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[mrben]

I decided - while I was waiting for some new books to be delivered - that I'd re-read Orson Scott Card's Seventh Son trilogy. I hadn't read it since I was a teenager, so I guess that can only mean that I'm in for disappointment, particularly as I'm such a whiny bastard at times. Let's find out

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[ebelie]

His first books are amazing. Ender's game, the Call of Earth, whatever the first book in the Seventh Son trilogy is called. All really great books. Why, oh why, did I not bother reading the rest of any of those series? I'm blaming it on second sight.

[mrben]

I totally agree with you. Now if only I'd had your foresight!

[myniamh]

Maybe his first book in each series feel complete, so you don't feel the need to go out and get the next one but he wants to write a fantastic trilogy and drags it out for two more books?

[mrben]

Actually, the Ender's Game series has eleven books and counting.

[mrben]

The lesson here is that we should never revisit our childhood. A friend of mine introduced his kids to the original Transformers series. While they love it, he only winces.

[ebelie]

Yes, I saw one of the original episodes a couple of years ago and oh dear. I'm trying to keep my memories pure and staying far away from it.