I just finished my semester, and with the first completely free day I've had in a long while I read Ender's Game from morning till night, finishing the book in a day. It's been a long time since I've had a marathon reading session like that. It felt awesome.
It's also been far too long since I've re-read that book. But now I fear I've signed myself up for more reading than I intended. It's going to be hard to not read the rest of the Ender series and/or Ender's Shadow.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Eh. Might as well.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
For the love of. Now I want to reread the series too. Thanks. Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
I get that urge to re-read EG every so often, it doesn't help that I seem incapable of retaining ownership of the book. One way or another they always end up with someone else, and with the current state of book retail in my city I will have to drive to the other side of town.
It'll be worth it though, thanks Strider for commandeering hours of my life.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I know I'm supposed to feel bad about possibly killing your productivity and commandeering your free time, but I seriously had such an awesome day yesterday. I have no sympathy for the joy that will inevitably result from this endeavor.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Well I hope you enjoy fair play, because its fun to re-read The Name of The Wind and A Wise Man's Fear and count all the times Kvothe uses seven worded sentences.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
The OCD in me makes me shudder at the thought of doing that.
I'm so glad that Ender's Game is one of those rare books that survives a re-reading every 10 years or so.
I am proud to say I still have my OSC-autographed copy from when he came to the BYU Bookstore in 1995. Alas, the years have not treated it kindly, but it is still in my possession--waiting for the time when my kids will be interested in it.
Posted by chervil (Member # 12704) on :
With the recent news of the Ender's Game movie moving forward, I found myself re-reading it as well.
Of course, I will have to re-read Ender's Shadow as well, since the two parallel each other....
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I actually read Speaker through Children this weekend. Forty-eight hours I'll never get back, but I enjoyed it.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Wow PSI, made my marathon look like child's play!
afr, I've found that, at least for me, Ender's Game holds up better than the rest of the Ender books. I mean, I still really love them, but a few years ago when I re-read them all last, Ender's Game had the strongest emotional impact. Also, the metaphysics behind the rest of the books connected with me a lot more as a teenager.
So...just finished Ender's Shadow, and am struggling with the decision to continue or not. I really need to get back some of my productivity!
Posted by WarStoke (Member # 12708) on :
hehe ever since i got my new kindle fire ive been reading every card book i can find on amazon ive gone from game to children of the mind and 7th son to crystal city i wish amazon would offer a bundle deal buy all a writers work for a discount
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I've mentioned this before, but what I'd *really* like is every Ender story that was published in the IGMS to be released in one volume.
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)