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tuxmatt

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Jan 20, 2006 15:42

An amazing article about Ender's Game. It may have just convinced me I don't like the book anymore.

Also: Birthday gathering on my birthday. Wine tasting. Please come.

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theroom101 January 20 2006, 22:28:47 UTC

"The purpose of this paper is to examine the methods Card uses to construct this story of a guiltless genocide, to point out some contradictions inherent in this scenario, and to raise questions about the intention-based morality advocated by Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead."

I didn't read the whole thing because I'm lazy, but the whole point of the end of Ender's Game and beginning of Speaker for the Dead is that it is not "guiltless" xenocide. By writing The Hive Queen and the Hegemon, Ender anonymously conveys his guilt and condemns himself throughout the Hundred Worlds. This person's assumptions in their introduction seem flawed to me, but maybe reading the whole thing would change that impression.

Usually, I wouldn't be this loquacious but I just re-read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and am in the middle of Speaker for the Dead.

tuxmatt January 20 2006, 22:56:22 UTC

Yeah, I'd suggest not being lazy and reading the whole article. You might find these points actually addressed.

theroom101 January 20 2006, 23:53:32 UTC

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'll stick with enjoying the books for what they are.

happy birthday, man scott3437 January 20 2006, 23:29:43 UTC

i regret to inform that there is no way i can make a wine tasting
but if givin a raincheck for the next time im in town i would gladly attend such an event

justbek January 21 2006, 00:15:52 UTC

Time and date so I can arrange the sitting of the baby. Please!

tuxmatt January 21 2006, 00:28:52 UTC

It's at my mom's house. Bring the baby. Feb 11, in evening (TBD. Prolly 7-8).

jorend January 21 2006, 03:00:53 UTC

I couldn't finish it. Too many cheap shots.

jorend January 21 2006, 04:43:53 UTC

Okay, I read a little more and had to quit again. The logic throughout is crummy. If he wanted to argue that the plot of Ender's Game is contrived, well, duh.

poormattie January 21 2006, 16:27:03 UTC

I read most of it, but pretty much lost interest when he tried to skirt Godwin.

That being said, I like to read dissections of moral quandries. Philosophically, I'm not sure I ever made-up my mind regarding "intent" vs "act".

(Thanks for the link tuxmatt.)