Orson Scott Card - PING [please freepmail me if you want or don't want to be pinged to Orson Scott Card political articles]
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Posted on 08/26/2004 12:00:58 PM PDT by restornu
Thanks for the heads up!
Great read, I think you'll like this one.
I love this subject. Thanks so much for posting.
CTR
I just finished Enders Game, it was one of Cards best books and I highly recommend it.
Sometimes I think that FreeRepublic should create an outposting project just in case civilation collapses in America. Find the local outpost, bring guns, food, and start farming and boarding up when times get hard. If anyone is ready for the end of it all, its the people who can shoot, trap, fish, traverse land, and defend with no questions asked. The liberals in the cities will see it all go to hell.
CTR
Damn my spelling is hughly series.
The next two are also good.. Xenocide & Speaker for the Dead.
Have you seen "The Village?"
CTR
I live in Japan, so no. And even though I'm bringing my family to America, going back seems so attractive in case it does happen. The ocean is always less then 90 miles from anywhere, wildlife abounds in the mountains, and the Japanese trust the infrastructure too much. However, I can own a gun in America, and that counts, BIG TIME.
I'm not surprised a Canadian wrote this book. Canada is way farther down the dark path than the USA is right now.
Thanks for the ping!
One more group, too: Born-again Christians. In varying degree, we look forward to it. But, as you say, others would do well to hone their survival skills, as their non-survival is something they should dread.
Can we Imagine an America ruled by Warlords?.
Thanks for the ping!
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His own political website: http://www.ornery.org/index.html is heavily populated by American- and other Leftists who are delightfully annoyed by Mr. Card's conservatism. He does not post on that site and its moderated by somebody else. He is a registered Democrat upset with hijacking of his party by the Left.
His literary, non-political website: http://www.hatrack.com
His fresh articles appear in the Rhinoceros Times, Greensboro, NC: http://www.rhinotimes.com/greensboro/ (before being posted permanently on his The Ornery American website http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/index.html ). He has 2 columns in the RhinoTimes: one on political/international events, and the second one: reviews on movies, books, and anything he wants (!). Archive of his reviews is here: http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/ I check his and Michael Medved's reviews and found myself reliably relying on them.
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