I just got my copy of SotG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, please don't tell me how good it is, I know it already.
[ April 06, 2005, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: Altáriël of Dorthonion ]
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I always wait till they come out in paperback. Does that make me a bad fanboy, I wonder?
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Perhaps, Verily, ...but your name makes up for it.
Kidding! Kidding! Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
It's okay, Verily. I usually just borrow it from the library. I'm a terrible person like that.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Oh my goodness! the library! So I don't have to wait for the paperback!!
Believe me, if we weren't hurting for money badly right now, I'd buy the hardcover. I'll just have to settle for buying the paperback when it comes out. Cause I'll have money by then. I'm an eternal optimist.
But I really forgot about the library option... which is sad because I work in a library... (but it's an academic library, they don't get cool new books in.)
-Katarain
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I got my copy in hardcover. I not owe my parents 25 dollars, but what can you do? Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Well, I just requested it from the library yesterday...I'm something like seventh in line.
Oh, and the thing about academic libraries never getting new cool books in...depends what you think the definition of cool books is. Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
I always get the paperback too Verily, not only is it cheeper, but they fit in my bookshelf better too.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
And paperbacks are way easier to move. And when your friend drops one in the gutter while helping you move, it's cheaper to replace and you keep the friend.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
lol!
Actually, the first hardcover OSC books that I've ever owned were the women of Genesis series...my mother got me the first two for a birthday present (thinking that I hadn't read them yet) and my slight OCD forces me to have a matching set. Imagine my chagrine when I found out that I'd have to buy 2 books instead of the just Rachel and Leah. !!
But, my mild OCD is going crazy now because I own all of the Ender/Shadow series in paperback...except for my lovely autographed copy of SotG. *throws hands up in the air* So NOW what do I do?
Hm...Ebay I suppose.
Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :
You can give me the autographed one if it eases your mind. Posted by rav (Member # 7595) on :
Well, I've had it since the first day, and I still haven't finished reading it . It was a good early birthday present from my brother. I own all of the shadow series in hardback. I however didn't get into the Ender's series until they were all paperback.
[ April 06, 2005, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: rav ]
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I got mine from the library too. I usually don't buy books because I have nowhere to put them in. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I'm slowly replacing all my paperback OSC books with Hardback copies as I find them. Because I want to be a "real" collector... Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
ooooohhh
Posted by Jane_Lane (Member # 7665) on :
As a teenager with no credit card, I went through hell hunting out anything other than Ender's Game and Xenocide in local bookshops.
I managed to get 5 OSC books through a mixture of 2nd hand markets and Canadian Libraries and I got 'A Storyteller from Zion' as a present from my sister bought from Hatrack. Most recently, I've ordered 3 more books from Amazon.
My real breakthrough was getting 3 Shadow books and 5 Memory of Earth books, all hardback 1st editions, through ebay! Even from America, it only cost me £30 or so, including shipping. Yay Posted by imenimok (Member # 7679) on :
I prefer paperback OSC books, but I'm holding out for the final and complete hardback HP box set. Bad fan. Bad bad fan.
[ April 07, 2005, 10:03 AM: Message edited by: imenimok ]
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
30 pounds? how many dollars would that be @.@ ? Anyway, I plan on picking up the Homecoming series as soon as i'm done with SotG.
Posted by Jane_Lane (Member # 7665) on :
Very roughly, that's about $54, (but I'm not sure of the exact exchange rate at the moment).
I'm so pleased - I feel like a 'proper' fan, now! Only problem is, being the completist that I am, the more books I get, the more I feel I have to get to complete my collection.
Still, I have yet to get Shadow of the Giant and it's driving me mad, reading all these posts about Bean's kids and all the other stuff I'm missing out on!
[ April 07, 2005, 10:04 AM: Message edited by: Jane_Lane ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: I'm slowly replacing all my paperback OSC books with Hardback copies as I find them.
And she gives away the replaced paperbacks! Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Wow! You want my address? Give them to ME!!
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
You know you like me better, Farmgirl... I'm a redhead too, after all... Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I like softcovers better than hardcovers. And I borrowed all the Shadow books from the library. Even though I really love Ender's Shadow.. I don't know if I'll ever buy the series. (So poor)
But I got some really nice softcover copies of Songmaster and Hart's Hope. (which I loved) There are very few authors I'll buy books from without already having read them. OSC's one of them.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
The school library has a hardback edition of "Unnacompanied Sonata". If I were a different person, I would totally steal it.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Jane_Lane (Member # 7665) on :
I find hardcover books a bit impractical - You can't stuff them in your bag to read on the train & you hardly want to lug around a couple hard-backs all day anyway. I also find them annoying when I'm reading in bed - My arms get tired if I'm holding it up!
But they look nice on my bookshelf. And that's what counts, obviously.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
I am torn on whether to finish 40 Signs of Rain or start SotG.
Probably SotG. FSoR is almost plotless.... Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Definition of the literary term "Plot:"
quote:In literary criticism, this term refers to the pattern of events in a narrative or drama. In its simplest sense, the plot guides the author in composing the work and helps the reader follow the work. Typically, plots exhibit causality and unity and have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Sometimes, however, a plot may consist of a series of disconnected events, in which case it is known as an "episodic plot." In his Aspects of the Novel, EM Forster distinguishes between a story, defined as a "narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence," and plot, which organizes.
Therefore, by definition, J. R. R. Tolkiens Fellowship of the Ring is NOT "plotless" as you put it. Quite the opposite.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
quote: I'm slowly replacing all my paperback OSC books with Hardback copies as I find them. Because I want to be a "real" collector...
Yeah, that's what I meant when I posted that bit about Ebay....I'm BUYING hardbacks, not selling my lovely autographed hardback! Never!
I too am holding out for the box set of Harry Potter. I have a box set fettish though. I think I just like the box. I won't buy any movies that I know have sequels, trilogies, etc...because if I really like them, I want the BOX! Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
come on Ranch Girl!! Ignore what everyone else says, just concentrate on what I have to say. PLEASE LET ME HAVE THE OSC BOOKS YOU NO LONGER WANT!!!!!!!!
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
quote: Therefore, by definition, J. R. R. Tolkiens Fellowship of the Ring is NOT "plotless" as you put it. Quite the opposite.
FSoR. Forty Signs of Rain. I read Fellowship when I was 10, and still don't think of it as plotless. Quite the opposite.
40 Signs is the most scattered novel I've yet read of KSR's. (Kim Stanley Robinson's) This will make it an easy choice between the only two novels I was posting about.
But thanks for the laugh.
[ April 07, 2005, 12:26 PM: Message edited by: no. 6 ]
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Er, no. 6, I think you mixed up what you intended to quote.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
Yes I did. It was hilarious, wasn't it?
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Why would you turn a book I've never heard of (and I'd wager several others on this thread) into an acronym? I had a friend who used to do this kind of stuff. She never understood why noone understood a word she was saying or why we'd get so annoyed at her for doing it. She thought she was being cool. It was kind of sad.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
I frequent forums where the acronym is in common usage. Sorry.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
I've never heard of the book in question, but since 6 said the name of it in the sentence above the acronym, I understood the reference.
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