Elana Johnson who writes YA sci-fi and fantasy has begun to spread awe - awe and wonder is - awesome and wonderful? - no, it's a great idea.The book and author I'd like to nominate is Ender's Shadow and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
I read the books in this order; this is not the correct one - however, the mature writing in Shadow meant I had Bean adopted and made mine long before I got passed the end of page 5. The saga, too me, was whole and complete and I had no idea Game existed until I read the (lets face it who reads them) author's post. Have to admit I never read anything that comes before the title of "Chapter 1" :)
The books merge when Bean and Ender are both at the Academy together - they become two views of the same story as it unfolds. I enjoyed one book and I adored the other. I'm glad I read both - I learned a lot about how the writer's skills develop over time.
Oh! I loved Ender's Game (read all four books several times before I learned about the Shadow series.) So when I did find the Shadow series I ate it up! I always liked Bean, but this series made me fall in love with him.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this author before, but I'll look out for these books. Thank you for highlighting them!
ReplyDeleteI read Ender's Game about a month ago and LOVED it. I debated whether I wanted to read Ender's Shadow, because while I liked Bean, I wasn't sure I wanted to read the story from his pov. Now that you've endorsed it, I will probably read it. The writing is so amazing in Ender's Game. I never read sci-fi until about a year ago, but since then, I've found some great reads. Check out The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. It's excellent too.
ReplyDeleteOrson Scott Card has a bunch of other books, and I just got one in the mail Saturday, "Empire", and began reading last night. I'm not too far into it yet, but it's good so far.
Know the author, never read any of the books. Looks like I'll have to put them on my list!
ReplyDeleteHi Charity and Mary we have a mini-fan club growing here ;) Xenocide is parked on my reading pile. It's next.
ReplyDeleteHi Jayne and Lydia - he is quite the writer. I think reading Game before Shadow would have been better but Shadow seemed a much more full story.
Oooh, nice. I love reading different POVs.
ReplyDeleteA new one for me to pop onto my, I want to read list.
ReplyDeleteI loved Ender's Game, but I haven't read Ender's Shadow. Sounds fun.
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