Continuing on my goal to read/listen to all the Orson Scott Card books on Audible.com, I downloaded and listened to Songmaster. This was the first full book I enjoyed through my brand new iPod Nano. Of course I didn’t pay for it myself. I won it in a Novell giveaway (I almost called it a…
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Once again, Orson Scott Card hits a home run with his latest book, “Empire”. From the publishers summary: Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science-fiction and fantasy works. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling…
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So I just finish “1984” by George Orwell. It’s a pretty amazing and unique book. I think there are many people familiar with this book. If you haven’t read the book, I’m sure you are at least familiar with one of the main concepts in the book: Big Brother.
For years, I have been a huge fan of the Broadway production of Les Miserables. The music is amazing and the story is incredibly moving. So at the urging of my brother, I took the plunge and decided to read (listen to) the full, unabridged book by Victor Hugo. Now, after 76 hours of listening…
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So I’m still on my Orson Scott Card kick and recently finished The Worthing Saga. It’s a collection of stories with a similar theme or at least related from the same concepts. The main story, previously titled Hot Sleep, but renamed to Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle is very much worth reading. But the other…
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According to this CNET news article: An invention from Royal Philips Electronics prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content. Can you believe it? This would make it impossible to change the channel during a commercial. How crazy is that?
So I finished the second series on the Ender’s Game books. Ender’s Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets and Shadow of the Giant were all pretty amazing. It’s interesting to think of the difference between the first series of books vs the last four. The first series was very sci-fi. From Ender’s Game to…
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So my daughter is becoming addicted to Polar Express, so I’ve watched it about 5 times in the last week or so. What an amazing film! Sure, the story is fantastic and has a great message, but what really impresses me is the computer animation. I remember watching Monsters, Inc and being impressed, but it’s…
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Orson Scott Card has got to be one of the more intelligent men alive today. I recently finished listening to the entire Ender’s Game Saga. All 4 books were incredible! It was very interesting to see the evolution of Card’s writing style as the series progressed. Ender’s Game was full of complex and ingenious battle…
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