Book Embargo

I know most people know Orson Scott Card from the Ender’s series. I however, have yet to read the story of Ender, but LOVE the Homecoming series. I met OSC at Boskone a few years back, where he gave some great speeches and was a real pleasure. If you read the Wiki article, you may find that you have very different beliefs than him, but he still pens a great novel. From the little that I have researched he seems to be one of those great people who may dislike something (like homosexuality) but can still accept an individual person’s choices, and defend them.

Over here at OSC’s Hatrack you can read the first chapter of Memory of Earth, the first in the five book series.

An interesting side note. We had a customer who came in wanting to know about the Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman and its connection to God. Well really, who cares? Narnia is a great story, regardless of what it CAN mean, same with Golden Compass. Same with Homecoming. Again according to Wiki, The Homecoming saga is a fictionalization of the first few hundred years recorded in the Book of Mormon. But you can read it and enjoy it as a story, without caring (or knowing) how it relates to the Book of Mormon, or any religion. GreenManReview says just that in his review on the series.

Give it a read, tell me what you think!

Tags: ender, ender's, homecoming, memory of earth, ocs, orson scott card

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