1st August 2004, 8:46 PM
GR, I picked up Ender's Shadow today, and I'm really enjoying it too. So far, not as much as Ender's Game, but we'll see what happens soon. If you are interested, I actually found the first few chapters online at Card's site, so check it out. It also has some chapters from Ender's Game and probably from the other books he has written. <a href="http://www.hatrack.com/osc/">Check it out</a>.
DJ, I see your point about sci-fi and fantasy. To me, sci-fi has to include some science, so stuff like LotR or Wheel of Time can't be considered sci-fi. There are no machines or computers or anything like that. However, sci-fi could certainly be fantasy, so I guess the correct way to think of it is that sci-fi is a subset of fantasy, and not the other way around or 2 distinct genres. I just always get frustrated when I have to go look in the sci-fi section (since I have never been a big fan of sci-fi) of some book store to find a book about elves and magic and a world without science, so I'm grumpy about that.
DJ, I see your point about sci-fi and fantasy. To me, sci-fi has to include some science, so stuff like LotR or Wheel of Time can't be considered sci-fi. There are no machines or computers or anything like that. However, sci-fi could certainly be fantasy, so I guess the correct way to think of it is that sci-fi is a subset of fantasy, and not the other way around or 2 distinct genres. I just always get frustrated when I have to go look in the sci-fi section (since I have never been a big fan of sci-fi) of some book store to find a book about elves and magic and a world without science, so I'm grumpy about that.