Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

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So, how’s it going?

  • Ozymati@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    There’s some Mormon dogma built in (like how Ender’s a “third” which relates to mormonism directive to have kids till your uterus falls out but the evil state wouldn’t allow it but then the extra kid saves the world (and we know the state is evil because they are using child soldiers and engaging in eugenics)) but a lot of the undertones are more in what’s not in the books than what is. They’re still quite readable in terms of prose and such. Definitely less preachy than some of his other series.

    • witless@lemmy.nzOP
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      1 year ago

      I’ve never read any of his books; what he does with his income seriously put me off and there are so many other titles to choose from but I know he’s kind of a big deal in his genre. Have you seen the movie? Did it compare well?

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        1 year ago

        Never bothered with the movie, and haven’t read any of his more recent stuff. I also haven’t paid for any of his stuff in decades.

        I think it’s worth reading Ender’s Game just to be able to identify the impacts it’s made on other things. The young man who wrote it hadn’t yet decided to spend his money on abhorrent ideology.

      • flambonkscious
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        1 year ago

        Not nearly as good as the book and like the dune stuff, the rest of the story couldn’t come fast enough (both span millennia). A good fun romp from memory - I don’t remember enders pain and their over-bearing pressure much from the movie, but that was years ago and I’ve just read it, so…