This, absolutely. If an author is talented, no additional considerations matter. On the other hand, with those who are
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Highly Romantic, but I cannot buy it, I'm afraid. Even if a writer has some talents, that never means that other specific writers could not be more talented, or that the writer is necessarily exempted from other forms of rational criticism.
Ender's books:
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wtf, there's going to be a prequel trilogy?
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I probably won't read the prequels. I enjoyed the Ender series and Bean series, but the other books he's come out with since that fill in backstory could have been left unwritten. I think he's just greedy for some royalty checks.
Did anyone go see the movie? I loved it. It wasn't perfect, but visually it was incredible. I hope the new Star Wars movies look more like this and less like episodes I-III. I didn't see one single scene that looked cartoonish or badly layered. I wish they had been able to go intoSpoiler:but that would have added another hour to the movie probably. 11-10-2013 02:40 PMLookwhoitisenjoyed the film immensely.
Never read the books (even with my voracious diet of SF consumption at an early age)
I will be seeking them out 11-10-2013 02:57 PMur2ndbiggestfanI saw and enjoyed the movie. I hope they do SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD next.
Spoiler: 11-10-2013 03:39 PMKa-maiIt was, but they spent a lot of time conversing between themselves on how to accomplish what they wanted, and that was an interesting dynamic. But it would have added a lot of time to the movie, and the audience members who hadn't read the books probably would have found it boring because it's not about Ender. 11-11-2013 06:09 AMmattgreenbeanSaw the movie and was pretty happy with it. I read the book 12-13 years ago; watching the movie I felt like they got the core of the book on to the screen from what I remembered.