Orson Scott Card Reviews Everything

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 4, 2005 @05:38AM from the but-mostly-serenity dept.

H_Fisher writes "Orson Scott Card, author of sci-fi classic Ender's Game and many other novels and stories, has posted his review of the much-discussed Joss Whedon film Serenity (which opened at #2 in the US box office this past weekend). Among other things, Card has this to say about Serenity: 'Those of you who know my work at all know about Ender's Game. I jealously protected the movie rights to Ender's Game so that it would not be filmed until it could be done right ... I'll tell you this right now: If Ender's Game can't be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made.'" With praise for Full House, Friends, Being John Malkovich, and Lost to boot.

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Re:well respected author in my book by bani · 2005-10-04 07:24 · Score: 1, Troll

ender's game is a mediocre story, I felt that way about ender's game long before I ever found out he was a fascist asshat.

i've written about this several times before.

There are many great SF stories out there, ender's game is not one of them.

The main reason why ender's game is popular (especially among children) is that it appeals mightily to teen angst. So many kids claim they "identify" with ender, it is truly disturbing.