Despite receiving multiple recommendations from friends and family for years, I delayed reading Ender's Game until just last week. I really wish I'd taken their advice sooner.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of those rare books that leaves a deep impression long after the reader turns the last page. While reading it I kept flashing back to my junior year of high school when I developed a voracious sci-fi habit. Back then I mostly turned to Frank Herbert, Timothy Zahn, and Kevin J. Anderson for a fix. I can't help thinking that Ender's Game would have found an honored place on my book shelf.
People who've read my work say it has noticeable Dune influences. I heartily concur. Herbert had the most enduring impact on my storytelling sensibilities during that formative period. I can only speculate about how Card's magnum opus might have shaped my adolescent view of science fiction.
That's not to say that it won't have an effect now. In the last fifteen years I've learned to consciously mine the works of better writers for new techniques. Card's additions to my literary arsenal remain to be seen, but I doubt they'll be negligible.
Have you read Ender's Game? Are you looking forward to (or dreading) the film version? Let us know.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Novel Film Adaptations: What's Next
Hollywood has always mined popular books for film ideas. The two most recent novel series turned movie franchises to dominate pop culture have been Harry Potter and Twilight. Long before either movie series reached its climax, speculation about their eventual replacements raged, even among those who hadn't seen Potter or Twilight.
Now, with the finales of both media juggernauts fast approaching, the studio acquisitions offices seem poised to answer the perennial question: what comes next?
The Wrap posted an intriguing list of contenders for Rowling and Meyer's thrones. Included are hip upstarts like The Hunger Games and The Mortal Instruments. Meyer herself is returning with The Host.
Most of these titles hail from the recent crop of contemporary trade fiction. We've heard them thrown around before. Personally, one name does stand out from the pack: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Though a bit longer in the tooth than its fellow contestants, one need only recall The Lord of the Rings trilogy to know how potent the film version of a classic novel can be. Rumors of an Ender's Game film adaptation have been making the rounds for years. Now that Harry Potter and Twilight are bowing out, Ender is due for his time in the limelight.
Now, with the finales of both media juggernauts fast approaching, the studio acquisitions offices seem poised to answer the perennial question: what comes next?
The Wrap posted an intriguing list of contenders for Rowling and Meyer's thrones. Included are hip upstarts like The Hunger Games and The Mortal Instruments. Meyer herself is returning with The Host.
Most of these titles hail from the recent crop of contemporary trade fiction. We've heard them thrown around before. Personally, one name does stand out from the pack: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Though a bit longer in the tooth than its fellow contestants, one need only recall The Lord of the Rings trilogy to know how potent the film version of a classic novel can be. Rumors of an Ender's Game film adaptation have been making the rounds for years. Now that Harry Potter and Twilight are bowing out, Ender is due for his time in the limelight.
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