As an Orson Scott Card fan from way back, I have enjoyed his other forays into the graphic novel genre (e.g. Red Prophet and Iron Man), but Wyrms disappoints on many levels. Based on an older Card...
I bought Wyrms along with two other novels, and was suprised to recieve a comic book (Graphic Novel). I prefer real novels, but read it anyway, it only took 40 minutes. I do like OSC and own many...
Card is undoubtedly better known for his Ender series, yet I can't help but feel that Wyrms is a stronger example of science fiction, and of what Card can do as a writer. It deftly manages to give...
I liked Maps in a Mirror better than this book, but this one still had quite a few good stories. I am an amateur writer, and some of the tales in this book gave me a springboard for my own...
There are a few really good stories in the book, but most of them are just okay. The stories don't feel as well developed as those in Maps in a Mirror. The characters aren't terribly compelling....
I have read every book that OSC has written, and there is NO way he wrote this boring piece of garbage. It was only unpredictable because the main characters are complete idiots that do irrational...
I read this book immediately following Michael Crichton's last book, Next, which has similar themes. Though I'm a big Orson Scott Card fan, I didn't feel that Invasive Procedures handled the...
Prentice Alvin is a wonderful edition to the tales of Alvin Maker. There is less action than in the first two books, because this book is meant to progress the characters more. Alvin practices and...
Yet more boring mormon wish-fulfillment fantasy. In this arena, David Gemmell he is not. If that is what you are after, then by all means get it, otherwise something like The Jerusalem Man will...
Enjoying the first two Alvin Maker books I was disappointed in the third. It's not a bad book, it just lacks the energy and thoughtfulness that pervaded the first two. In Prentice Alvin, Card...
Starscape Books has been publishing reprints of both classic and little-known fantasy/SF, for kids and teens with brains. In the first of this imprint's boxed sets, four books are included -- two...
I couldn't finish this book. The names required a pronounciation guide in the back and none of the names were pronounced even close to the way they were spelled.
"The Memory of Earth" is a science fiction light novel, focusing more on the changes in a society when some part of power is taken away from man. In this case, power is taken away in the form of...
Excellent futuristic retelling of the Bible tale of Joseph and the Dreamcoat. The succeding books are excellent too for the most part but this is definately the best in the series.
At the tender age of six, Ender Wiggin is taken from his home by the military to train. Ender is a genius and Earth's last hope for survival if a third war with the buggers, aliens that resemble...
I received this book as a gift from a very well-read friend who shares very similar interests as me. I was advised this book was one of the best novels ever written. Unfortunately I received...
"Ender's Game" is the type of book that incites profound passion in the readers; either they absolutely love it and think it is the greatest sci-fi novel ever written (actually Arthur C. Clarke's...
Frankly, Ender's Shadow isn't worth reading. Not only does it fail to provide the excitement and innovation of Ender's Game, but also it actually UNDERMINES the value of Ender as a character. I...
When I heard of the idea of a "parallel novel" I was suspicious. The idea of retelling Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic from another character's point of view struck me as suspicious at...
This is one of the most OK books I've ever read. While it's not bad, I didn't really find it all that good either. Keep in mind that I'm a long way from Jr. High/High school, which is the age range...
This is the most disturbed writer around today. He must be off his medications, because no sane person would believe the tripe he has written. Save you money. This is a pathetic excuse for fiction!
Orson Scott Card at the beginning of his career- I think.....all of his other books are much better.
I have read the whole Ender series, and the Bean series, the Homecoming series and I'm starting on the Alvin Maker series- they are all great...but, this book...I was disappointed in. If I...
I am a major Orson Scott Card fan, having read or listened to about ten of this books. This was by far the worst. While the end was certainly intriquing, the journey to get there was not worth it....
Unusual, but still enjoyable. A very different experience than Card's more popular works.
This is actually a rather weird book from Card. While the plot leaves much to be desired, not giving the reader anything but a very vague sense of what the book is even really about until more...
I couldn't finish this book. The names required a pronounciation guide in the back and none of the names were pronounced even close to the way they were spelled.
"The Memory of Earth" is a science fiction light novel, focusing more on the changes in a society when some part of power is taken away from man. In this case, power is taken away in the form of...
Excellent futuristic retelling of the Bible tale of Joseph and the Dreamcoat. The succeding books are excellent too for the most part but this is definately the best in the series.
"Speaker for the Dead" -- the sequel to Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game," a science fiction novel about children being prepared for a great war with an alien race -- is the better of the two,...
If Orson Scott Card had sex with his sister, he should write a nonfiction book about that. A lot of people could benefit from such a book, as it would help them cope and heal from the psychic...
Don't read this book unless you want to puke for the rest of your life. The interesting plot draws you in; there are hints that this giant-centipede wants to mate with the main character, a human,...
I bought Wyrms along with two other novels, and was suprised to recieve a comic book (Graphic Novel). I prefer real novels, but read it anyway, it only took 40 minutes. I do like OSC and own many...
Card is undoubtedly better known for his Ender series, yet I can't help but feel that Wyrms is a stronger example of science fiction, and of what Card can do as a writer. It deftly manages to give...
Disappointing because it lost its credibility at the end.
I enjoyed the Ender series. Ender's Game is obviously a classic. Once I got over the fact that Speaker for the Dead was not like Ender's Game, I enjoyed that book as well. Xenocide continues the...
Although overly long, if you enjoyed the previous two Ender volumes, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, you will greatly enjoy Xenocide. The wonderful thing about all of this series to this...
Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead are 2 of the best science fiction books ever written. They both won the Hugo and Nebula in back-to-back years, and were great on several levels, which is...
I haven't writen a science fiction fantasy book, but I have read a lot. I liked this book because it aloud me to see into the writing process of the books I read. I can at least pretend that I...
I received this book and was very excited to learn things that my writing has been missing. After reading this book I realized that this is not where I will find the answers. The basics of the...
I couldn't finish this book. The names required a pronounciation guide in the back and none of the names were pronounced even close to the way they were spelled.
"The Memory of Earth" is a science fiction light novel, focusing more on the changes in a society when some part of power is taken away from man. In this case, power is taken away in the form of...
Excellent futuristic retelling of the Bible tale of Joseph and the Dreamcoat. The succeding books are excellent too for the most part but this is definately the best in the series.
This is the first Card novel I've read. I haven't read the others in the series. I also haven't read other reviews of this book, but I'm sure I'm not the first to compare this novel to a game of...
I'm struggling through Shadow of the Giant. Normally when I read a book, I read the entire thing in as close to one sitting as possible. Giant is taking me a while - a chapter at a time, and I'm...
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