ayren (Member # 7317) on :
Hey I'm 14 I've read the Ender Quartet, the Shadow series, the Alvin Maker series, and I'm currently halfway through the last book in the Homecoming series, oh and I've also read Lost Boys(very depressing ). I find school way to easy. I'm writing a novel that seems good now but I'm not sure where to go with it. I love politics. Anybody wants to talk about any of OSC's books my e-mail address is ayraan@yahoo.com
Ayren
Posted by Constant Reader (Member # 7282) on :
Hello, my name is Nikki and I've been looking at this website for a long time but never joined. Stephen King and OSC are my favourite authors. The first book I read by OSC was Ender's Game and it was the first real scifi book I ever read. After Ender's Game I read all the scifi I could get my hands on! None of it was as beautifully character driven as OSC. I've since read all of his books and my very favouites (besides Ender's series) are the Alvin Maker books, Saints, and The Worthing Saga. Oh, and Homecoming series...Ok, I love all his books! It's hard to pick! Here, I'll pick the ones I don't love-Lost Boys, Treasure Box and the one about the house but I can't remember the title (think it's Homebody?) My favourite SK books are The Dark Tower Series, Talisman, The Eyes of the Dragon and The Stand. Ok, that's it! Thanks for reading. Nikki
Posted by Eisenoxyde (Member # 7289) on :
Hi everyone, my name is Jesse and I'm mainly a lurker on every site I am a member of. As a future warning, I do not troll, but I can be very abrasive with my responses.
I'm a 26 year old mechanical engineering student and was first introduced to Mr. Card's work in 1985, when Ender's Game came out. I used to have an first print of the book, but it has since been lost... *sniff*
*edit* I also meant to say that I'm in Golden, Colorado studying at the Colorado School of Mines.
I also think that Mr. Card should come out here as part of his book signing tour!
Jesse
[ January 27, 2005, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: Eisenoxyde ]
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
Eisenoxyde Posted by Crotalus (Member # 7339) on :
You know i've lurked here for years, but i just broke down and registered tonight. Maybe i'll actually get around to posting every now and then, who knows.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Hi, I am a very long standing Card fan in generall. I have read the Ender series, Alvin Maker series, parts of the Homecoming Series, many of his various miscellaneous books, and many of his short stories. I just recently got on Hatrack because before now my internet was all screwed up. I read my first Card book in the seventh grade, it was Ender's Game and it immediatly became my favorite book. That was five and a half years ago now and in that time I have probably read Ender's Game something like twenty-twenty five times.
Posted by arevoj (Member # 7347) on :
I've visited Hatrack for a while, but just wandered into the forums today - while at work, no less. I sit here now at home with the dogs playing loudly underfoot; would that I could record the noise they make! Anyway, perhaps I'll join in from time to time...
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
You implying there is something wrong with checking Hatrack from work? I do ALL my posting and reading on this forum from work.
Welcome arevoj!
Farmgirl
Posted by Trashcan_Man (Member # 7345) on :
Hello everyone. I only just joined yesterday. This is going to sound like a ripoff of Constant Reader's post but it's true nonetheless. My favorite authors are Stephen King and Orson Scott Card (but not necessarily in that order). I've read most of the Ender and Alvin Maker Series and they're both fantastic (especially Speaker for the Dead). My Stephen King favorites are The Stand, The Dark Tower series, and Pet Sematary.
By the way, Nikki, I could tell you were a King fan just after I read your display name.
Also, while everyone here is waiting for OSC's next book, you should try reading The Dark Tower series, and not deciding that you don't like until you've finished at least the first two books.
Anyway, if you've read this far then I appreciate it. Bye for now. Posted by Young Teacher (Member # 7104) on :
Hello,
I have posted a couple times regarding the upcoming movie but that's about it. I finished Ender's Game & Bean's Shaddow and I thought...whoa, this would make a really good movie. After checking online, they had already started production.
It's good to be here.
[ February 01, 2005, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: Young Teacher ]
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I guess I can't post here anymore. So, WELCOME, ALL!
Welcome to Hatrack. And may we prosper.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
*bump*
Posted by warrand (Member # 7352) on :
Hi, I'm Ana from Romania and I envy you people who have acces to all OSC books. In Romania only the first three books of the Ender Saga appeared...And I totally loved them, needless to say. Second, I envy even more those who are US residents (99% of u) who can attend book signins by mr. Card. Third, I am happy to be in this forum, cause u are such a cool comunity. I hope that when I will go to EU I'll be able to get my hands on the Alvin series (in french probably) and the rest of the Ender cycle...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Ana.
Romania, eh? Over on the "other side" of the forum, we've been obsessing about a Romanian song for the last week.
quote: those who are US residents (99% of u)
Oh, FAR less than 99% are Americans! We have people from all over the globe here. Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
warrand, where in Romania are you right now? Because if we can ever meet when I'm on vacation or something I can lend you the rest of the Ender books in English. I'm from Deva, by the way.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote: I envy even more those who are US residents (99% of u) who can attend book signins by mr. Card.
Yeah, me, too. OSCs books aren't available here at all, so I'm exceedingly happy that I already had my own copies when I left Canada for Sri Lanka.
Seriously, this is a much more international crowd than you would expect. Welcome! Posted by warrand (Member # 7352) on :
I'm from Iasi. vacation would do - if not, I plan on traveling to france this year sometime...hope that works. PS: is there a private message option here? Or everything has to be "out in the open" ? Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
There's no "private message" option, but if you want to write me you can do it at radu_stancu2003 _at_ yahoo _dot_ com.
Posted by ZiggyStardust902 (Member # 7421) on :
Hi everybody my name is Kody D. Hitchcock and I'm new here. I'm 17 and live in Michigan. I've read Ender's Game like 5 times, and Speaker of the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, Ender's SHadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets all twice. I've also read the Alvin Maker series twice. I'm big into tortoises and some other reptiles, and own a few. I got Shadow of the Giant last week, before it came out from Shuler's. Odd how at worked out....Well howdy everybody.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Hi, Ziggy, welcome to the forum. Posted by Frosted Pheonix (Member # 7419) on :
So. I suppose I should report that I'm a newbie to the OSC boards, recently finding this site although I've been reading OSCs' books for years. ^_^
I am 19 years of age and currently living in Washington state, where I'm a part-time student and full-time worker. While at school I'm in the midst of finishing my associates degree (english major, of course!) with the intent on transferring, although plans are still hazy.
I've read most of the Ender's Game series and I'm upto book four in the Alvin Maker series. Currently, I'm working through Maps In A Mirror and absolutely loving the short stories. I have plans to read some of Card's stand-alone novels, such as Hart's Hope and Lost Boys.
It always seems like I never have time to read as many books as I want to, though. I think I'd almost be happy as a hermit, living in a shack in the middle of the woods with bookshelves covering the walls, and the forest my constant companion..
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
quote: It always seems like I never have time to read as many books as I want to, though. I think I'd almost be happy as a hermit, living in a shack in the middle of the woods with bookshelves covering the walls, and the forest my constant companion..
Touches my heart frostedPhoenix I can't tell you how many times I've thought similar thoughts. Too many books, so little time. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello to Frosted Phoenix and ZiggyStardust!
Ziggy -- Shadow of the Giant is out now! Run get it!
Farmgirl
[ February 25, 2005, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
*bump*
because we are getting a lot of newbies now that SOTG is out...
Welcome! Posted by HatrackR006 (Member # 7262) on :
Hey i'm 15, i justs tarted reading OSC in school, in a science fiction class...im from long island, NY...ive read Enders Game, The 6 Tales Alvin Maker, and im currently on Earthfall in the Homecoming series...i also like to play the guitar and other stuff liek that..yea ..sooo...ok i guess thast it
Posted by Azlum (Member # 7348) on :
Hey I'm new here but not to OSC's works. I am 28 years old. I live in Ontario Canada with my wife of 6 years, I manage a record store with 8 employee's. We are huge comic book fans (mostly Marvel) and we both love reading. My favorite authors are Tom Clancy, OSC. I am also an avid gamer and have wasted large amounts of my free time playing Halo2 online, much to my wife's chagrin. I have read all of the ender books, the alvin books, and most of OSC's other books. I love meeting new people and can be reached at azlum01@gmail.com
Posted by Reykjavik (Member # 7494) on :
Greetings all...
I'm a 31 year old system administrator working in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
I have been reading OSC's books for over 10 years. My favorite book of his is the Worthing Saga.
I've been a long time lurker on this site, finally decided to stand up and be noticed.
Posted by starlooker (Member # 7495) on :
Hi,
I've been lurking off and on for awhile and decided to go ahead and register today. Some of you might know me from pweb (same screenname), where I've been posting for the past 2.5 years. I'm 25, graduate student in counseling, living in North Dakota for the next few months at least (possibly next few years, depending on where I choose to get my Ph.D. Yup. I'm going to be a full fledged witch doctor someday.)
Nice to meet you all Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Howdy and Welcome to our newest members, Reykjavik (I have no idea how to say that screenname!) and starlooker!
Reykjavik -- keep safe over there! I applaud you for serving our country..
starlooker - Hello! A psychiatrist that likes sci-fi! What a novel idea!
Farmgirl
Posted by starlooker (Member # 7495) on :
*coughs politely*
Psychologist, actually. Psychiatrists are MDs.
(Yes. That's right. According to Petra in SotH, I'm only going to be half-educated.)
Thanks for the welcome Posted by Andrew (Member # 7502) on :
Hey!
I'm branching out to here from VBS, thought I'd go ahead and post on this thread.
Whatever made me want to, I may never know...
Oh yes! The blaringly obvious title that I've somehow managed to ignore up 'till now! That could very well be it!
Ahem. Right.
Well, I guess what I'm trying to tell you guys, in a roundabout sort of way, is "hi!"
[ March 11, 2005, 10:25 AM: Message edited by: Andrew ]
Posted by Emily W (Member # 7504) on :
I’m 18 years old and I live in Indiana. I attended Columbia in Chicago this past fall semester and studied film with a concentration in post-production audio.
I didn’t like it there so I decided to take this spring semester off. I will attend Purdue University this coming fall to study electrical engineering with a concentration in acoustics.
I really want to be a Foley artist. They are the people that recreate noises for movies, radio, ect. I want to sit around in a little room all day and figure out how to recreate the sound of daily life.
Besides OSC I also enjoy the work of Frank Herbert, Pearl S. Buck, Flannery O’Conner and Stephen King. I play videogames as often as I can. Some of my favorites include Dance Dance Revolution (I can do 8 feet! If anyone even knows what I mean), Final Fantasy, Katamari Damacy and Metroid Prime.
I love animated movies, not just anime, and foreign films.
Ender’s Game is my favorite book series. I’ve read them all several times. Out of all the books out now I like Ender’s Shadow the most.
Posted by Verai (Member # 7507) on :
Another OSC fan drifted here thanks to the magic of google.
I'm 21 and currently between work. If my dream was true I would be getting paid to write novels. Unfortunately I need a lifeline before I can pursue that dream; McDonalds, or perhaps Burger King, will enjoy the wit I can muster while I make plans.
Posted by iago_morgan (Member # 7508) on :
hi guys
guess i jumped the gun with my question topic. but then i wandered around and found this thread, so here goes.
im 20 and live in florida, a big fan of OSC and aspiring author. well... aspiring bunch of things. in my free time (when wal~mart lets me have some) i make jewelry, create stuff from duct tape, knit, make clocks, paint, draw, write, garden, and so on and so on.
and four times a week at least im at some church thing or another giving props to the one who makes it all worth while.
that about sums me up.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
starlooker - well, yeah, I realized that, but you said you PLAN to get your PhD, so pretty soon you will be the real thing, right? Posted by Neh (Member # 7534) on :
Since I was scanning for topics about how to introduce yourself I guess ill post my newbie introduction ^_^
Im 18 years old ( 19 in a few more weeks ) and I live in San Jose,CA. The first time I read a book in the enderverse was my freshmen year in highschool. There was a bunch of books that looked boring. ( I dont mean to discriminate against other genres ) but my favorite is science fiction and ender's game was the only one on the list. Appart from Farienhiet 354 ( cant remember the numbers ) needless to say once I started reading I couldnt stop. This series is one of my all time favorites. I enjoy the plots and well written unforgettable characters. The politcal aspect is also intriging. Ive read every book in the Ender/Shadow series. I currently work in Retail, early mornings so as to have the rest of the day off.
Though sometimes early morning wake-ups are killer ^_^
Posted by HeartlessJersey (Member # 7544) on :
i figured there had to be a newbie thread somewhere on this forum.
i'm a 20 year old community college student and almost-full-time video rentals store supervisor. Which means i watch alot of movies and i get very pretentious about them. I heard about Ender's Game when i was in 9th grade i think, and on a random trip back to my 8th grade teacher, i found a copy of it in her personal library and asked to borrow it. I read it and i've been fairly deeply mentally obsessed with the idea of Battle School ever since.
I've already taken a little heat because i enjoy the Shadow series + bean more than the Ender series + Xenocide. Oh well. so is life.
Posted by Mojoric (Member # 7551) on :
Hi my name is Glen Burke I am 15 years old and live in Oregon. I olny started reading OSC in december when my friend game me Ender's Game. sence then I have read all of the Ender books exept Children of the Mind and Shadow of the Giant only because my libary does not have them . I have been looking around this site for some time now and desided to register to day.
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
I'm still a newbie. I'm Mimi and i'm 32 and a mother of one brilliant and beautiful 5 yr old boy. I homeschool my son, and we discuss Ender's Game.
I was checking out my posts and noticed that I said he'd read the short story already... What The Heck?!?! He read SOME words in it and I read most of it to him. He DID read HopOn Pop independantly that same day, so maybe that was what i was thinking of.
All I can say is when I posted it, he had been running a fever which moved around from about 103 and spiking at 106 for three days and i was getting almost no sleep at the time, and was so tired I was near the pint of hallucination myself. I was only on because i needed to stay awake for awhile so that I could wake him and give him medecine soon. So maybe it just came out completely wrong because i was ridiculously tired.
I am truly sorry. I certainly did not mean to be dishonest.
Anyway, hi.
-Mimi
Posted by WntrMute (Member # 7556) on :
I am a new member. I have complied, and posted here.
Now what.
Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
WntrMute, jump in the water's warm, either on the Card side or the Books and Culture side.
Watch out for plot spoilers on the Card side, I hate it when a plot is ruined for me.
Welcome WntrMute, iago, neh, HeartlessJersey, mojoric and mimsies.
Wow, a big haul of newbies this week.
Morbo
[ March 15, 2005, 09:49 PM: Message edited by: Mormo ]
Posted by Swede (Member # 7560) on :
Hello, I´m 17 years old and living in Sweden, outside a city called Skövde, in case anybody would know about it. I am reading a lot, both on swedish and on english. The translation of Ender´s Game to swedish is not very good, by the way. I have a twin brother, a little sister and obviuosly parents. I have tried, several times, writing stories but I am almost never satisfied with them. In school, I am studying science by the way, and trying to make people read more OSC books. Is this enough of a quick presentation? Hopefully, it is. (oh, Reykjavik, you do know that that is the capital of Iceland, right?)
[ April 05, 2005, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: Swede ]
Posted by RedHddBoy (Member # 7561) on :
Hi - I'm 27 and have read OSC for a number of years now. I first read OSC when I carefully selected Pastwatch one time when I was being particularly picky. Read it, loved it. Read it again, and again. A couple of years later I had a similar encounter with Ender's Game. I even taught Ender's Game for a summer school class. These kids that you couldn't pay money to read, got so into the book, I was proud of them, proud of myself and more importantly beat the book into individual pages. Now I'm onto another copy of EG. Maybe someday we'll be treated to a beautifully leather-bound edition of the Ender's books. Here's hoping...
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Welcome RedHddBoy.
You know that there's several sequels to Ender's Game, right?
Edit: never mind, you said "Ender's books"
[ March 16, 2005, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]
Posted by Taelani (Member # 7562) on :
Greetings!
Yet another lurker here who decided to get off her thumbs and say Hi to everyone.
I've been lurking here off and on for a while, but been a fan of OSC for a good long while. I'm 31 and a mom of 3 little boys, the oldest of whom is an avid reader as well and recently introduced to the world of Ender and Bean.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Taelani! Feel free to jump right in to any discussion you find interesting. We don't bite Not very hard anyway
Swede, it's good to see another scandinavian on the forums. Welcome I'm from Norway, btw.
Posted by GoddessVirlomi (Member # 7532) on :
Hey All!
I'm a new poster here. I've been an OSC fan for ten years now. His Ender/Shadow series are definitely my ultimate favorite though I'm also a huge fan of his Women of the Genesis series and in my opinion, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is one of the best written books ever! I just recently finished reading Shadow of the Giant and LOVED it. My name comes from the book. Not because I am anywhere near as powerhungry as Virlomi, but because I am of Indian descent and there were parts of Virlomi that I could totally relate to.
Posted by DrewidRick (Member # 7563) on :
I just finished SOTG. Been an OSC fan for longer than most of you here have been alive it seems. I'm 46 and an Instructional Designer. I've read pretty much everything OSC has published between hard covers including his book on writing sci-fi.
SOTG is some of the finest I've read and I will go back and read it again in short order. I like the understated character development and internal conflict. The text isn't nearly as heavy-handed as Children of the Mind was in discussing the internal conflict and leaves a lot to the reader's imagination.
Nice to have found this spot.
Posted by WntrMute (Member # 7556) on :
It had to be done.
Posted by syipress (Member # 7569) on :
Hey everyone. Well as you can see I am a new poster here. I think it funny that I have been visiting this forum off and on for the past couple of years but have never posted before.
Anyways, a little about me. I'm 18 and live in Southern California. I'm a senior in high school and hope to go to either University of Washington, University of Southern California, or University of California Davis, I'm not sure which yet
Well, that's me at the moment in a nutshell. Nice to meet you all.
Posted by definitelynotvichysoisse (Member # 7559) on :
Hi I'm a new member. So I'm posting here. These forums are wonderful. This makes me happy.
Posted by HandEyeProtege (Member # 7565) on :
Hi all - I'm new to the forum but a regular to the site... actually, I've been around since the days when Hatrack was a community on AOL! I recall downloading Children of the Mind and reading it on my computer screen, back when Tor still let OSC post his manuscripts online.
Anyhow, I visit Hatrack regularly to read Card's articles and keep up with what news there may be, so I decided I ought to get a forum login so I could participate every once in a while.
Scott
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
bump
Posted by FormerlyEmpty (Member # 7717) on :
Yo, I'm new. I named the Grand Ooorgle.
Posted by chel (Member # 7674) on :
Hey FormerlyEmpty I'm kinda new too. Didn't even know this thread existed or I would have posted on it before. Posted by Mr_Megalomaniac (Member # 7695) on :
Hello, first day here, and I'm really enjoying it so far. Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Welcome all! Posted by signine (Member # 7671) on :
23, I live in Sacramento, CA. The first book of Card's I read was Speaker for the Dead. It rocked my world pretty throughly, and thus I found myself devouring Ender's game shortly thereafter. Then came Xenocide and Children of the Mind. Later on I was fortunate enough to have a roommate who was also a big fan (no surprise he was LDS) who lent me The Worthing Saga, which is probably one of my favorite books of all time. I recommend it to pretty much everyone.
I also like cheese.
Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
Hello,
I just registered here, although I've been visiting Hatrack for several years now, mainly to find out what new books are out and such. I think the primary reason that I became interested in registering here now is seeing how frequently OSC posts and is a regular member here, which I think is really cool.
Regarding myself, I'm 20 years old, have been married for a bit over a year, and work as a software developer for an AI based company. My wife and I spend a lot of our time working through our church with predominantly African American urban children from broken homes and families from our neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh. She co-leads an after school program for elementary school students and I run the junior high youth group.
I've long been a fan of OSC's books, and since being married, one of our favorite pasttimes has been reading aloud books to each other, so I've hooked my wife onto OSC as well. Shadow of the Giant was the most recent book we read, of course.
Oh, I was born in Sri Lanka, and I noticed in a thread I read a bit ago that there was someone else here who lives there now. Is that correct? I've never actually known of someone else online to be in Sri Lanka that wasn't related to me, so that would be a first!
Avin
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
Be seeing you.
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
Hi.
I used to be definitelynotvichysoisse but then I read the Fanboy thread started by Verily the Younger and decided to get a new name. This one comes from one of my ravourite songs.
Posted by ACD (Member # 7763) on :
I'm a fan of the Ender series and have been lurking on this board for awhile. I'm from Oregon, the best state in the USA . I enjoy sci-fi, anime, electronics, and computers.
And now for a useless bit of trivia my minesweeper scores are:
Beginner: 1 sec. Intermediate: 22 sec. Expert: 76 sec.
Posted by ether_ore (Member # 7844) on :
Hi, my name is Del.
I'm a 55 yr old mobile_monk. Kind of like an old Chris Farley character who lives in a truck, but not down by a river... unless lurking around Hatrack counts. I think though, I'm probably a little more socially inept than that character.
I am an avid listener to audio books. (I have the Ender and Shadow series in this form.) I prefer the listening... it's the next best thing to attending a play.
My home (though I'm seldom there) is Buena Vista, VA. My brother, who is the web master at SVU, told me that my favorite author is comming there to teach. If this is the case... cool! Perhaps someday I may have the priviledge of shaking the hand that writes such wonderful stories.
Mr. Card, if you read this, my sister has an ice cream parlor in BV named "Alexander's" (a ragtime motif). She's one of those that believes there is an "R" rated commandment. I e-mailed her a copy/paste of your essay on the subject, but I haven't heard any comment in return. I doubt that I convinced her <grin>.
I'll continue to lurk around. I feel a little out of my depth here. I live by the belief that it is better to let people think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. But... my vocabulary is improving a little. I keep a dictionary handy when I read some of the posts.
Posted by Pelegius (Member # 7868) on :
Hi. If you are a member of the Ornery American forums as well, you already know me. I have read all the Ender books and all the shadow books except for Shadow of the Giant, for which I can wait for the paperback. I found this site by googling Card's name. I hope to be able to understand Mr. Card better, he seems to be two diferant people: the one who writes the books and their prefaces, thats the one who posts here, and the one who writes essays on Ornery American.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Well hiya! I am a highschooler, live in Wisconsin, and have read pretty much every book Mr. Card has published. I was introduced to Ender's Game last year and am a bit of an addict. Found this site only recently and am a bit of an addict here as well, though the other side scares me.. >.<
Posted by Joshua Newberry (Member # 7864) on :
Hello to all interested parties. I'm, ahem, Joshua Newberry, a 20-year-old student at Clemson University in scenic (heheh) Clemson, South Carolina. I am working towards a degree in Philosophy with minors in both English and Creative Writing--Poetry. Card has been an extremely important influence on my reading, writing, and living, from the time I first read Ender's Game six or so years ago until today. I have read the Ender/Shadow, Homecoming, and Alvin Maker series, along with Enchantment, Lost Boys, Folk of the Fringe, Hart's Hope, Saints, and Pastwatch, along with all the short stories in Maps in the Mirror.
I'm hoping to catch Mr. Card this summer on his signing tour if he hits up Pittsburgh like he did for the SotG tour, or perhaps if he comes to upper South Carolina (a modest request, but I missed the Pittsburgh signing in March by a WEEK).
There. Now you all know more than you ever wished to about me, and can go back to your more interesting lives.
Posted by Hot Soup (Member # 7840) on :
Yo, all. I'm Ben, live in Hillsboro, oregon. Senior in highschool, homeschooled catholic geek. Read all ender and bean books, homecoming, somce of alvin maker, pastwatch, Maps in a mirror, lost boys (which I really liked), and...probably some other ones that I cant remember.
I'm into martial arts, illustration, comic books, history, and very little scifi except for OSC.
Posted by TheGreatMrChibi (Member # 7862) on :
Ah! Shoulda come here first, eh?
I live in Belvidere, Illinois, within walking distance of Rockford, or as we call it here, the sphincter of the Midwest. I'm an avid drawer, dreamer, writer, candlestick maker, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, and a sophmore in highschool.
And, of course, I'm a fanatical reader of Orson Scott Card.
Posted by Kratos (Member # 7859) on :
This is the n00b page then. Well, it's for me. I live in Arizona. Not Phoenix, which is just as specific as giving the actual city considering most people dont know any other cities. I read Orson Scott Card, hence me being here. I guess that's all.
Posted by papercrane (Member # 7877) on :
All right, I suppose I should...
Name: Amber Chan. Age: 16 Race: Chinese Citizenship: USA Personality Type: INTP Favorite subject: Calculus
Likes: Cats, coffee, art, sci-fi/fantasy, alternative rock Dislikes: Idiocy, large dogs, small children, the color pink, pop music
Reason for current theoretical location: Love everything of OSC's I've read (Pastwatch, all Enders except Shadow of the Giant, all Alvin Makers, Maps in a Mirror) and consider him one of the most talented, prolific, and influential sci-fi authors of our time. Is that not reason enough to seek the like-minded?
Posted by delusional1 (Member # 7896) on :
i'm new to the site, and the OSC books for that matter. but i must say this . . . after reading both the ender and the shadow series, i think it's totally okay to worship the man!
my boyfriend was trying to get me to read both series for 2 years, but since i'm not much of a science fiction/fantasy reader, i couldn't force myself to do it. then i needed something to pass the time at work when i got stuck sitting in a chair for 8 hours without being allowed to leave the desk. these books were like an answer to my prayers.
i had just finished reading the da vinci code, and i needed something that would keep me turning pages and getting thru those long hours. from the first few chapters of ender's game i was absolutely hooked. i fell in love with everything about the books. OSC is just brilliant.
all of that being said, i must also add that i was so frustrated at the end of shadow of the giant that i told my boyfriend he now has a week to read it so i can vent. i want to know what happened to the horribly misled but psychotic randi and the baby. i kept thinking that when she went to volunteer to go offworld, that they would figure out who she was and petra would get the last baby back.
but that would have been too easy. gotta leave a way to tell their whole story. and what, may i ask, happens to bean and his babies? are they smarter than he is? can he keep up? can they start working on a way to reverse the unfortunate side effect of turning anson's key when they're 4? wouldn't they be smart enough (smarter than a lot of the scientists supposedly working on it) by then?
i totally love you Mr. Card for your incredible talent and efforts. i do, however, completely despise you for driving me so insane as well. i feel like oliver twist, all masochistic, muttering "please, sir, can i have some more?"
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Kratos Papercrane Delusional
Welcome aboard
Posted by DemonGarik (Member # 7793) on :
Hi all, I've been posting for a bit now but I haven't actually posted on this thread so I thought I'd introduce myself. Names Evan, I'm a college student in St. Paul, Minnesota. I'm a political Science/History major. I've been reading OSC since about 7th or 8th grade when I read Ender's Game for a book report and fell in love with the books and the writing style. Ender's game still remains my favorite though I love the earth war and all of the foreign relations nightmares that happen throughought the books. I'm an avid West Wing and Family Guy watcher. Currently Quasi-Single and highly involved in the Democratic Party in Minnesota... Nothing much else to say!
Posted by Elise (Member # 7898) on :
Hi all, My name is Elise. I live in a small town in the Netherlands. I am reading Orson Scott Card books for a long time now. I started with Zangersmeester (Songmaster). For no specific reason other than that I liked the cover. After that the rest. In the beginning in Dutch but because they are not translating anymore I read them in English now. My favourite is Pastwatch, I even have 2 copies of that one (don't ask). OSC is not a very well known author in the Netherlands. Occasionally, I meet someone who has read Ender's game, but that's about it. Other things to tell....I play percussion in two orchestra's (absolutely not professionally, but for the fun of making music). Another time-consuming hobby is playing board and card games. I think we (my husband and I) have approx. 150 different games and that number strangely still increases.
Posted by SmoG (Member # 7778) on :
Hi I'm SmoG
I like fantasy and science fiction, and Orson Scott Card is my current favorite author. I am one of those rebellious mormons that reads Card instead of Heimerdinger.....
I live in Utah, but my heart is in a compound in the asteroid belt, where little boys go to get their lives ruined.
I am new to Hatrack and , like many, found it through the Alvin Maker series' forwards. It looks like a fun site though, not like other fansites, but an official page. oooooooooo, officialllll.....
Anyway, I like women who appreciate a good joke, a good book, and good man. I enjoy long walks on the beach and NPR. Wait this isn't hotsaints.com!!!!!! (just kidding, i'm not Mormon )
[ April 26, 2005, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: SmoG ]
Posted by Silifi (Member # 7901) on :
I'm Silifi. No idea how I got that name.
I'm 17, live in Madison Wisconsin and currently working in the Gaming Industry as a writer and content designer.
Posted by Hyperfried (Member # 7892) on :
I'll just use papercrane's template.
Name: Jonathan !@#$ (Anonymous, to a point.) Age: 12 (13 on June 30th) Race: Errr... American, for the most part. My background includes Polish, Czechoslovakian, Russian and Hungarian, however. Citizenship: USA Personality Type: Somewhat dark, maybe mysterious, you could say, around non-friends... Outgoing arounf friends. Favorite subject: English, if we'd EVER get into writing... So I'll go with Science, I suppose.
Posted by sky_pager (Member # 7796) on :
Hello all. I'm the anomonous Skypager, whom is bad at spelling and all other forms of grammer and refuses to spell check. Huge card fan I am. Seems like a nice community so I thought I'd join.
Posted by Moonshine (Member # 7893) on :
I prolly (probably) should have come here first. But naw...I jumped right in. I'm Ali and I'm 16 and the coolest girl in the world! Like superman only with the words cool and girl...
Posted by WorthingOG (Member # 7925) on :
What up y'all?
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Welcome!
Posted by StickyWicket (Member # 7926) on :
Hello. Welp that's done.
Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
Sticky wicket isn't cricket. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
*bump*
lots of newbies lately. I wonder what is brining them all in?
Welcome!
FG
Posted by S.M.I.L.E. (Member # 8152) on :
Hi I just joined up today though I have visited a few times, and I read the essays linked to on the Hatrack Home page pretty often. I am from Delaware. The books I have read that Mr. Card has written are; all of the Ender's Game/Shadow books and novelets, all of the Alvin Maker series, and Enchantment. I have also read his book, How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, and I am trying to use it.
Anyhow I finaly couldn't resit any more so I signed up to the forum. Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
My name is Troy and I'm 27 years old. I keep waiting for adulthood to kick in, but it ain't happening. I live alone in a small apartment where I spend a great deal of time working on my various projects. Art, writing, and lately, music. I like to argue with people on the internet, also. I come across as being pessimistic and curmudgeonly but in fact, deep down, I am nice.
Posted by King's Man (Member # 8147) on :
Hello all. My name is Joshua, I am 19 and will be a Junior at the University of South Alabama this coming semester. I live near Mobile, Alabama and work as a phlebotomist at The children and women's hospital. I really enjoy the Ender books as well as the Alvin Maker series and hope to read more stuff by OSC soon.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Hi, I've been posting a bit here already, but I should introduce myself. I'm 21, I go to Cornell University in lovely Ithaca, NY and I'm a double major in City and Regional Planning and Religious Studies. Aside from OSC, I like Philip Pullman and other such sci fi/fantasy books. Woo. =)
Posted by Mr J Vagabond (Member # 8017) on :
'ello everyone. Ive been around hatrack for a awhile, but haven't posted much. Introductio: names Jordan, I go to UC Berkeley studying English and Philosophy. As with everyone else here, I am an avid fan of OSC's writing. Like to write in my spare time, and now that its summer maybe i'll actualy have some of that, and more time for the boards. Seems like a great place and I'm glad to be here.
Posted by Dr. Evil (Member # 8095) on :
Made a few post already but WTH, I will give it a go using the above referenced template:
Name: Jared Age: 39 (40 in a few weeks, ouch) Race: 5K Citizenship: USA Personality Type: Laughs a lot, cerebral (not my words either) Favorite subject: Hmm, it has been so long, I will go with Math
Likes: golf, reading, hockey, sci-fi/fantasy, guitar, my family
Dislikes: When people say "aks" instead of "ask", reality TV, movies with nothing but special effects, double bogeys, bad scotch, short video games
Married, one son - 3 months old who is absolutely great (and so is my wife for that matter). I started reading OSC after a friend of mine gave me EG back in 1997. I have read it numerous times since I feel you can get so much more out of books if you re-read them.
Love the quality of posts on this board too. Legitimate discussions without people trying to hide behind their keyboards.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Wow! 40 years old and just having your first child! You're going to have great middle-age years! *grin*
Farmgirl
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
Welcome!
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
I'm 29 years old, and live in Portland, Oregon. I have a Bachelor's in Theater (Do You Want Fries With That.) Having worked as an office manager and switchboard operator, I'm now primarily employed as the stay-at-home parent of a 2-year-old girl, which is far more challenging. I'm also a semi-amateur writer (I have received compensation for some of my work, but no direct financial compensation.)
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
My names Harrison, I live in Metro Detroit. I'm 15 and just finishing my freshman year of highschool. I play tennis on school team, and I like to read, play video games, hang out with friends, etc. And I absolutly love the atmosphere in these forums.
Posted by SpaceAngel401 (Member # 8158) on :
Hello! My name is Heather, I am 26 and I live in Ohio. I am a teacher DESPERATELY seeking a job LOL! I love the Ender books, Shadow series, the Homecoming series and the Tales of Alvin Maker. Since New Years Day of 2004, I have been keeping track of all the books I read, when I start and finish. I recently turned it into a spreadsheet.
I also enjoy writing, but seldom finish anything.
Posted by Dr. Evil (Member # 8095) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl: Wow! 40 years old and just having your first child! You're going to have great middle-age years! *grin*
Farmgirl
Just wait until we have the second one! And everyone tells me I don't look 40, so maybe that helps.
Posted by Mahabarata (Member # 7664) on :
I'm 17 years old, I'm still studying, and lives in Sweden. Reads much and often. Likes writing things but have trouble finishing them.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to everyone new! Be sure to check out both sides of the forum to get to know everyone.
Heather -- what kind of teaching job are you looking for? Only in Ohio, or anywhere?
Dr. Evil - not looking 40 is one thing -- but the real question is, do you FEEL 40?
Looks like we have lots of students at various places joining us this summer!
Farmgirl (the 44-year-old mother of 3 teens)
Posted by Dr. Evil (Member # 8095) on :
That is the thing, I am not sure what 40 is SUPPOSED to look or feel like. In my mind's eye, I am still 24 and I act 24 although when I play ice hockey now, I don't play any where near how I did was I was 24. Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Hello mahabarata
Posted by Remnant (Member # 8129) on :
Im new. My deeds will say more than description.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
quote: That is the thing, I am not sure what 40 is SUPPOSED to look or feel like. In my mind's eye, I am still 24 and I act 24 although when I play ice hockey now, I don't play any where near how I did was I was 24.
Hockey's a great sport, eh? I'm sure missing the NHL...
Posted by Exploding Monkey (Member # 7612) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl: lots of newbies lately. I wonder what is brining them all in?
The Ender film methinks. News of it is slowly trickling into mainstream media. I’ve seen it mentioned here and there. IGN and Dark Horizons are two sites I can think of off hand.
Posted by Jiminy (Member # 7917) on :
Aloha. I've been a casual lurker for a while, but a few days ago it occurred me to that my lurking is, like, not casual anymore. And so, it's time to start posting. My name is James, and I am awesome.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Are you just awesome, or are you teh awesome?
Posted by Jiminy (Member # 7917) on :
I am all kinds of awesome. Think of a kind of awesome. Are you doing that? Ok. I AM THAT KIND OF AWESOME.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Dude! I've never met somebody who was awesome plaid before. Cool!
Posted by Dr. Evil (Member # 8095) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hamson:
quote: That is the thing, I am not sure what 40 is SUPPOSED to look or feel like. In my mind's eye, I am still 24 and I act 24 although when I play ice hockey now, I don't play any where near how I did was I was 24.
Hockey's a great sport, eh? I'm sure missing the NHL...
Love hockey but I really think the NHL and the NHLPA are shooting themselves in the foot right now.
Posted by SpaceAngel401 (Member # 8158) on :
Ohio would be best, Cleveland Ohio would be better than best but Cincy would be ok too....anywhere, really, but I have family in those places, I could stay with til I pay off these student-related debts and can afford to live on my own.
I would also consider Phoenix, AZ (again, family) but I would really prefer to stay here, if possible. (Although, anyone familiar with NE Ohio right now knows, it is possible, but not too probable).
Posted by SpaceAngel401 (Member # 8158) on :
I failed to mention that I am certified to teach PreK-3ed Grade.
Posted by teoivan (Member # 8049) on :
Hi everyone. I'm Teodora Ivanova (the family name is just coincidence) from Bulgaria. I don't have much real time to wright/correspond but I'm so glad that there is web from OSC-likers. Nice to have you here Posted by pink (Member # 8048) on :
Hi all. I'm Brandi. I'm 21, from Northwestern Ohio. I'm a college/nursing student. I'm a college volleyball player, who just happens to love OSC's work. I was lurking here for quite some time before I grew the guts to actually create an account and post.
Uhm, anything else you would like to know?
Posted by WhtTigress (Member # 8123) on :
Hi everyone, I'm Rhiannon, I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I am 27, and I am a computer repair tech. I love reading all sorts of different books, but especially OSC.
Posted by Randy (Member # 8181) on :
Hello.
I'm an old science fiction fan, and a new and appreciative reader of Orson Scott Card.
I tried to read his work when I was young, but I guess I wasn't ready for it then.
Nice place you got here.
-Randy
Posted by Saniya (Member # 7592) on :
Hello!!
I'm completely new here. I registered a while ago but haven't had the chance to do anything but lurk.
My name is Carly and I live in Frederick, Maryland. I'm 20 years old and I've been a fan of OSC for half of that time. I currently working full-time and saving to open my own business in Guatemala (The most beautiful country in the world!!).
I never thought it would be possible to be a bigger fan of OSC, but reading the posts from everyone here has done it. I hope to start posting here more if only to be able to get to know OSC and all of his readers better.
Posted by Delfeye (Member # 8199) on :
Hello
Name: Dan Location: Katy, TX (just west of Houston) Age: 40 (opposite of Dr Evil, my sons are in college)
Been lurking around Hatrack since '98 or '99, but just never saw the reason to post anything (hardly ever even read the forums.)
Read my first OSC in 1986.
Posted by Dr. Evil (Member # 8095) on :
Katy, TX - home of Roger Clemens - and not opposite - just more advnaced you are! Posted by SpaceAngel401 (Member # 8158) on :
Lastnight I had a dream that OSC came through the McDonalds drive-thru, and knew who I was.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
delfeye, dr. evil, space angel
That is an odd dream indeed. It was probably better than those McDonald's commercials Posted by SpaceAngel401 (Member # 8158) on :
It was strange, but my dreams usually are.
Posted by Crocidillicus (Member # 7628) on :
Hi! I'm Erin, 17, been in cllege studying Graphic Design for two years.
None of my graphic designer friends read, so it's nice to get on these boards for a change and see whatever it is that everyone's been talking about.
Live in Seattle and, um, I loved OSC's "Enchantment".
Posted by Jacob Calder (Member # 7945) on :
Hi. I'm Jake 29 years old. I live outside Los Angeles, CA. I read Ender's Game when I was in high school and loved it. Recently I got back into the Ender books, listening to the audiobooks while commuting to work. I'm really hooked now.
Posted by rCX (Member # 8503) on :
Hi, I'm James Tiberius Kirk's (a user here, not to be confused with Captain Kirk of Star Trek ) older brother. I'm currently in MD but I will be leaving for NY soon to go to college.
Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :
I'm a student at Southern Virginia University, and live In Buena Vista Virginia. My father teaches at the University (hence, my attendance). Um, I'm eighteen yrs. old, and am preparing to serve a mission. (yup I'm mormon.)
Posted by forensicgeek (Member # 8430) on :
Hey, I'm 17(almost 18)and I'm leaving for college in a few days. I've been reading OSC books for only a couple years now.
Posted by cagreat1 (Member # 8511) on :
I'm Craig, i'm from SC, and i go to school in charleston. i was forced to read my first OSC book the summer of 10th grade (Ender's Game) and have been adicted ever since.
Posted by LordKaosnix (Member # 8458) on :
Ive been on the site for about two weeks and i only just now saw this thread. Oh the heartache I could have saved myself if I didnt only read the other catagory.
My screen name is LordKaosnix, if that's too prissy for you other people (before this site even) have gotten to like calling me Kn. So there you are.
Im twenty two years old, twenty three in January, and I work at a Gas Station 18 miles outside my home town on Highway 46.
If on the 46 you have met a 5'10, 350 somthing pound, Hazel Eyed, Glasses were-en, surly man with dark brown hair and skin the shade of pale burlap it was probably me.
This is both my official HELLO and GOOODBYE. It seems even though I was haveing fun on this site, no one was haveing fun with me on this site. Since no one has looked at my profile on here to know I have a site here it is:
[ August 19, 2005, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: LordKaosnix ]
Posted by Starr R (Member # 8361) on :
Hi, I signed up last month. I've enjoyed my time here so far. I'm a wife and mom, and I enjoy reading all kinds of SF. I also like to read and write stories of dark fantasy. Actually, I'll read almost anything, fiction or non, as long as it's not about 'happy unicorns' and that sort of thing. I prefer the dark side.
I tend to read more often than post, since I can't always join in the conversations. But I'm glad I found the place, as I often laugh aloud at some of the comments here. I hope to get to know the regulars and be able to interact more with all of you soon.
[ August 22, 2005, 02:06 AM: Message edited by: Starr R ]
Posted by Jaha Canon (Member # 8520) on :
Hello! I am a college student and I am afraid I haven't read any of Mr. Card's books outside of the Ender Series. I am very much addicted to those books, though. I joined this board in hopes that I might know when new Ender books come out and that perhaps I can share any observations I have while reading them.
Posted by LucyPevensie (Member # 8537) on :
hello.. I've been watching the discussions for a while but I just have to get in on the Harry Potter & HBP discussions. No more lurking in the shadows for me!
Posted by Evergreen (Member # 8410) on :
Hi, I'm Evergreen. I'm 24 years old and I live in Canada. I've been an OSC fan since the first time I read Ender's Game when I was 10. EG was my Harry Potter =)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello rCX! Your brother JTK is well-known here and a great poster. Hope you like it here as well.
Hello to all the other newbies out there!
Farmgirl
Posted by gr8fulreader (Member # 8538) on :
Hi, I joined yesterday. I read EG some years ago and just recently started reading the Ender series and cannot put it down! Since I am not a youngster, I started wondering if there is something wrong with me! But I see here a few people with whom I belong, at least generationally, so that alone is comforting. I'll stick around and amuse you with my unorthodox views and “innovating†spelling!
Posted by EndertheJedi (Member # 7889) on :
Hi, Im seth and I live in Houston Txas going to school at UH with hopes to be a writer. Ive been hanging around here for a year but just now got stable enough cinternet access to consider posting.
Posted by The New Revolution (Member # 8283) on :
How bout this, all kids who wish to vote must prove their maturity by going to a giant orbiting school where they shall be trained to fight a faceless alien enemy. I should write a book about that....
Posted by Irregardless (Member # 8529) on :
Hi, all. Just joined the forums, but I've been reading OSC's reviews and World Watch columns for a long time (I suppose the books go without saying).
Anyway, my name is Tim, I'm 30/married/no kids, chemical engineering grad from University of Arkansas, currently living in the Chattanooga, TN area.
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
Welcome everyone!
Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :
Chris. 30. Married. 2 Children. IT Consultant for medical facilities and national business clients. (Theatrical Promotion, oddly).
Joined recently, followed the forums for a while. Read EG & the original series years ago, just went through the Shadow series.. but going back through them, I ended up going: EG, SotH, Shaddow Puppets, SoTG, then Speaker of the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind.. and finally finished with ES..
Primarily because I'm driving so much I'm picking most of these back up through unabridged audiobooks (thank god for an Ipod & Audible.com).. so at this point, I have now "listened" to everything OSC has out on audiobook.. (what took ES so long to come out unabridged? That's OK, liked OSC's afterward on his thoughts about it as a balance in the movie version)
I see the post about "prove your maturity" and laugh a little; here's hoping that I'm never fully mature and die with a little bit of the kid in me still leaping up and down with excitement now and again Posted by Oversalinization is Bad (Member # 8568) on :
I've been skulking around the forums for a while but haven't decided to start posting until now.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Welcome!
If you ever decide that this side's moving too slow, don't forget there's always the other side! Posted by Clark (Member # 8556) on :
I am new here. Reading OSC stuff has played a large part in shaping my literature preferences and tastes. I grew up relating to Ender, as I suppose many of you all have as well. We all have that seed of greatness within us; let us not forget that, perhaps by some unrevealed design, each one of us are truly saviors of all humanity.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
What do you mean?! I AM the savior of all humanity! Though perhaps I shouldn't say that out loud... Look what happened to the last guy to say it...
Oh, and welcome, Clark! Posted by sarcare (Member # 8736) on :
I think I like this thread better to introduce myself in, it has history, and I like history.
I've been posting here for a while, not as long as I've been registered, but off an on over the past two months.
I'm a grad student in early modern european history in ohio, and I'm much more of a lurker here and an active participant over at OSC's Nauvoo. This place moves just a little too fast for me to keep up every day, but as a forum for procrastination it can't be topped.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Hey all,
As a result of the ill-begotten Congress on the Other Side, it came to my attention that I am, in fact a newbie. Therefore, I shall post in the newbie thread.
I'm Josh, I'm 17, I live in Central Florida, and I'm planning on leaving as soon as possible. Which will be college in the fall. I read Enders Game in ... 3rd grade was it? Something like that. And have since become obsessed. I lurked for a year, have posted semi-regularly since about October, and am just now getting into the spirit of things. Hatrack is cool, OSC is awesome, and newbies ROCK!
Posted by starter (Member # 9073) on :
Hey guys. I've been lurking here for a while (obviously after having read the Ender saga) and finally decided to register and contribute.
Details about moi: I'm 22, living in New Zealand, trying to make my way through life.
Posted by Measure (Member # 8473) on :
hey, my name is Ransom and I go to NC State University in Raleigh, NC, in Greensboro's neighborhood. I am into product design and have recently started dabbling in creature design. In fact I have a thread going about the Hive Queen and her workers, where I am collecting descriptions as I work on her. It won't be long til I post a link to my first satisfactory sketch. well...gotta go...
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
I'm Advent. I live in New Mexico and I work as a desk clerk at a Defined Fitness gym were I work out.
p.s. I thought we had more new members than this?
Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
I posted in some other newbie thread but I've been lurking for probably 6 months or so and enjoy the debates and interesting discussion topics here. I live in the Boston area.
Posted by Lifewish (Member # 9106) on :
Hi, my name is Lifewish, and I'm an Enderholic...
I just wandered by from the ornery.org forums - someone linked to a comment by OSC that I wanted to read - and got hooked by an interesting thread.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Posted by IB_wench (Member # 9081) on :
After seeing all the awesome threads on this forum I just had to join... I'm Lindsay, and I'm from Ontario. I'm 17 and by this time next year I will be a pre-med, although it's entirely possible that I will be distracted by something even more interesting before then. I read Ender's Game in grade 10, have been hooked ever since!
Posted by V'era (Member # 9079) on :
*waves*
You can call me "V'era", I just read Ender's Game and the whole Shadow series in about two weeks; it was that good. ^___^
*is very hooked*
Posted by Creator Aleks (Member # 9134) on :
Maybe I`ll update this later when I have more time but... I picked a copy of Ender`s Game after a saw a reference to the Bugger Queen quote (the humans have not forgiven us...etc) in an internet forum of my then favourite game of Homeworld. I still that game is the closest to actually commanding ships in a simulator. After EG, I devoured that series and moved on to Shadow Series. Since it was taking too long for the books to be released I branched off into others such as Alvin tales, Treason (both versions), Wyrms, Songmaster, Worthing, Memory of Earth series, Lost Boys, Pastwatch, Saints and Robota, and of course the Maps in a Mirror. In fact I often just open MiaM to a random page and go with it. And of course all of the Enderverse short stories I could get my hands on. Oh yeah, I`m 19.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Welcome, all the new people!
IB_wench, I've enjoyed your comments, particularly the ones that were complimentary to me.
Creator Aleks, you didn't mention Enchantment, it's my favorite. Have you read it yet?
Posted by Aliette de Bodard (Member # 9099) on :
Hi,
I'm Aliette. I live in Paris, and have been lurking around here for a while. I'm a crossover from the Hatrack River Writers' forum. There I mostly talk about my attempts to get something published. Here I'm mostly watching, until I work up my courage to post in more than one thread (I used to be Silver3--and still am in the Writers' Forums--, but felt more comfortable with my real name).
I've been an OSC fan since high school. Read Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead in two days I think I've read a lot of what he is written (although some books are a pain to get hold of in France). My personal favorite is Hart's Hope.
I'm 23.
Posted by Creator Aleks (Member # 9134) on :
quote:Originally posted by JennaDean: Creator Aleks, you didn't mention Enchantment, it's my favorite. Have you read it yet?
Good eye. My local library didn`t carry it (sigh) and I started a little Dan Simmons binge (Hyperion etc) before I got unto that book. My next reading list involves that and Magic Street.
Posted by oolung (Member # 8995) on :
Hi, everybody! I'm from Poland, will be 22 (on Monday), and I first read EG when I was about 11. Since then OSC has been one of my gurus
Hatrack Forum rocks!!! Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Hello everyone. My name is Nick and i'm in Houston. Ender's Game has been my favorite book since the third grade when i thought i was getting off scott free by reading one book instead of the three smaller books they assigned. Turned out to be harder than i thought but well worth it. i still have the poster board presentation with drawings of the battle room. good times. i love OSCs work and am happy to have found a place where so many other people do as well. I've read read every novel on the Library page except Hart's Hope and Treason, and that is only because my local book stores don't carry them. but i will, rest assured, every book on that list will be in my head at some point.
Posted by Cover of Darkness (Member # 9145) on :
Hi, my name is Daniel. From Cambridge, England. Started enders game last week, now reading book 7. Havn't read a series that made me read with this much persistance in a while. I really enjoy reading in general and Ender's Game and Speaker kinda struck a chord with me so i thought I would sign up here. I tend to read more fantasy than sci-fi but...
Other than OSC I particularrly like Iain M Banks, GRRM, Jordan, Hobb etc.
I am hoping to take a degree in Engineering next year. Perhaps I will get to build shuttles .
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Ok, Im a new member here and this is the new members thread so here it goes. Im 14, and I live in Manassas, VA. Im a Freshman in High school and I've read just about all of the Ender's Saga books so im not really totally in the dark on all this junk. I go into DC quite often cause Manassas is only 45 min away on the Metro. Yeah thats about it so Ill see yall around.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Welcome all! Hope you have fun at Hatrack, we do.
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
Moin! My name is Nadine, I'm 26. I study English and Skandinavian studies in Freiburg, Germany. Before I started my studies, I already finished an apprenticeship in a hotel, but after I worked in this job for some time, I couldn't imagine to do that for the next forty years of my life.
One year ago, I found "Ender's Shadow" accidentally in the library while I was searching desperately for a new favourite author. I read it in one night. I'm addicted.
"Ender's Game" is my favourite, but I have only read the Ender- and Bean-books, so far. It was quite a shock (and a relief) when I realized, that "Shadow Puppets" couldn't possibly be the last "Shadow" book. That's how I found this forum (lucky me!): I tried to find out whether a sequel already exists. now I'm waiting for the "Giant"- Paperback to come.
I love to be here. You're the only ones I know who know the books of OSC and who are interested in stuff like "photic sneezers"... It was a lot of fun in the last 24 hours.
Okay, now I have to read the threads before I post any more messages. See you soon!
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Hi, I'm a 12 year old 6th grader from IL. I love reading and playing sports. I started reading the Ender/Shadow series because my brother were very into the books. I'm really smart and I am hoping to read as many books by several authors as possible.
Posted by lisha_rose (Member # 9166) on :
My name is Elisha Rose and i am addicted to Ender's Game! I am an avid reader and stumbled upon Enders Game in spanish class in high school were a boy named Andrew told me to read the first few pages in this book<we both read similar books and had our own little book club type thing> i read seven chapters that day in that class and was hooked. since then i have read all but one of which i am reading now<children of the mind>. I am 21 Married no kids and i work 2 jobs so i dont have alot of time on the computer but after reading shadow puppets i think it was and reading about this site that osc actually converses with his fans i had to join!@!!!!!
Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
Jeesh, you seem older than twelve.
Posted by Creator Aleks (Member # 9134) on :
quote:Originally posted by cheiros do ender: Jeesh, you seem older than twelve.
Well he DID say he was smart. Welcome to the group Bea... Jeesh.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Welcome, all you newbies! Welcome welcome!
Posted by johnplaystuba (Member # 8792) on :
I guess I'm new-ish. My name is John. I'm 21 and going to school at Georgia Southern University. I read 'Ender's Game' my senior year of high school. Three years later I found 'Ender's Shadow'. It took me another two years to complete both the Ender and Bean series. Since then I've been trying to finish the Homecoming and Alvin Maker series. Why is it taking me so long? Well, because of all the stores that a college town in rural Georgia should NOT have is a decent book store. So I have to make a trip to Savannah or Atl to find one. His books are like some kind of crack, I go for a day without eating because I spent all my spare money on three of his books. I also found 'Lost Boys' in a thrift store, the only merit on which i purchased it was because it said 'Orson Scott Card' on the cover.
I've got to say he's been one of the biggest influences in the way I write. He lets us know that good, powerful books don't have to be decorated in postmodern pop-culture psycho babble.
Posted by Rake (Member # 9195) on :
Hi, my name is Henrik. I'm 18 and lives in Sweden, outside a town called Skövde that you most likely never heard of. Anyway I've read all OSC books I've managed to get my hands on, both in english and swedish. I must say they are quite much better in english, though...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, john and Rake! Posted by Rake (Member # 9195) on :
Thank you, mighty chief bottle-washer! Posted by lisha_rose (Member # 9166) on :
well that sucks johnplaystuba but that is also what ebay is for:D
Posted by Maria (Member # 9209) on :
Hi! I'm Maria. I'm a 42 year old mother of 3 teenagers and I just finished the Ender and Shadow series and they are GREAT! Despite having been a lifelong sci fi reader, I somehow missed the publication of Ender's Game back in '86. *scratches head* Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that I was an officer in the Army stationed in Germany at the time... And I came back from overseas with two babies in tow... so perhaps there is an excuse for me after all. I was pretty busy back then....
Anyway, I'm glad to have discovered them now. "Ender's Game" was just a semi-random choice of an audio book at the library for commuting purposes (after listening to all the audio Tolkien we could find) ... but now my whole household is hooked on these books. Thank you, Mr. Card, for writing them! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Maria: Hi! I'm Maria. I'm a mother of 3 teenagers.
I'm so sorry!
Welcome to Hatrack. Posted by Sub-Odeon (Member # 9211) on :
Age 31, maried for 12 years to a wonderful wife, and have a wonderful 2 year old daughter. LDS, but have been inactive off and on throughout my life. Currently live in Tacoma, WA, and work for a big hospital in Seattle as a computer nerd. Am also an Army Reservist. An avid SF fan, like most people I started out as a Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica (old series) and Star Wars fan as a kid, then graduated to broader SF through novels. OSC's "Ender's Game" was one of the first non-media tie-in science fiction books I ever read, at age 15. When I was 19 I got a chance to write some SF when I worked with a local SF radio production in Salt Lake City. Spent a few years afterward trying my hand at short fiction, and wound up with a ton of rejection slips. Decided to get on with my life and spent the next few years working, schooling, and so forth. Recently my wife has been egging me on to get back to trying my writing. Have re-read my Ender books for both pleasure and to examine how Card put them together. Like the Shadow series that has come later, very illuminating. Fun to read, too, since I have real military experience. OSC gets it right on a lot of counts. Way to go, OSC. By the way, does OSC actually post here?
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Welcome, Maria! I'll be where you are sooner than I'd like to admit. (4 little ones)
And welcome Sub-Odeon!
quote:does OSC actually post here?
Sometimes. Only on this side of the river. (Discussions about OSC)
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
Welcome Sub-Odeon, Maria, lisha_rose, Rake, johnplaystuba, Creator Aleks. Nice to have you on the board.
Have a doughnut.
Posted by Maria (Member # 9209) on :
Thanks, this seems like a nice place.
Don't worry about the 3 teens. The 17 & 18 year old are acting like adults now, and the 15 year old is getting there fast. The hard part is just about over. Posted by SiriusSky (Member # 9216) on :
Hey, I'm Sirius, 19, from the States but currently going to school in England. I first started reading Ender's Game when I was 12, but I didn't start reading the rest of the series ( Shadow included) until I was 14. They're my favorite books ever (even more so than Harry Potter).
I've been a lurker around these forums for quite some time and even spent a little time in the Battle School. I'm so glad to see fans of all ages here.
Keep posting, and above all make the conversation interesting & lively!
Posted by Leia Atreides (Member # 9227) on :
HI, I'm new to the forums and thought it polite to stop by and write something about me. I'm from Czech republic, mid Europe, so if my English sounds totally not-English, my fault I haven't been given bilingual education, that is. I found OSC's work pretty recently, if I don't count SftD, which I read some two years and half ago on a trip with parents. (Memorable experience, I must admit. Both the book and the trip.) I remember I had sympathies for a Speaker, and had quite no idea why's that he's travelling so much, but it was something I thought I'd like to do :] Now, around in a November 05, I 'discovered' the Speaker book has its prequel, explaining the misery of the Speaker as a little guy.... and I was hooked, you know.
To date, I read lots, but still not enough. One thing I can't get here yet is Hart's Hope, even in English it's not available. So I hope one my US friend will lend a copy from the library near him and read to me while chatting on the Skype or something like that.
Well, and this is about all I wanted to say as an intro. *waves hello* Glad to meet you all.
Posted by Leia Atreides (Member # 9227) on :
quote:Originally posted by Evergreen: Hi, I'm Evergreen. I'm 24 years old and I live in Canada. I've been an OSC fan since the first time I read Ender's Game when I was 10. EG was my Harry Potter =)
Well, I started with Harry Potter (before that, I read books by Karl May, that might be more known to German readers among here)- I think EG and other books from the series are WAY better than HP And the action, particularly in Shadow books, is much more thought-out...
(especially when compared with latest HP books, Hogwarts kids there are about the same age as Battleschoolers in, if I remember correctly, at least Shadow of the Hegemon. I know I know, Battleschoolers had all the military experience and training and what not, but consider they're as elite as Hogwarters are... hmmmmmm, you already know who I think has better potential to do something intelligently.)
Usually, I don't flame like this, but this time I couldn't resist Posted by SiriusSky (Member # 9216) on :
Yeah, I have to agree with you on that one about HP. But as far as painting such an imaginative environment, it does have its merit. But like Evergreen said: EG was my HP. And HP is my HP> go figure.
What books by karl May would you recommend? What are they about?
Posted by Helion A. I. (Member # 9223) on :
Hello everyone.
I'm a 19 year old newbie from NM. I have always liked OSC books, but I finally got up the coarage to join your forum here. Is it true that OSC himself responds to some threads?
And why are there so few other Hatrackers from my state? (I'm not sure I could even get along with the one Hatracker I've noticed who does live in my state /Advent115/. He seems like a jerk) Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Well, he's made some mistakes, it seems, but there's no need to pile up on him in other threads. I'm sure you wouldn't want people to do that to you, if you were he.
Welcome! Posted by Son Of Kerensky (Member # 9233) on :
Greetings I am a former navy submariner [insert generic submarine joke here] who now works as an industrial tech in Asheville, NC. I am a dedicated reader of scifi and fantasy both OSC and others. I also am a sucker for games of strategy and have been playing them since I was seven. I am the son of a Marine and brother of two Soldiers and would still be in the service if not for an injury sustained during my short naval career. I value friends and family above all else in the world and appreciate honesty and integrity far more then flattery. Hopefully I am not being too long winded and I am happy to be part of this community.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I love Asheville. I used to work in Brevard, and my in-laws live in Hendersonville. I also used to live near Clemson, SC. Wonderful, wonderful part of the country.
<--- ever-so-slightly jealous
Posted by Leia Atreides (Member # 9227) on :
quote:Originally posted by SiriusSky: Yeah, I have to agree with you on that one about HP. But as far as painting such an imaginative environment, it does have its merit. But like Evergreen said: EG was my HP. And HP is my HP> go figure.
What books by karl May would you recommend? What are they about?
Of course, I don't think either of them are *bad*, I just think EG is *better*, which is a difference.
Karl May's books are mostly about West in, say, 19th century (if I remember correctly). There are Native Americans and cowboys and that bunch. He's world famous for inventing books about the friendship of Vinnetou and Old Shatterhand, Apach Native Am and a white man, a railway geometer by profession. They together go through many adventures, fight "bad" white men whose only goal is to mine gold (and as usually, steal as much from Indian's hoards as possible) and such. It sound terrible just from a describtion, but believe me, they are worth reading, empathising a virtue of honor and kindness. I think you maybe might get a copy in your library, if I am not mistaken, it's simply named Vinnetou... but I will yet check this.
Posted by Leia Atreides (Member # 9227) on :
quote:Originally posted by Son Of Kerensky: I value friends and family above all else in the world and appreciate honesty and integrity far more then flattery. Hopefully I am not being too long winded and I am happy to be part of this community.
Ho Son Of Kerensky! Sorry to hear about your injury. and of course you're not too "long winged" (after all, being long winged has its pros- imagine the flight!) for this community, welcome here!
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
welcome!
[ March 07, 2006, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: camus ]
Posted by Kin (Member # 9246) on :
quote:get to know each other
Must we? .. Okay.
quote:unknown people to become known
Must we? ...
quote:how many, who they are, what are their interests, where they live...
I like mandarins.
quote:Come in and say hi!
hi.
Posted by Elrohir (Member # 9247) on :
Hey guys. I'm David, 16 years old, I live in Hawaii, and I'm a big fan of Orson Scott Card's writing, especially the Ender and Bean series'. So - hey.
Posted by SiriusSky (Member # 9216) on :
Hey, Elrohir! Welcome to the Hatrack!
Posted by scoooot (Member # 9249) on :
So here's my story: I read EG & Speaker probably fifteen years ago. Then I read Pastwatch. Then I finished high school, went to college, wandered the country, & got married. A year ago, I re-read EG & Speaker, then read Xenocide & CotM. Then yesterday at Barnes & Noble I discovered that there's this whole "Shadow" Ender series too. A little internet research landed me here and I am now officially logged in as an OSC fanboy. I have to read the Shadow books before I spend too much time here, so as not to have them "spoiled" for me, but it's nice to finally join what is obviously a large and enthusiastic following.
Scott Wilmington, NC
Posted by scoooot (Member # 9249) on :
By the way, what does the term "hatrack" come from or refer to?
I have a friend who, after saying something clever, points to his head and says, "Not just a hat-rack, my friend... not just a hat-rack."
So I couldn't help thinking of that when I found this site. Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Welcome, scoooot!
On this site, "Hatrack" refers to the name of a town (and a river) in the Alvin Maker series by OSC. Great series, I've always enjoyed it. Although the series is more fantasy or alternative history than sci-fi; but if you liked Pastwatch, you might like this too.
Actually, now that I think about it, the only thing they have in common is history. Alvin Maker is full of magic, and sort of supernatural abilities; Pastwatch is more technology. But they're both OSC, so they're both good. Posted by scoooot (Member # 9249) on :
Thanks Jenna. That explains why I didn't get it. I may get to Alvin eventually, but my first priority is catching up on all the Shadow books that I didn't know existed. I remember liking Bean a lot and I was always curious to know more about how Peter basically took over earth. Can't wait! Off to the library I go.
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
Howdy! I'm Jim. Jimbotheclown. I'm posting from my school library everyday, where I work for extra credits. I like long walks on the beach, watching the sunset, lasagna, you know, all the usual. Adieu!
Posted by Cheli (Member # 9256) on :
Hi everyone, I'm Anna. My close friends call me Cheli, and that has become my "internet alias" over the years. I'm 15 and have lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada my entire life.
I first read Ender's Game over a year ago, after insistance from two of my good online friends.
This part requires a bit of side-tracking, so please bear with me, or skip over it if you like - it's not that important overall. These two friends and I play an online game where each individual is placed in charge of a "kingdom." These kingdoms are given names chosen by the player. My two friends (who are brothers) regularly played under the kingdom names "Locke" and "Demosthenese" (for some reason he chose to add an "e" at the end). When I inquired as to the origins of these names, I was immediately pointed towards Ender's Game. After a month or two, my impatience and curiosity won over my laziness, and I was fortunate enough to find a worn-out copy in the school library.
I finished the book in less than a day, and loved it. At that point, my connection to the book was with Ender and Ender alone. He seemed so easy to connect to - he was not a "perfect character" as you might find in a teenager's story; Ender was intelligent and understanding, but he made his mistakes and had his shortcomings as well. The political (Locke, Demosthenes, Warsaw Pact, IF League, etc.) and military themes did not really interest me. At that point in time, I had no knowledge of the people and things they referenced. It was not till some time later - through an inclusion of John Locke on a timeline assignment for Civics ("The History of Democracy") - that I realized these had been real people. There was such thing as the Warsaw Pact. OSC did not simply create these things from thin air. Either way, as time went on, I connected to the book in different ways, and learned to appreciate the multiple themes that were cleverly interlaced within it.
I also read Speaker for the Dead a while later. I found it interesting in that, although the end of EG strongly suggested a continuation, the book stood quite well by itself.
It was shortly after reading Speaker that I purchased Ender's Game on a school field trip (we stopped at a shopping mall with a bookstore for lunch), making it the first book I had ever bought with my own money. I still have it, although it is fairly worn out now from all my re-readings and look-ups (when I recall a scene or quote but don't have the exact words memorized).
For several reasons, I did not read Xenocide and Children of the Mind till some time later. I admired how OSC made the books readable; even though I didn't understand the science behind string theory and the philotes, I was able to grasp the basic concept.
I did not begin reading the Shadow books till recently, and have read all except for Shadow of the Giant, which I am currently searching for. I felt the Shadow books provided further insight into Ender's mind and life through Bean, and answered some drifting questions one might have after reading EG.
I think I've already ranted long enough, so I'll try to finish this off quickly. I found these forums through Wikipedia's record of the "Hierachy of Alienness", which I have had bookmarked for some time for reference when my mind slips regarding the differences between the terms. I was curious to know where Wikipedia got their pronounciation of "varelse."
Through reading that thread (What's your favourite OSC philosophical insight?), I recognize that there are many learned and intelligent people on these forums; I admit that knowledgable people frighten me, and I may lay low and keep posting to a minimum until I've grown acquaintanced to the atmosphere here.
Hope that wasn't too much of a bore.
Posted by ckat (Member # 9257) on :
My name is Chris Vanderessen. I am 32 I live in newburgh ny. I write electronic music. my friend gave me Ender's game for my birthday a few years back and I have been hooked on Card's work ever since.
Posted by lisha_rose (Member # 9166) on :
Cheli if you would like to email me your address i could probably get myself to walk across the street after work and pick you up a copy: Da_only_feamle_punk@hotmail.com
p.s. yes i know female is mispelled it is soposed to be that way;)
Posted by I Am The War Chief (Member # 9266) on :
My names Dan Koza from Barrie Ontario Canada i may be new to this site but will never accept the title of newbie from anyone while talking aabout Ender or Bean - I am currently in Laurentian University majoring in Eng Lit geuss what my last paper is going to be on wink wink
Posted by Cheli (Member # 9256) on :
quote:Originally posted by lisha_rose: Cheli if you would like to email me your address i could probably get myself to walk across the street after work and pick you up a copy: Da_only_feamle_punk@hotmail.com
p.s. yes i know female is mispelled it is soposed to be that way;)
Thanks for the offer, but I was able to borrow a copy just the other day. I actually finished reading the book a few hours ago.
I also hope you take no offense when I mention that I have to think of how my parents would react to me handing out my address to complete strangers on the internet.
Posted by Vazor (Member # 9267) on :
Hi, my name is Mike, from Long Island, New York. I first read Ender's Game when I was about twelve, which really got me into science fiction (although, I've been lax in my reading lately). In retrospect, OSC's novels are the reason I psychoanalyze everything I see, and in that way, and have probably had more effect on me then I give them credit for. I'm now 16, and after re-reading Ender's Game (again...I think I've read Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow more than any other books in my life), I've gotten very into the novels again, which is how I wound up here. About myself, I'm very into classic rock, theater, writing, and, obviously, science fiction.
Posted by Momma Snider (Member # 9264) on :
I'm Momma Snider, from Lake Elsinore, California. I just finished The Crystal City, which is the first one I've read in the Alvin Maker series. Now I have to get the ones that came before. I like to see the end from the beginning, so reading the last one first won't spoil anything for me; it will make me feel more secure when scary stuff happens. I've always loved the concept of the alternate history, or parallel universe, and I love American history, so this is great.
I'm the mother of six kids who are now 31, 30, 28, 27, 25, and 23, so life was pretty crazy 20 years ago or so, but I loved when they were teenagers and I love having adult kids around all the time. I recognize a few names here from my son's message board, ericdsnider.com. And Papa Moose has been to my house!
I met Orson Scott Card at a theater workshop at BYU in 1970. He was on the staff, but was only a year or two older than I was. So when I saw some of his first books on a trip to BYU years later, I was excited, but I haven't ever thought I liked science fiction, so I didn't buy any at the time. I finally read Ender's Game a few years ago, and loved it -- and disliked it, too. The dislike was because of the story itself. It was too real, and I didn't like to think of a little boy being taken away from his home, even to save the universe.
I'm amazed at the totally different types of stories that OSC has written. I saw on one of the old threads where someone a few years ago complained that everything he writes is the same, or some such idiotic statement. Sure, there is a style of writing, because otherwise how would anyone ever have a favorite author? But the stories are so different, and the personalities are so distinct, it's almost like he has several different brains all working together.
[ March 20, 2006, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: Momma Snider ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Momma Snider: And Papa Moose has been to my house!
Hey, me too!
Welcome to Hatrack. Posted by lisha_rose (Member # 9166) on :
lol its ok i was just offerin seeing as how i know other people on here have done it for others. yeah i understand tha parent thing to. but even if i wanted to come steal you away i couldnt i hold down two jobs and my lousy car barely makes it to work lol sorry just had ta do that.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Hi! I just joined yesterday, though I've been visiting the site for years. I think I have read everything Mr. Card has written except for his short stories. I am very into rereading because I feel that I learn different things every time from the same stories. I also love reading new things, and am open to recommendations. I live in Chicago and am happy that spring is here and things are slowly getting green again. Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
quote:Originally posted by I Am The War Chief: My names Dan Koza from Barrie Ontario Canada i may be new to this site but will never accept the title of newbie from anyone while talking aabout Ender or Bean - I am currently in Laurentian University majoring in Eng Lit geuss what my last paper is going to be on wink wink
Do they use punctuation in this English Lit program of yours?
Welcome to the board everyone. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Hey, Momma Snider, fancy meeting you here! Welcome!
Welcome, everyone!
Posted by Momma Snider (Member # 9264) on :
Thanks, quidscribis! Nice to see you.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Hi, I'm alex. I live in Canada. I signed up today.
Posted by opiejudy (Member # 9301) on :
My name is Wendy, I joined yesterday, I decided to google OSC for the heck of it and ended up here. I have been married for 10 years and have a 8 year old daughter (who I cannot interest in reading at all) and and 11 month old daughter who cant get enough cat in the hat. I read about 5 books a week. All different genres. Anything I can get my hands on I will read. I do not particularly enjoy romances, and I dont really buy them, but if they are given to me and I cannot get ahold of anything else I will read them. I own a mobile notary and medical billing business and am a stay at home mom, for the most part as my business is in my home. Well nice meeting you all.
Posted by hatrkr81 (Member # 9317) on :
Hey guys. I must say i've been coming on this site for a couple of years now and just discovered these forums! and they rock! My name is Chris, just joined today. I'm 24, live in New Orleans, got damage from Katrina, but things are getting back together. I took a sci-fi class in college and we read Ender's Game. I became OBSESSED with OSC after that and have been through the whole ender series (shadow series, speaker series, and first meetings), the whole alvin maker series, various short stories, magic street, enchantment, homebody, stone tables, rachel and leah, and about to start the homecoming series. My favorites are speaker for the dead, xenocide, and children of the mind...just something about those books that put me at awe. i can see this site becoming an addiction. glad to meet everybody!
Posted by gsim (Member # 9316) on :
hi everyone, im pretty smart, and im from USA. I just read the whole ender+bean series and pastwach redemption in the past few months. OSC is my new favorite author (sorry J.K. Rowling). Ender so beats Harry!
[ April 07, 2006, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: gsim ]
Posted by falora (Member # 8527) on :
Hello! I'm 18. My name is Flora and I live in France, so sorry for the mistakes you'll find in my sentences! I came on this forum because I found no french forum on OSC. So I read Alvin Maker and I'm fond of it! I hope the last book of Alvin chronicles will be published soon. I love all books and stories about fantasy. I have time to spend on the forum because this time ther are some troubles in my high School because of the new law, I don't know if people heard about that in your countries.
Eventually, I'd like to learn to know the members and I hope you'll advise me aboutother OSC's good books. Thank you!
Posted by Cheezecake214 (Member # 9329) on :
Hey. Im from the U.S. and ive read all the ender/bean stuff, the alvin maker books, and the homecoming seiries.
the Ender books are my favorite. im kinda obsessed.
I can only post sometimes, but i hope to post pretty often!
Posted by Schwartz (Member # 9339) on :
Looks like I just missed being reply #1000. #1001 is still quite memorable, however.
Anyways, I became a Card fan, like so many, through Ender's Game and the rest of the series. More recently I have read Magic Street, Treason, and Maps in a Mirror (probably the most enjoyable one... I love short stories). Card is my favorite author, and I hope to read more!
Posted by dab (Member # 7847) on :
falora, what is the new law that you are talking about? I'm always curious about foreign issues.
Posted by Sage Zander (Member # 9344) on :
Live in Upstate New York. Reader, writer, protagonist, that person who shows up out of no where and makes a splash.
I've read all of Ender and on Shadow of the Hegemon for Bean, coming close to finishing it.
Hello.
Posted by falora (Member # 8527) on :
Well dab, this is a new law DE Villepin tried to etablish but there were 3 million people in french streets for a strike so he decided not to enforce it. The law was called CPE (Contract First Employing), and consisted in hiring only young people for an inderminated lenght, what means that they can be dismissed any time. Demonstrating against that must amaze you (and apparently it amazes all the world!). But there are many stakes (sorry if it's not the appropriate word), that medias "forget" to talk about. However, Isn't there a policy topic? I've the impression I'm not introducing myself any more!
Posted by Peek (Member # 7688) on :
new members...check out the my awesome dude peekaboo thread on the osc side. it will suck you in.
Dude peekaboo
Yeah.
Posted by GodSpoken (Member # 9358) on :
Addicted and amazed! Ender's series: Xenocide/CotM I can only say yes, yes, yes. I believe my sanity is saved. My children and most of their friends are now reading and infecting their circles. OSC is a very dangerous man Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Hello.
I just ate BBQ, and I am very stuffed.
I've already posted here for a bit, so this is late, and for that I'm not sorry Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hatrack welcome to cheezecake214, Schwartz, Sage Zander, GodSpoken, and MightyCow.
Farmgirl
Posted by Deceased House (Member # 9388) on :
oooo I didn't know I was supposed to post here, this thread must have been on a different page. Well I introduced myself under "Noob Alert!!!" so read that then.
Anyways I am a kid in highschool, I read, write (not with proper grammar of course), use my computer and like to program. Uhhm, i found OSC by an autistic kid at school(semi-autism) and he showed me the book(Ender's Game)and from there i just fell in love with his writing. I have read:
Ender's Game Ender's Shadow Speaker For the Dead Xenocide Children of the mind (short story) Homeless in Heaven The Memory of Earth The Call of Earth The Ships of earth Shadow of the Hegeomn Shadow Puppets (short story) Atlantis (short story) Ender's Game Treasure Box <---- good one read it!! The Worthing Chronicles<---my fav Treason Wyrms EarhtFall EarthBorn <in this order>
I havent read the Alvin Maker series yet, I am waiting untill I can properly devote my time to it.
Neither have I read Shadow of the Giant. I just havent been able to get my grimy little hands on it.
Posted by Blaine (Member # 9412) on :
Word. First post from Houston TX. It's my brother's fault for giving me Seventh Son to read when I was 11. Now I'm 25 and my wife is sick of seeing the name ORSON SCOTT CARD dominate our bookshelf.
Posted by David C. (Member # 9415) on :
I'm not sure who will read this, with over 1000 messages on this topic, but....
My name is David. I've been living in Vienna, VA for the past 12+ years. Before that, I grew up in northern NJ. I've been working as a computer software developer since graduating college in 1991.
I'm an avid Sci-Fi fan, and have read almost all of OSC's novels. While I definitely prefer some to others, I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every one of them, including those that are not in any way Sci-Fi (like Saints and the Women of Genesis series.)
My favorite OSC novels are Songmaster, Hart's Hope, the Homecoming series, and Pastwatch.
My favorite novels from other authors include Frank Herbert's Dune series (and I actually enjoyed all six novels), Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, Arthur C. Clarke's Rama series, and Kim Stanley Robins' Red/Blue/Green Mars trilogy.
In the movie/TV medium, my favorites are Babylon 5, the many Star Trek programs (especially DS9 and Enterprise), Firefly, Dr. Who, Minority Report and Memento.
My other interests are computers, music, my religion (Judaism) and karaoke.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Welcome to the site, David.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Hey Blaine! Another Houstonian, glad to hear it. I thought I was the only one. Welcome to the rack!
Posted by 777 (Member # 9506) on :
I'm an 18-year-old from Hollister, CA, without much experience in the real world or life due to my past four years in homeschool.
Not that I regret homeschooling in any way, but I think it's time for me to step out the closet and start participating in discussions and debates like the average human being. I'd rather get this kind of experience here and now rather than wait until I head out on a mission in a year's time, and have no idea what I'm talking about.
So, I've been living out here among the farmers for about six years now, after moving from my 12-year stay in good ol' Minnesota (GO EDINA!).
Favorite hobbies: Currently, I tend to hang around these forums without any say in any of the discussions, but I'd like that to change pretty quick. Other than that, I am an avid PC gamer without any expertise in any genre, and a dedicated writer who has as of yet to pick up pencil and paper. I don't get out much, in case you're wondering.
TV: I don't watch much, but what I do watch generally tends to remain within the family boundaries of DisneyTV and Discovery/TLC. However, I do like Monk and The X-Files.
Religion/beliefs: Yep, I'm one o' them baby-eating Mormons. Pass the veal!
Fiction: OSC's works are always great (I'm working on Crystal City at the moment), but I also love Tolkein, some Robert Jordan--not too excessive--and C.S. Lewis.
Music: I'm a sucker for U2, even though I've never bought a single album--I go for the individual hits on iTunes rather than buy a lot of filler. Other than U2, though, there are a variety of fine singles that I love. If I hear an excellent song on the radio, I'll add it to my list.
So I hope to be able to add something meaningful to the forums. I probably won't post all that much, but I might loosen up after a hundred posts. No guarantees.
Posted by 777 (Member # 9506) on :
--I'm a guy, by the way, if you were wondering after my last post.
And if you're wondering about my name, I chose 777 for a couple reasons: my first, middle, and last names have seven letters each, while my BSA troop is also 777.
Posted by Mix-up (Member # 9512) on :
I'm in the DC area and boy do I wish I had found this site a few years ago!
I've been obsessed since Ender's Game caught my eye at the library when I was 7 or 8. Since then I've read all of the Ender's Game books many many times. (I actually have more than one copy of Ender's game... I read my first copy too often...) My favorite of these is Ender's Shadow; Ender's Game is really great, but the way that Shadow builds on it is absolutly amazing... IMO.
I've also read the Alvin Maker series and like them quite a bit. Any suggestions on which series I should start next?
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
Hi, I'm new here as well. Like so many others I got started with Ender's Game. Actually, I got started by REFUSTING to read Ender's Game because EVERYONE said I should. I'm stubborn like that, or I was anyway. Finally, I broke down and read it (all in one night) and found it really good. I quickly finished the rest of the Ender Saga. However, what really hooked me on Card was when I read his biography and the biography he wrote for his son. Anyone who had gone through THAT much in life and STILL maintain a positive outlook had to have something to say. I kept reading him and fell in love with his Homecomming series (still my favorite). I think I've read just about everything I can find with the exception of a few books that I can't bring myself to finish for personal reasons. I am anxiously awaiting the new Wives of Israel book, and think his idea for a new Ender book could be interesting. In the meantime, I'll probably just read Homecomming over and over and over again (it's always my standby). Oh yeah, I'm 24 and a single Mom from San Antonio Texas. I have a beautiful two-year-old boy and he has a five-year-old sister that we still see every week (she lives with their grandparents)who is the second jewel of my life. Kids are the most wonderful things in the world, and the scariest. That's the other thing I love about Card... Both my kids almost died the first year I was with them (step-daughter had cancer, son was born with severe pulminary problems) and the values and experiences he pours into his books have helped me feel less alone and learn to put things in their propper place. I love this board!
Posted by Ionienne (Member # 9393) on :
Hey everybody I am new too (even if I already posted once here). I am French and I a last year (even last days!!) Business School student. And I am looking for finding a job in North America next year... If you have any idea!!! Well, I began reading OSC through Ender's game as so many people. But how I discovered it was quite fun actually. I was in the bookshop, looking quite desesperately at the sci-fi section and a small man just popped up and told me to buy and read Ender's game. It was quite fun because he was very serious, nearly imposing me to read it. The summary on the cover was not so good, but something pushed me to buy it.. good spirit! I just loved it, and after having read many of his books I am still a great fan Sometimes I dream it was OSC himself that came to advice me. Maybe it was just his French editor haha!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mix-up: I'm in the DC area and boy do I wish I had found this site a few years ago!
....Any suggestions on which series I should start next?
Welcome, Mix-up! Try some of Card's one-off books--Wyrms, Pastwatch, and Enchantment are all quite good. Or if you're looking for different authors who have that certain something in common with Card, give Octavia Bulter a try. I'd recommend starting with her either Wildseed or Dawn.
777, DDDaysh, Ionienne, welcome to all of you as well!
777, I've seen you a bit on the "other side", and it looks like your acclimating just fine! Hope to see more of you in the debates over there.
Daysh, this is a pretty parent friendly place; You'll find a lot of people on that "other side" I was talking about who are collectively a great resource for a parent, both in terms of advice and in terms of adult company.
Ionienne, I love the idea of a book-recommending gnome. Maybe he could live inside a hollow freestanding bookshelf? He could have a knack for always knowing what book would most appeal to the person browsing his shelf. What are you wanting to do in N. America, exactly? Are you more interested living in Canada, the US, or Mexico? I'm guessing one of the first two, since your English seems so good, but for all I know you're equally fluent in Spanish.
[ June 20, 2006, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by 777: I'm a sucker for U2
Join the club
*Sings to self*
Grace finds goodness, in everything... Posted by Ionienne (Member # 9393) on :
Noemon, your book-recommending gnome living inside a hollow freestanding bookshelf idea is really cool! A bit Harry Potter maybe, I like it. Also, where I lived in Brittany there are those magic creatures called Korrigans that look like Irish Leprechauns, could be one of them!
I am looking for a job in the US or Canada, even if I do speak a little of Spanish. I did a Business School and I have few experiences in marketing and management of projects, I'd like to go on this way. Do any of you have any ideas of where I should look (websites, forums, companies to contact...)? Your countries are just so attractive for me and I love discovering!! Anyway, this may not be the best place to talk about my personnal projects...
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ionienne: Noemon, your book-recommending gnome living inside a hollow freestanding bookshelf idea is really cool! A bit Harry Potter maybe, I like it. Also, where I lived in Brittany there are those magic creatures called Korrigans that look like Irish Leprechauns, could be one of them!
Could be! Tell me about Korrigans, if you would; I'm not familiar with fairy-type folk beliefs in Brittany, but I'd love to know more.
::makes note to look up Korrigans in some of my reference books tonight::
quote:Do any of you have any ideas of where I should look (websites, forums, companies to contact...)? Your countries are just so attractive for me and I love discovering!! Anyway, this may not be the best place to talk about my personnal projects...
Well, beyond the obvious (Monster.com and that sort of thing) I don't have any ideas off the top of my head, but I'll think about it and let you know if I come up with anything good. It might be a good idea to start a thread asking about it on the other side, since A)it's more widely read than this side, and B) it would be on-topic for that side of Hatrack.
Have you thought about trying to get a job with a French company that has branches in the US?
Posted by Ionienne (Member # 9393) on :
quote: It might be a good idea to start a thread asking about it on the other side
Just done it!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So I see! Looks like you're getting some good suggestions.
Posted by xray (Member # 9553) on :
hello hatrack forum , i live in Atlanta, GA. im 17 years old and i am about to start college. i spend most my time on a computer or in a book, i am a big fan of Mr. Card's work and look forward to more. well i guess thats all i can think of right now but if anyone wants to know more feel free to ask. im a very freindly person and look forward to joining in the discussions.
-Xray
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Welcome, xray, and other less recent newbies! Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
*bump*
...so we can meet the newly arrived members. Posted by Dark as night (Member # 9577) on :
This is a cool thread. Since I didn't see it before, I'll take the chance now to introduce myself. I'm 25, currently live in Richmond, VA where I am attending grad school, learning the art and craft of anesthesia. Grew up in Russia and lived in Idaho and Utah for a few years before moving East. My first name (Leila) means "dark as night" in Arabic.
I got introduced to "Ender's Game" while at Ricks College and has been an avid fan of OSC ever since. "Enchantment" is one of my favorite stand-alones because of its beautiful depiction of Russian folklore, which is very dear and special to me.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Fascinating history you have there (I just about typed Dan, but that wouldn't exactly work, would it? ). Were you born in Russia? Or rather, are you Russian? Or ... Arabic? I confess, you have me curious.
Regardless, welcome and I hope you enjoy Hatrack as much as I do .
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Hey, Leila, welcome to the 'rack! "Dark as night", eh? Veeeery cool. Posted by Dark as night (Member # 9577) on :
Thanks for the welcome! Dr. Strangelove, I was born in Russia, but I am ethnically Tatar.
As for my name, there is an ancient Arabic legend (of the Romeo & Juliet type), and the heroine's name is Leila. It was my dad's favorite love story...
[ October 25, 2006, 07:31 PM: Message edited by: Dark as night ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome to Leila and all the other newbies!
Farmgirl
Posted by jeeshkid (Member # 9885) on :
Hi, I'm in middle school. I live in the U.S. Ender's Game was the first sci fi book I ever read. I have read Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, the first few chapters of Children of the Mind (I lost it ), Enders Shadow, Shodow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, the first few chapters of the first Homecoming book, and Treason. This is the second time I have tried to use this site and it worked. The first time I used my school e-mail and I think my shool sensored (sp) the e-mail with my password.
Posted by I Am The War Chief (Member # 9266) on :
Welcome jeeshkid and dont worry about censorship here Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
*Gasps*
Are you... me?
*Dramatic music plays in the background*
Posted by Chris63084 (Member # 9873) on :
Hello, i'm a little late in posting, but here it goes. My name is Chris, I'm from scranton, PA USA i've read all of ender/bean quartets, the alvin maker series, and homecoming to book 4(on book 5 now) i think that osc is one of the best writers out there. and this seems like a pretty cool communtiy, i look foreward to becoming a part of it. Chris
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
jeeshkid -- you should read the Alvin Maker series if you haven't done that yet (begins with Seventh Son) I'll bet you like them.
FG
Posted by jeeshkid (Member # 9885) on :
I've been meaning to but at Boarders you have to order it.
Posted by talsmitde (Member # 9780) on :
Hi there! I've posted here a few times, lurked for a few months, so I figured it's high time I introduce myself.
I'm one of those lucky few from Delaware. I'm a senior, history major, applying to grad school in history. I got my start on OSC in fourth grade when some other kids were teasing me and my sister started telling me stories about what Ender did in such situations. I've read all of the Ender/Bean, Alvin, and Homecoming series and about half of the stand-alones (Enchantment is definitely my fav.)
Posted by GreyLady (Member # 9893) on :
Um...hi?
I'm a 14 year old girl who is perpetually buried under a pile books and randomly becomes worshipful of OSC. I'm eclectic (and eccentric, come to think of it) and somewhat obsessed with tragedy. I'm a devotee of the Harry Potter books, but think the movies are trash. I also happen to be a pseudo-intellectual and fight valiantly against it, but alas, the worst part of my nature triumphs more often than not. I'm addicted to MuggleNet Fan Fiction (Harry Potter fanfiction) which has the best quality of fanfiction on the web (the only quality, really) and their forums are <3.
The OSC books that I have read are the Ender/Bean series, though my goal is to read all his novels. I'm reading Women of Genesis right now and have Pastwatch, Enchantment, and Homebody on my bedroom floor. I will also take this opportunity to say that I will most likely be a sporadic poster; for you see, I'm in love with MNFF and this little affair will have to be carried out on the sly... Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, talsmitde and GreyLady!
quote:Originally posted by GreyLady: . . . which has the best quality of fanfiction on the web (the only quality, really) and their forums are <3.
Them's fightin' words! It may be among the best HP fanfic sites. But the Lois & Clark fanfic archives and forum, not to mention several Stargate sites, can kick its tushie. Posted by I Am The War Chief (Member # 9266) on :
Jeesh to Jeeshkid - Jeeshkid I am your father NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted by SethLaRoth DeShawl (Member # 9901) on :
Greetings all, This seems to be one long list of introductions so I will be brief, I first read Ender's Game back when I was a sophomore at Wyoming Park High School in 2002. I am 20 years of age and I am also a member of the United States Armed Forces, in the Marine Corps stationed at Camp Lejuene, 2D MLG HQ co. (FWD). Ender's Game was what had got me to thinking about the military as a career. I have since of course read the rest of them and I am extremely interested in the upcoming EiE and SiF. That is if anyoone can verify that these will eventually be produced at one point or another. Also, there have been quite a grand number of internet rumors as well concerning an Ender's Game movie. I would like to know if these are perhaps serious or just a massive number of jokes and misinformation?
On an unrelated note, I am also interested in Theology, MetaPhysics, and various other hobbies such as the collecting of authentic swords from many different eras, it is probably the most expensive hobby of mine with the exception of reading.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
Welcome! Putter around the forum a bit and all of your questions will be answered as far as they can be.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Oy! 99 more members to 10,000!
Welcome Seth.
I'm curious as to what swords you current have? I've recently gotten into some collecting of swords myself, though mine are far more decorative than functional. I have several of the United Cutlery reproduction swords from the LOTR movies (though still not the ones I REALLY want).
Do you collect like old French rapiers, medieval broadswords, Japanese katanas, officer swords from more modern times?
Posted by JediLow (Member # 9929) on :
I've lurked in the forums on and off for a few years... finally registered (though I think I had registered previous sometime) and posted.
I first received Ender's Game from my sister as a birthday present sometime around when I was 13... since then I've picked up and read almost all of OSC's novels (there's one or two that I've missed, but that'll be corrected soon enough).
Posted by Tyler (Member # 9930) on :
My name is Tyler, I am 18, i live in Bend, Oregon, but am currently studying at a Bible College in Eugene Oregon.
well, i've been reading card consistantly for 3 years now, i think ive read about half of his books, about 2/3's of his short stories.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello Tyler! Welcome to Hatrack!
Which of his books have you read, and what brought you to here?
Farmgirl
Posted by No1 Beats DRAGON (Member # 9912) on :
hi my name is Erin! i'm 13 years old and live in Louisville Kentucky. i have only read the Ender/Bean series, but i love them! im reading Pastwatch and i requseted a couple OSC books from the library.
[ December 05, 2006, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: No1 Beats DRAGON ]
Posted by Tyler (Member # 9930) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl: Hello Tyler! Welcome to Hatrack!
Which of his books have you read, and what brought you to here?
Farmgirl
i've read all the ender/bean, all the memory of earth, all published short stories, worthing saga(and the original hot sleep) seventh son, saints, folk on the fringe, harts hope, enchantment, treasure box, lovelock...the list goes on
i think ive read everything except some of the women of the old testament books, and Empire, and i think thats all i havent read. i could be wrong, i havent looked at a comprehensive list of published works.
Posted by Tyler (Member # 9930) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl: Hello Tyler! Welcome to Hatrack!
Which of his books have you read, and what brought you to here?
Farmgirl
i've read all the ender/bean, all the memory of earth, all published short stories, worthing saga(and the original hot sleep) seventh son, saints, folk on the fringe, harts hope, enchantment, treasure box, lovelock...the list goes on
i think ive read everything except some of the women of the old testament books, and Empire, and i think thats all i havent read. i could be wrong, i havent looked at a comprehensive list of published works.
as far as what brought me here, i've been meaning to join a forum group for a while, but i just finally decided here because of mentions in the intros of some of OSC's books.
Posted by Nikisknight (Member # 8918) on :
Well, I've made a few scattered posts, but not here so here goes (is it okay if I haven't read the whole thread? )
Nikisknight, Randy Miller. I've been an OSC fan since reading Memory of Earth in High School, and have read most everything else, except lost boys and a few of the Alvin series. I've also turned on my wife and friend to OSC.
I'm 25, married for 2.25 years. Work as a lab technician currently, previously taught chemistry. I'm friendly but quiet in person. Posted by Taiin (Member # 9950) on :
I've read every book by OSC I could get my hands on. He's a master.
Hiya!
Posted by Captioneer (Member # 9966) on :
My name is Scott, and I currently live in Provo, but I still claim California as home. I've been reading Orson Scott Card for almost 20 years now.
Posted by jester987 (Member # 9977) on :
Hey all,
I'm Jeremy... playwright and aspiring novelist.
I've been reading these posts for a while, and figured what the hey, it was time I added my own two cents...
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
Welcome everyone. I agree with you Taiin, should we start calling him "Master Card" now?
Posted by Sprawl (Member # 10083) on :
Hi, I'm sprawl, And I an OSCaholic. I first came across Ender's Game by recommendation from a friend. about 2 years ago. I was skeptical at first. I was told that it was a children's book.
However, I could tell that was not the case upon reading. I finished the book in one sitting. (well, laying down, Sitting, Standing, Walking around the house). it was completely new to me and a style of writing I enjoyed immensely.
I picked up the rest of the Ender's series. I read them in days. I didn't stop there.
I went to my local bookstore and found this 6 series book all listed as "the tales of Alvin maker". I'm not a Fantasy fan. However I loved these books. I read all 6 in a matter of days. Now i eagerly wish for more tales, as I'm sure we're to get (I hope dearly).
Now I LITERALLY finished reading "Shadow of the Giant". And i must say, there are several threads that could be opened in future books. I Don't know the likelihood of it, but it could. What happens to bean and his children? What happens with Randi and her Child. There's stories of the founding of every Colony and he Jeesh. there's a giant world of writing that could be done in this universe and so many stories I Know i wish to hear.
But now i take a quick break from Card's writing, as I just acquired another book series that looks to take some time (Otherland by Tad Williams). But when i complete those, i have the Earthbound series sitting on my desk just awaiting my Endertainment.
Posted by Sibyl (Member # 10079) on :
Hi all,
I'm Sibyl (really) in Kansas. I'm 62, and have been a Science Fiction fan pretty much all my reading life, but never got involved in the Convention part, just the stories and books. I'm pretty sure that I read the original novella of Ender's Game in Analog: I had a subscription to Analog at the time, but it may have been in one of the anthologies. It didn't make a huge impression, and about that time of my life I got very poor and couldn't afford a lot of magazines and books. The huge impression was reserved for Alvin Maker.
At this point in my life I've read all of Alvin, all of Ender, several of the others, and am working on _all_ the others, since I can afford some books now. Currently I'm reading "Hart's Hope", which I like somewhat less than any that I've read--but it's still OSC. He's a very versatile writer! (understatement).
I've known of this site for some time, but didn't explore thoroughly enough, registered for 1830's and had the impression that that was all of the forums, and while I really like Alvin Maker, wasn't that interested in writing within that world. Then I found the forums on the Philotic Web, more generalized, and then discovered the rest of the forums here.
I'm a mother of one adult daughter and one son-in-law, and the grandmother of one infant granddaughter, was married for thirteen years, then divorced, and now it's moot because he died. I live with four cats and one terrier (I'd rather the terrier was some variety of Shepherd, but we're stuck with each other).
I have had a variety of money-earning jobs in my life, but nothing of which I could say "I am a..." except while I was doing it.
I'm an Episcopalian, but really more of a generalized Christian.
So that's me, but it's a long way from being "all" of me!
Posted by Hookt_Un_Fonix (Member # 10094) on :
I thought I would add my two cents here. My name is Jesse, and I am 31 years of age. I have worn many hats in my short life so far. I was a Hospital Corpsmen for six years, and proudly offered care to many great friends in the Marine Corps. The rest of my life I was in sales, and recently I decided to do something for me. I am opening a coffee shop and writing my first novel. I came to this hatrack to read the writing forum more then anything, but found myself getting sucked into the discussion panels as well. I have my opinions, and try to respect others views as well. I do not sugar coat much, and speak my mind. I do not apologize for things I say, but I will apologize for typos and poor grammar. I went to school for business not English Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Welcome page 22 newbies Posted by Perplexity'sDaughter (Member # 9668) on :
Hello.Ü
Alright, so I'm Melissa. I'm 18 with a beautiful 17-month-old boy, and I will be getting married in a few months.
I've been reading OSC's work since I was about eleven or twelve, starting with Ender's Game. Since then I've read pretty much all of Ender's books, Enchantment, a few of the Alvin series, Magic Street, and the entire Homecoming series. Basically, everything by OSC I could find at the libraries and bookstores in my area.
I've actually had this account for a while, but can't seem to ever make time to post...
Posted by Billsey (Member # 10103) on :
I'm Bill and am a bit more than a half century old now, with a couple of step daughters and six grandkids (yeah I know, by my ex was a couple of years older than me :-).
I started reading OSC when he was writing the book reviews in F&SF (or was it Asimov's?) and started collecting his books with Seventh Son, though I had a number in PB by then (just recommended Saints to a friend). I was most moved by Lost Boys, enjoy the Alvin novels most and (like Sibyl above) read Ender's Game first in Analog. I'm really looking forward to the sequel to Lovelock.
The last couple of weeks I've been catching up with Terry Goodkind and Elizabeth Moon. I've also been busy helping some friends out with their computer needs, though I no longer need to do that for a living. I'm a self-professed computer dweeb (dweebs dress better than geeks do) and have been for about 20 years (when I was in college, we weren't allowed to take computer courses to cover credits for my math major, so I didn't get into them until later). Oh, and did I say I'm a stamp collector? Stop by the eBay stamp chat sometime and say hi.
I've seen Orson's blurbs for this site off an on for quite a while, but this is the first time I've actually stopped by... Hi everyone! :-)
Posted by silvar_shark (Member # 10118) on :
im 16 from MN, i love sports, basketball, football, baseball, I'm also an amatuer pilot (get my liscense at 17), i love playing gamesi n genral, and im also an avid reader of sci-fi/fantasy. I have read all of the "enderverse" books, empire (first day it came out), homecoming harmony, and a few others of his books. The only contender, in my opinion, of writing to OSC would be Heinlien, outside of that OSC is the best. Great characters and storylines. Empire dissapointed me a bit, but only compared to ender's game.
Posted by Knust (Member # 10120) on :
I'm 20 right now and am a student at Hastings College, a small liberal arts school in the middle Nebraska. I'll be starting a career in digital editing (mostly weddings for now) this summer and i'm happy because it's what I want to do and i'll like it. The first book i read from front to back was Ender's Game because it was more appealing to read it then to put it down, and after that I couldn't stop with that series. I have loved that series along with Bean's and i have every book in both series including First Meetings which I though were excellent short stories. I have been following this forum for more than a year and now that I got my computer it felt worth it to join and take part. Glad I finally got unlazy (if it's a word) and decided to see if my 2 cents can become a few dollars
[ January 22, 2007, 02:37 AM: Message edited by: Knust ]
Posted by Alex Beal (Member # 10130) on :
Hi, I'm Alex. I'll be 18 in June (which means I'm 17 now) and next year I'll be a freshman at the University of Missouri in Columbia and majoring in theatre performance. The first OSC book I read was ender's game, and I quickly ate up the rest of the series, and the shadow series. I also just recently got Empire, which is pretty darn good. I saw this forum mentioned in some of the forwards/afterwords in his books, and decided to check it out.
Posted by Chord (Member # 10122) on :
My name is Matt. I am 19 years old, and I am a freshman at Rose-Hulman University in Indiana (majoring in Computer Science). I read Ender's game in 7th grade (my teacher had a copy). Then, in high school I read the rest of the Ender quartet. I'm halfway through Bean's quartet right now. I'm looking forward to actually getting my hands on the rest of the books and reading them.
Posted by Steve_G (Member # 10101) on :
I'm Steve, 32, never read anything by OSC until 2000. Came across EG while browsing a book of Short Stories by different SciFi author in the library. I'd seen the book before, though so I decided to go check out the book instead. After that I've read everything by OSC I could get my hands on. Only had 1 book I could put down and not pick up again, but I've vowed to give it a 2nd chance once my life gets less busy.
I got my wife hooked on OSC , through the Women in Genesis books. She also loved Enchantment and like Ender's Game. She didn't like Lost Boys so much, but I loved it. We disagree sometimes on what makes "good" endings.
How many of the books have you read? I'm solely an Ender/Bean fan, having read nothing else by Mr. Card. 
) and am planning to attend UVSC in the fall, majoring in Public Relations. Thanks for the warm welcome that I've already been given.
I feel so bad for him! I told him he'll half to start getting the Tolkien stuff now! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I hope I can talk as well as the rest of you. I'm a writer, so usually this kind of format works better than if I was using vocal cords ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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) I am working on and some short fiction under my belt. I mostly post and read game forums (huge PC game fan) but decided to broaden my horizons and came here.
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) I first read Ender's Game following a referral from a friend in high school, followed by Songmaster, Hart's Hope, and Treason. Favorites are Worthing Saga, Speaker for the Dead and Enchantment. I suppose the reason why Card is my favorite author is that his characters are so much more three-dimensional than most sci fi characters. In too much sci fi/fantasy, you can trust the good guys to be good, and the bad guys to be bad...and if a charater thinks or assumes something you can assume it is fact. In Card's books, the good guys are just as capable of errors in judgement as the bad, and just because a character thinks a certain way does not make it fact. Sometimes OSC can be a little verbose (imho that is the main flaw in Xenocide) but I just can't get enough!
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) book was Ender's Game, which I read in May 2002. I actually checked out this forum like a year ago but I never really got into it.![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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I'm a 20 year old who's always loved sci-fi ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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sorry, I stole that from a local radio show.![[No No]](graemlins/nono.gif)
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