Julian_Caesar t1_iu573tc wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:07 PM

Reply to comment by FredR23 in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon

Oh haha that's what you meant. I never even thought of it that way. I'd believe it though.

I remember when he first started being more public about his views, there was a theory that he'd had a stroke and tried to keep it hidden. That's how surprised everyone was.

FredR23 t1_iu5v857 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:50 PM

The stroke idea is fairly sound - I've seen that happen with other authors. Clive Barker's massive decline seems due to the blood poisoning and health issues he's had (along with a lot of trauma - some of his causing).

My money was on Card having some scheme to take credit from a ghost writer at the beginning of his publishing career.