The thing about Snow Crash is that it was like the shittiest fucking book I ever read, but all the while reading it I was like "why am I reading this dull-ass crap instead of playing it?"
It's full of stuff that would be awesome in a video game, but it's the worst fucking book I ever had the misfortune to read.
Card is my favorite author. People only talk about the Ender books, but his fantasy novels and a few other sf books are pretty awesome too. I defy anyone here to read to the end of Hart's Hope and not love it.
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he doesn't think they should get married, but he has books with positive, sympathetic homosexual characters, and one book called Songbird where the main character is homosexual
Me I'm one of those people that can separate a person's beliefs from their writing, as long as they don't spew it in their writing
I got no problem reading Ender's Game a couple more times
Yeah Card has at least one (I think more, I'm forgetting) novel prominently featuring homosexual characters in a sympathetic light
I use somewhat large words.
In other words what Centipede said
Also, he is one of those people who separates his beliefs from his writing, at least on a conscious level. He would call it dishonest to impose his own beliefs on the characters he creates.
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card does nothing but spew his beliefs in his books
fuck, half his red son series is "oh look how bad racism is against these poor poor indians" all ultra hacked together
fuck card, man, I read way too much of his shit and one day realized god damn this is lousy stuff
and snow crash, man, there's some good ideas in there, but fuck, it has great pace at the start and then it gets fucking slow and retarded and holy shit inconsistent and stupid
Also, he is one of those people who separates his beliefs from his writing, at least on a conscious level. He would call it dishonest to impose his own beliefs on the characters he creates.
One of his series is about the thirteenth tribe returning to Earth.
Also, he is one of those people who separates his beliefs from his writing, at least on a conscious level. He would call it dishonest to impose his own beliefs on the characters he creates.
One of his series is about the thirteenth tribe returning to Earth.
That was an allegory of the Mormons travelling to Utah, dude.
the only Bean book I haven't read yet which I mistakenly skipped. I tried reading Speaker for the Dead and tried to get farther but seriously those fucking names oh god so hard to stay focused.
the only Bean book I haven't read yet which I mistakenly skipped. I tried reading Speaker for the Dead and tried to get farther but seriously those fucking names oh god so hard to stay focused.
I am listening to The Last Shadow Puppets
also this comic should've been drawn in first person
OK so just out of high school, not stoned at all
A seven, maybe? I could live with that
I just don't want to sit here and be like "fuck this movie it's like watching one of those fucking Genre Movies"
Also, he is one of those people who separates his beliefs from his writing, at least on a conscious level. He would call it dishonest to impose his own beliefs on the characters he creates.
One of his series is about the thirteenth tribe returning to Earth.
Creating an allegory is different from making a character and then saying "oh, this character would do X, but that's against my Mormon beliefs so I'm going to change it"
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Also, he is one of those people who separates his beliefs from his writing, at least on a conscious level. He would call it dishonest to impose his own beliefs on the characters he creates.
One of his series is about the thirteenth tribe returning to Earth.
Creating an allegory is different from making a character and then saying "oh, this character would do X, but that's against my Mormon beliefs so I'm going to change it"
I really loved some of the stories in Maps in a Mirror, partially because my dad read them to me as I was growing up. However, I'd like all of Card's work a lot more if he wasn't so opinionated.
I just read the first Discworld novel after hearing so many people rave about it. I enjoyed it, but I don't feel the need to read on.
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It's full of stuff that would be awesome in a video game, but it's the worst fucking book I ever had the misfortune to read.
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Everything he's written is a piece of shit
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It was pretty good.
Card
This was the joke, you see
I liked that quite a bit
so I don't think I will read one any time soon
he doesn't think they should get married, but he has books with positive, sympathetic homosexual characters, and one book called Songbird where the main character is homosexual
I got no problem reading Ender's Game a couple more times
I use somewhat large words.
In other words what Centipede said
Also, he is one of those people who separates his beliefs from his writing, at least on a conscious level. He would call it dishonest to impose his own beliefs on the characters he creates.
But they don't
They stand for buggers
fuck, half his red son series is "oh look how bad racism is against these poor poor indians" all ultra hacked together
fuck card, man, I read way too much of his shit and one day realized god damn this is lousy stuff
and snow crash, man, there's some good ideas in there, but fuck, it has great pace at the start and then it gets fucking slow and retarded and holy shit inconsistent and stupid
One of his series is about the thirteenth tribe returning to Earth.
Because I need to know what I'm in for
That was an allegory of the Mormons travelling to Utah, dude.
Also is 1 = best or 10 = best.
the only Bean book I haven't read yet which I mistakenly skipped. I tried reading Speaker for the Dead and tried to get farther but seriously those fucking names oh god so hard to stay focused.
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General quality
We're also going with 10=best
I am listening to The Last Shadow Puppets
also this comic should've been drawn in first person
I'm talking about a Card book
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I'd start with a ten and start deducting numbers the further away your audience gets from "in high school" and "completely fucking stoned."
Stop at about three for an extremely decent soundtrack.
Edit: Ah, hell. Make it a four for "Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!"
A seven, maybe? I could live with that
I just don't want to sit here and be like "fuck this movie it's like watching one of those fucking Genre Movies"
Creating an allegory is different from making a character and then saying "oh, this character would do X, but that's against my Mormon beliefs so I'm going to change it"
But it's alright
Patrick Swayze is in it
Okay, fair enough.
I just read the first Discworld novel after hearing so many people rave about it. I enjoyed it, but I don't feel the need to read on.
As long as you ain't a faggot.