Orson Scott Card: Election Guidebook, Kerry's Conscience, and Doomsayers II

The Ornery American ^ | August 29, 2004 | Orson Scott Card

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Katya]

"Now, as a Democrat, what can I say to that except that, because my party has been taken over by an astonishingly self-destructive bunch of lunatics who are so dazzled by Hollywood that they think their ideas make sense,"

I concur and relate....until 1996, I too labored under the illusion I was still a democrat...

[lainde]

bump and thanks!

[Captain Beyond]

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[Tolik]

From his writings I'd infer that yes, he was quite sure its coming. Not related, but you may be interested in another bit of info:

http://www.hatrack.com/news-reviews/news/2003-04-04.shtml

NY Times Cites Ender's Game Influence in Military Training

April 4, 2003

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One notion involves a scenario quite literally torn from the pages of a science fiction novel, in which a virtual training system becomes the actual means of waging war. Ender's Game, a cult classic by Orson Scott Card, tells the story of a group of young soldiers battling aliens in a video game. In the end, they emerge to find that their victory has saved humankind, and that it was not a game.

"Ender's Game has had a lot of influence on our thinking," said Michael Macedonia, director of the Army's simulation technology center in Orlando, Fla., which plans to build a virtual Afghanistan that could host hundreds of thousands of networked computers. "The intent is to build a simulation that allows people to play in that world for months or years, participate in different types of roles and see consequences of their decisions."

[NY Times: Technology, April 3, 2003, "More Than Just a Game, but How Close to Reality? By Amy Harmon]

[Judith Anne]

Thanks for posting this REALLY excellent article.

[narses]

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