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To: GSWarrior
Halfway through Xenocide I tossed it aside and vowed never to read another Card novel. The less said about that book the better.

That's right about where I quit too. I could only stay interested in philote twining and the Gangean experiments for just so long. I had many friends who told me Xonocide sucked, but I just had to find out for myself - they were right.

194 posted on 08/12/2011 4:55:59 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Longbow1969; GSWarrior
If you liked the character of Bean, then you might find Ender's Shadow interesting. It's a retelling of Ender's Game from Bean's point of view. I thought it was a bit too long, and in some ways, it cheapened the original by elevating Bean a little too much. That said, it didn't actually contradict anything in that book.

I'd also recommend the original short story, which I liked better than the book, with all its added on politics and such.

195 posted on 08/12/2011 5:11:10 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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