i just finished children of the mind, decent enough ending to the quartet, but i thought it focused too much on Novinha's children and got to be boring. I know Ender's Shadow is about Bean, which sounds kinda interesting, but after finishing this quartet I don't know what to expect of the next quarter.
are the last 4 books in the Ender series worth reading?
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the fourth would have you putting your head in the oven, then. halfway through reading Children i stopped and read 3 other books coz I couldn't take it. but i couldn't just quit the series...
edit: wait, are you talking about the first 4 or last 4?
TF_Grungir
Veteran XV
try his Maker series instead. The first couple of those are pretty good
ender's shadow is ender's game from a different perspective.
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the rest of the ender's shadow series are altogether different books from ender's shadow. it's like how speaker for the dead, xenocide, and children of the mind are all different from ender's game. good imho, but very different.
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the rest of the ender's shadow series are altogether different books from ender's shadow. it's like how speaker for the dead, xenocide, and children of the mind are all different from ender's game. good imho, but very different.
MonkeyHero
Veteran X
They're definitely worth reading. I think Ender's Game is still the best written of the entire series, but all of the books are good.
Orson Scott Card's Homecoming series is pretty good too.
Orson Scott Card's Homecoming series is pretty good too.
|Blitzkrieg|
Veteran XX
Fuck the Shadow series, they absolutely ruin the series and show how OSC has gone soft. Personally, I enjoyed the original books a helluva lot more than the Shadow series, but if you didn't like the first series, DEFINITELY don't bother with the second.
Ive only read Enders Game, Enders Shadow, and Shadow of the Hegemon
hegemon takes a pretty drastic different approach as far as content goes I think, its been a while but I think it was way more into politics/military functions and such.
Enders Shadow was pretty cool, I liked it a lot, but not nearly as much as when i first read Enders Game.
hegemon takes a pretty drastic different approach as far as content goes I think, its been a while but I think it was way more into politics/military functions and such.
Enders Shadow was pretty cool, I liked it a lot, but not nearly as much as when i first read Enders Game.
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Yeah, the Shadow series pretty much parallels the Ender series in terms of readability.
The first one was pretty good, though, like most people have already said, undermines Ender's character a bit. The following books kind of meander off into the realm of ludicrousness as with the original series.
The first one was pretty good, though, like most people have already said, undermines Ender's character a bit. The following books kind of meander off into the realm of ludicrousness as with the original series.
SpicyMcHaggis
Veteran X
while i love ender's game, i think orson scott card is always the same. first book (possibly first 2) in a series (ender's, bean's, and the homecoming series) are always incredibly good, but the further into the series you get, the stranger the plotlines and characters become. good rule of thumb is first 2 books are solid and then it starts to get a little weird.
ender's shadow and (i think) shadow of the hegemon (2nd book in bean's series?) were good.
ender's shadow and (i think) shadow of the hegemon (2nd book in bean's series?) were good.
seconding this. i really enjoyed the alvin maker series. good idea, very well realized. gets a little slow and choppy around the 3rd or 4th book though.
Ya, I've always liked bean better then ender.
Also, if you like one side of the series more then the other you are kinda screwed because you will have to know both sides for the forthcoming book that bridges the gap and finishes both sides of the series.