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GLP Book Club: Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
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[quote:CharlieMurphy:MV8yMjgwMTE5XzM4ODExMzk4XzlBOTA2MjM=] You know I love you all here at glp, even the haters (the shills can go suck a dick though) but; I really wish I had access to some of the brilliant military minds of our day. I want to ask general Fred Franks (ret.) what he thinks of this book. For those who don't know , Franks was commander of 7th Corps during gulf war one. The unit that swung around and crushed the Iraqi republican guard. His book he wrote with Clancy is truely a study in command. I would love to hear his thoughts on enders game. [/quote]
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Tomorrow afternoon we discuss once I am done with work. I picked this book off my shelf today after not having read it for at least 15 years. I plowed through it and am almost done, but am a little too drunk to discuss it now. I will wait for tomorrow.
Until then feel free to discuss without me.
The number one thing that strikes me is the day to day technology they use. Card was a fucking visionary, the things that don't even exist today, you can see technology leading to.
The other thing that strikes me is the manipulation his siblings use of "the net" (what we would consider forums today). He wrote the book in 1977, how the fuck did he know about the internet?
Anyways, I will get more into this thread tomorrow, headed to bed now. Going to finish the book and work tomorrow, be back after.
God damn the book was practically falling apart. Old, paperback, turning colors and falling apart.
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