• gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Thanks for the link.

    I read a ton of SF but Card always passed me by. I tried to read a followup/sequel/fixup called Ender’s Shadow years ago and couldn’t get through it.

    BTW another big series I could never get through was “Thomas Covenanter” or something, although it was fantasy.

    • -dsr-@awful.systemsEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      The main character commits rape because this isn’t a real universe anyway. You made the right choice.

      • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I think I remember reading about that. Ick.

        I also remember reading on the back of the book that the protag would 3 times be offered to stay in the Land and be cured, or something, and 3 times reject the offer. Way to spoil!

        This is a pretty good takedown of the series (and other shitty plot devices in SF/F): https://news.ansible.uk/plotdev.html