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Reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card again. Figured since they are making it a movie, may as well get it in one more time.

I've always considered Ender's Game one of the 5 greatest sci-fi novels of all-time. Masterpiece.

Hope they don't screw it up for the silver screen.

i would call Ender'sGame one of the top five greatest novels of all time.

they will man.....but it will be fun to complain about how bad they screw it up

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Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1236298)

i would call Ender'sGame one of the top five greatest novels of all time.

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they will man.....but it will be fun to complain about how bad they screw it up

I hope not. Asa Butterfield will star as Ender. He was the kid from Hugo and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It also will have an all-star cast including Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin and more. It's going to be directed by Gavin Hood who did X-Men Origins" Wolverine.

One thing I wonder how they will deal with it is the fact a large portion of the novel is just Ender sitting in front of computer monitors running simulations. Curious as to how they will not make that monotonous in a movie version.

As of now it's slated to be released November of 2013.

^^^

Oh god no! How can you make a movie about Ender's Game? That book is almost an anti-sci fi book. All the space battles are done on simulators and most of the technology of that book goes untalked about. How can you make a "blockbuster" out of that? If they do it right though, it might be amazing. That book is definitely one of my favorite books of all time. One of those books I like to read when I'm feeling misanthropic and alienated from the human race, right along with Fight Club.

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Originally Posted by Wicked Weasel (Post 1236343)

Yeah, it's really great. Never tire reading it. I would throw the Foundation series by Asimov in the top 5 too, though there's like a million books in it. Nonetheless it's classic hard science fiction and legendary in sci-fi literature.

I hope not. Asa Butterfield will star as Ender. He was the kid from Hugo and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It also will have an all-star cast including Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin and more. It's going to be directed by Gavin Hood who did X-Men Origins" Wolverine.

One thing I wonder how they will deal with it is the fact a large portion of the novel is just Ender sitting in front of computer monitors running simulations. Curious as to how they will not make that monotonous in a movie version.

As of now it's slated to be released November of 2013.

from what i understand the script is actually based off of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow....i guess even Orson Scott Card felt that that was the only way to make a watchable film...adding that element of Bean's story

My brother got me my own kindle :D any book recommendations? I like fantasy right now.

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Originally Posted by FETCHER. (Post 1236686)

My brother got me my own kindle :D any book recommendations? I like fantasy right now.

The Stone and the Flue by Hans Bemmann. One of my favorite fantasy books.

http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328727968l/248603.jpg

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Originally Posted by FETCHER. (Post 1236686)

My brother got me my own kindle :D any book recommendations? I like fantasy right now.

I'm reading Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist which I'm really enjoying. It doesn't take the whole dark and gritty approach to fantasy and there's a lighthearted sense of wonder that can be appreciated from all ages.

Has anybody read Jonathan Safran Foer's short story "The Primer For the Punctuation of Heart Disease", and wants to chat with me about it so I can bounce ideas around for an essay piece?