Tag: Ender’s Game
Time Travel in Fiction Rundown – MinutePhysics
How does time travel function in a variety of fictional works? Check it out!
What will happen to SF films when streaming conquers the universe?
The movement away from physical artifacts (DVDs and Blu-Ray discs) to streaming services may leave future science fiction film fans in the dark about classics of the genre if selection does not improve.
Characters: Devi from Fortune’s Pawn
Sometimes when you're looking for the ordinary, a badass girl will have to do.
Film Review: Ender’s Game
A comparison of the book and the film, following a recent read of the novel for the first time.
It’s All My Fault – An Apology
Another summer of cinematic wilderness is drawing to a close and I owe you all a big apology. Why? Because I am responsible for the terrible state of mainstream American cinema today.
Boycotting Ender’s Game
UPFRONT DISCLAIMER: Though I am the editor (pro tem) and publisher of Amazing Stories, my personal views remain separate from the editorial policies of...
Ender’s Game Over
I have a personal rule not to get involved in online discussions which have the potential to turn fractious. Yesterday I made the mistake...
Our Ansible is Missing – Intellectual Property Theft in Science Fiction
In 1985, Orson Scott Card published Ender’s Game, a book that relied heavily on the use of a faster-than-light communication system called the Ansible....
Ten Reasons for Not Boycotting Ender’s Game
There's a movement to boycott the upcoming movie Ender's Game based on a popular and award-winning Orson Scott Card novel of the same name.
The...
What Gets Preserved?
The library of Alexandria was the largest and most comprehensive repository of knowledge in the ancient world. In 46 AD (according to some sources)...
Against the Boycott of Ender’s Game
When I returned to reading science fiction as adult I discovered a whole new generation of authors:Greg Bear, David Brin, William Gibson, Octavia E. Butler, and Orson Scott...
My top 10 SF and fantasy picks for the big-screen treatment
Science fiction and fantasy are taking over the realm of the Hollywood summer blockbuster, no question about it. Marvel Studios is gearing up to...
From the In Box Too/Two
"SHOULD YOU BE BLACKLISTED, MR. CARD?"
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The Artful Collector: Collecting Strategies Part 3 “The Easy Way”
Previously, in parts 1 and 2, I talked about collectors whose ambition, in collecting, was to have every one in set ("completists") and those...