Oh, OSC, never change
Finally got around to reading Ender in Exile.
It's about what I expected.
And by that, I mean OSC's inability to stop campaigning for everyone in the universe to believe in a Mormon way of life continues to crowd the actual plot out of the books.
(Yes, Card still can't deal with premarital sex. But getting married at 16 to have sex and babies is still perfectly all right. It's an interesting universe you live in, OSC, I just hope I never have to spend time in it.)
(Oh, and only monogamy is a stable method of family. And getting married and raising kids is the most important thing ever. And... yeah, if you've read one of the Ender books that isn't Ender's Game or Ender's Shadow, you already know the contents of this rant)
I don't know why I do this to myself. I admit, I pick up an OSC book and I expect this, just like I pick up a David Weber and brace for regurgitated history and superdreadnaughts. It's just that finding the reasonable pages in between everything else keeps getting harder and harder.
I was glad to see Virlomi again. I like her. And tying off the missing child link makes sense, though I think the book has tied off TOO many knots, TOO neatly to make me happy. Not everything has to tie back to Battle School, people!
It's still a better book than Shadow of the Giant. Mostly because not every second page was Petra losing her personality as fast as possible to turn into a wife obsessed only with having babies.
Now, if OSC wanted to make me really happy, he'd write a book about Dink Meeker. Dink's always been more interesting than his page time allows. Alai, Han Tsu, Virlomi, Suriyawong, Petra, Bean, Nicolai - they've all had their stories.
Give me Dink's. His always looked fascinating, and then he'd be passed right over.
My chances are low, however, as Ender's started his travel.
It's about what I expected.
And by that, I mean OSC's inability to stop campaigning for everyone in the universe to believe in a Mormon way of life continues to crowd the actual plot out of the books.
(Yes, Card still can't deal with premarital sex. But getting married at 16 to have sex and babies is still perfectly all right. It's an interesting universe you live in, OSC, I just hope I never have to spend time in it.)
(Oh, and only monogamy is a stable method of family. And getting married and raising kids is the most important thing ever. And... yeah, if you've read one of the Ender books that isn't Ender's Game or Ender's Shadow, you already know the contents of this rant)
I don't know why I do this to myself. I admit, I pick up an OSC book and I expect this, just like I pick up a David Weber and brace for regurgitated history and superdreadnaughts. It's just that finding the reasonable pages in between everything else keeps getting harder and harder.
I was glad to see Virlomi again. I like her. And tying off the missing child link makes sense, though I think the book has tied off TOO many knots, TOO neatly to make me happy. Not everything has to tie back to Battle School, people!
It's still a better book than Shadow of the Giant. Mostly because not every second page was Petra losing her personality as fast as possible to turn into a wife obsessed only with having babies.
Now, if OSC wanted to make me really happy, he'd write a book about Dink Meeker. Dink's always been more interesting than his page time allows. Alai, Han Tsu, Virlomi, Suriyawong, Petra, Bean, Nicolai - they've all had their stories.
Give me Dink's. His always looked fascinating, and then he'd be passed right over.
My chances are low, however, as Ender's started his travel.