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Re: And there's the books I just finished reading...
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:27:03 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:

> Besides Enders Game (which was brilliant, btw),
> Xenocide was my personal fav. of the series.

Never read the others. "Enders Game" was my favorite, even if it had had nothing
but Battle School and the zero-G "capture the flag" scenes. Not only is it an
example of true 3-D thinking on a book (rare enough... ever wonder why the
Kligons and the Federation always agreed on which way was "up"? Ugh), but the
final solutions were outstanding. Always, always, *always* understand the goals
and rules of any game.

Huh. That even pulls this back to clearly on-topic for rtlToronto. I wonder if
Steve H. has read "Enders Game"...

PS- Currently, "40 Signs of Rain" by Kim Stanley Robinson. Loved the Mars
trilogy, and enjoyed "Antarctica", but I've yet to get into this series. Maybe
if I can get it away from my wife...

--
Brian Davis



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(URL) Enders Game (which was brilliant, btw), Xenocide was my personal fav. of the series. I found that the Peter Wiggin/Bean books were more to do with politics and war (much like Bourne movies) and the Ender series to be more sci-fi--especially (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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