AmberJFrost
AmberJFrost t1_iu43ga0 wrote
Reply to comment by donjohndijon in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
I don't remember - I trashed all of them a few years ago. It wasn't Ender's Shadow - it might've been Shadow of the Hegemon or Shadow Puppets. I'm pretty sure it was before Shadow of the Giant. The geneticist who made Bean what he was, and then worked with Bean and Petra (by lying about a lot of things).
AmberJFrost t1_iu3hwze wrote
Reply to comment by Bleu_Superficiel in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
Women always wind up realizing they just need to submit to a man and make his babies. It's why I got rid of all my Card books. I'm tired of that crap.
AmberJFrost t1_iu3hui2 wrote
Reply to comment by Slave35 in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
Creators often wind up putting those odious beliefs into their worldbuilding, or showing opposite beliefs only as wrong/evil. So yeah, I can enjoy some things with Cruise because he's simply acting the part created by someone else. But a creator? Nope. It's why I can't do Bill Cosby sketches any longer.
For writers, I can't read Card, Eddings, MZB, Anthony, or JKR. ALL of them put their gross (and sometimes criminal) worldviews into their worldbuilding.
AmberJFrost t1_iu3hmar wrote
Reply to comment by donjohndijon in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
In the series that follows Bean, Card does have a gay man Realize He Was Wrong And Deviant, and suddenly Become Straight because That's What People Do.
AmberJFrost t1_iu3hjw8 wrote
Reply to If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
Tbh, I quit reading Card's work because every female character has the same arc. She's strong and powerful and then realizes what she really needs is to find a man to submit to and make babies. It's the same arc the (very few) gay characters in his book have - they realize they Are Wrong and Make Babies.
If you want to read other great sci fi, check out Sheryl Tepper (Grass or Raising the Stones), Le Guin (Left Hand of Darkness), Asimov's short stories, Weber's Honor Harrington (stop at around 8, he loses the thread), Campbell, and Scalzi.
AmberJFrost t1_iu3hb5e wrote
Reply to comment by AnApexBread in The Lightbringer Saga by Brent Weeks is an amazing world and good story with a disappointing ending. by AnApexBread
Weeks is better when he doesn't write women. They're invariably sexualized, both in others' gazes and in their own. Or they're somehow Perfect Virginal Pure Angels.
AmberJFrost t1_irvbcqq wrote
I think that Butcher recommends starting with like book 6 or 7 - Dead Space. The first bunch were... rough. I quit the series because of the amount of misogyny, though the plotting is definitely... mixed as well.
AmberJFrost t1_iues914 wrote
Reply to comment by erikthepink in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
I'm actually not a huge fan of Grass, but it seemed like a good fit here. I much prefer Raising the Stones and Left Hand of Darkness - they're probably my two faves.