[ SECRET POST #2066 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2066 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Dune.

God I hated that book.

My fandom friends tried reccing me sci-fi classics, and every single one, I loathed. Stranger in a Strange Land, Ender's Game (well, it was tolerable, but not worth re-reading), etc. But Dune left a special bitter taste in my mouth.

[brightblueink]

ICK Enders Game. A friend of mine recommended that to me because he loved it when he was younger, but...ugh, I hated almost every minute of it. I just can't stand stories where the main character is so perfect but ~*~misunderstood~*~ and it's got this detached sci-fi feeling and...bluh. I respect Card's writing skill, but I just really hated the plot and most of the characters in that book.

[morieris]

Yes - I really disliked Ender and everyone's special treatment of him.

The only thing I remember and like about the first book was him talking to Valentine on the raft and him and that other kid fighting in the showers. (Didn't Ender end up killing that kid? Let me look that up.)

Ender in Exile was a lot more enjoyable.

[brightblueink]

Yeah, he ended up killing him, although I think they hid it from Ender so he wouldn't have a breakdown or something. That was a well-written and visceral scene but...it didn't make me like the kid more.

I vaguely recall liking Bean (come to think of it, he's the only character whose name I can remember besides Ender, although I suck at names so that's not unusual to me), but not enough to read any of the books where Bean's the MC or something. I was just that put off of the series by the first book.

[(Anonymous)]

Oddly enough, the only one of the Ender-related books I've actually read was 'Ender's Shadow', not realizing at the time that it was basically 'Ender's Game' told through Bean's point of view. Afterwards, I never really had any interest in reading the original versions starring Ender, because frankly I thought that Bean was a pretty fascinating character and didn't give a damn about Ender. I also never read any of the following books starring Bean, because for some reason I was put off by the idea of reading about him as an adult...

However, I did think Ender's Shadow was a pretty good book, and I've re-read it several times.

But, well, Orson Scott Card being Orson Scott Card, I'm not really inclined to recommend him, even if I did enjoy that bit of his writing?

[brightblueink]

Yeeeeaaaah I have to admit that recently I haven't been feeling too guilty about not liking Card's work because he's Card. My friend actually tried to recommend I read that book after Ender's Game since I admitted I liked Bean much better, but I think at that point I was...well, being an immature teenager and refusing to read another rec from him until he read one of mine, hahaha.

I might try that book, though. If I check it out from the library it's not like I'll be giving money directly to him....

[(Anonymous)]

Thiiiiis.

Fuck that book.

My friend recced it to me, lauding its praises, saying it was the greatest book in the history of ever, blah blah blah.

I wanted to punch the main character in the face.

[(Anonymous)]

Dune is boring as hell. It has some interesting concepts in it but getting through that book is painful.

[(Anonymous)]

lol I've been trying to read Dune for the last 5 years now.

I kinda like Ender's Game but I think it works better as a YA novel. I don't really see much of a difference between Ender and Katniss, for example. I'm still anticipating the movie.

Have you tried any Asimov? He's my favorite classic sci-fi author. Though there's not so much a story as a thin thread that creates his large universe.

[(Anonymous)]

I've found that a lot of people who dislike Dune rather like Children of Dune.