[clue-talk] Nevermind upstart. Stephenson's "Anathem" is out!

[David Rudder]

I'd definitely recommend Card.  As Jed pointed out, Enders Game and the
Alvin Maker series were excellent.  The Worthing Saga was also quite
good, as was Past Watch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus.

Card suffers, IMO, from a malady that afflicts a lot of Sci-Fi writers.
 The 1st 3 or 4 books in a series are great, but it goes downhill from
there.  Alvin Maker definitely stunk at the end, where he started
getting plot tips from online role playing games.  I also dropped the
Enders Game series after the 4th book.

His mormon faith shows in a number of his books, but I never feel him
get too preachy.  I was kind of surprised at the vehemence of the
advocacy stuff he's written, since I never got that from his books.

Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> On 09-10 18:25, Jed S. Baer wrote:
>> Oh, faithful readers of one of the finest Sci-Fi authors since Orson
>> Scott Card, you who didn't merely just "get through" the Baroque Cycle,
>> but relished in it ...
>>
>> It's time for another almost 1000 pages!
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/stephenson-anathem [LGT Amazon]
>>
>> I'm putting my order in.
> 
> Sweet. I think I still have to read the third installment of the Baroque
> Cycle, dang it. There were three, right? 
> 
> {googles}
> 
> Oh yes, there were. I enjoyed them, but I mostly read non-fiction. Have to
> finish that, though.
> 
> I've read complaints that Card sorta went off the rails with the advocacy of
> Mormonism, though....is his stuff reading? I never read anything by him.
> 
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