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Old 09-30-2012, 02:25 PM   #4451 (permalink)
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i would call Ender'sGame one of the top five greatest novels of all time.

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Old 09-30-2012, 04:47 PM   #4452 (permalink)
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i would call Ender'sGame one of the top five greatest novels of all time.
Yeah, it's really great. Never tire reading it. I would throw the Foundation series by Asimov in the top 5 too, though there's like a million books in it. Nonetheless it's classic hard science fiction and legendary in sci-fi literature.

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I hope not. Asa Butterfield will star as Ender. He was the kid from Hugo and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It also will have an all-star cast including Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin and more. It's going to be directed by Gavin Hood who did X-Men Origins" Wolverine.

One thing I wonder how they will deal with it is the fact a large portion of the novel is just Ender sitting in front of computer monitors running simulations. Curious as to how they will not make that monotonous in a movie version.

As of now it's slated to be released November of 2013.
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Old 10-01-2012, 10:51 AM   #4453 (permalink)
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Oh god no! How can you make a movie about Ender's Game? That book is almost an anti-sci fi book. All the space battles are done on simulators and most of the technology of that book goes untalked about. How can you make a "blockbuster" out of that? If they do it right though, it might be amazing. That book is definitely one of my favorite books of all time. One of those books I like to read when I'm feeling misanthropic and alienated from the human race, right along with Fight Club.
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Old 10-01-2012, 01:55 PM   #4454 (permalink)
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Yeah, it's really great. Never tire reading it. I would throw the Foundation series by Asimov in the top 5 too, though there's like a million books in it. Nonetheless it's classic hard science fiction and legendary in sci-fi literature.



I hope not. Asa Butterfield will star as Ender. He was the kid from Hugo and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It also will have an all-star cast including Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin and more. It's going to be directed by Gavin Hood who did X-Men Origins" Wolverine.

One thing I wonder how they will deal with it is the fact a large portion of the novel is just Ender sitting in front of computer monitors running simulations. Curious as to how they will not make that monotonous in a movie version.

As of now it's slated to be released November of 2013.
from what i understand the script is actually based off of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow....i guess even Orson Scott Card felt that that was the only way to make a watchable film...adding that element of Bean's story
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My brother got me my own kindle any book recommendations? I like fantasy right now.
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My brother got me my own kindle any book recommendations? I like fantasy right now.
The Stone and the Flue by Hans Bemmann. One of my favorite fantasy books.
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My brother got me my own kindle any book recommendations? I like fantasy right now.
I'm reading Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist which I'm really enjoying. It doesn't take the whole dark and gritty approach to fantasy and there's a lighthearted sense of wonder that can be appreciated from all ages.
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Has anybody read Jonathan Safran Foer's short story "The Primer For the Punctuation of Heart Disease", and wants to chat with me about it so I can bounce ideas around for an essay piece?
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I'm in the mood for fantasy that reads like the author had a really good game of DnD and wanted to write about it. You know the kind. Has no qualms about using goblins, and elves, and wizards with cheesy magic powers. A Song of Fire and Ice is great and all, but sometimes I just need something a bit more shameless and dorky. So, I'm reading The Icewind Dale trilogy by R.A. Salvatore, and I've got the first three books of the Dragonlance series for after I finish that.
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I'm in the mood for fantasy that reads like the author had a really good game of DnD and wanted to write about it. You know the kind. Has no qualms about using goblins, and elves, and wizards with cheesy magic powers. A Song of Fire and Ice is great and all, but sometimes I just need something a bit more shameless and dorky. So, I'm reading The Icewind Dale trilogy by R.A. Salvatore, and I've got the first three books of the Dragonlance series for after I finish that.
I love "The Icewind Dale Trilogy" read the first book not so long ago again, need to read the others.
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