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Title: Orson Scott Card
Post by: Natasha on January 29, 2008, 04:01:00 PM
Post by: Natasha on January 29, 2008, 04:01:00 PM
Orson Scott Card
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01/29/2008
Overall, YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, has a good history of supporting books that can be or special interest to LGBT youth.
http://www.afterelton.com/taxonomy/term/2457
01/29/2008
Overall, YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, has a good history of supporting books that can be or special interest to LGBT youth.
Title: Re: Orson Scott Card
Post by: Sarah on January 30, 2008, 03:41:56 PM
Post by: Sarah on January 30, 2008, 03:41:56 PM
I liked Card's books.
Ender's Game is going to be remembered throughgout history as a landmark in literature.
I read Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide, they are both good although not as good as Ender's Game.
I think it is unfortunate that he was so vocal in his personal beliefs.
His books are good, but they don't have any anti-gay rhetoric that I can remember.
Mostly just pro-youth and acceptance of different cultures.
It seems strange that he would so adamantly belive in accepting different cultures and yet not accept his own.
Oh well.
That is sad.
I had no idea he was this way.
He is a brilliant author though. Ender's Game is worth reading.
and it's short.
It's too bad about his other views.
I didn't know that.
Sara
Ender's Game is going to be remembered throughgout history as a landmark in literature.
I read Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide, they are both good although not as good as Ender's Game.
I think it is unfortunate that he was so vocal in his personal beliefs.
His books are good, but they don't have any anti-gay rhetoric that I can remember.
Mostly just pro-youth and acceptance of different cultures.
It seems strange that he would so adamantly belive in accepting different cultures and yet not accept his own.
Oh well.
That is sad.
I had no idea he was this way.
He is a brilliant author though. Ender's Game is worth reading.
and it's short.
It's too bad about his other views.
I didn't know that.
Sara
Title: Re: Orson Scott Card
Post by: Jordan on January 31, 2008, 04:58:32 AM
Post by: Jordan on January 31, 2008, 04:58:32 AM
Acually that is quite amazing to know considering ENDER is the appittomy of a feminine boy, who is forced to become masculine and grows up against the wishes, until he decides to confront his past and deal with it.
SO WTF is Orson Scott Card been smoking that changed him.
Upon further research I found these writings regarding his anti gay views and my jaw dropped, I am appalled I just threw all those books in the trash.
I guess the saying should be,
"You cant judge a writer by his books"
SO WTF is Orson Scott Card been smoking that changed him.
Upon further research I found these writings regarding his anti gay views and my jaw dropped, I am appalled I just threw all those books in the trash.
I guess the saying should be,
"You cant judge a writer by his books"