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Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie)

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On 20/05/2016 9:59 PM, Don Kuenz wrote:
> Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> wrote:
>> On 20/05/2016 2:59 AM, Don Kuenz wrote:
>>> wds wrote:
>>>> In article <MPG.2cea1c6854014fae989ebe@news.aioe.org>,
>>>> Larry <larryc@peaksky.com> said:
>>>>
>>>>> I haven't seen the movie, but didn't think the book was as good as
>>>>> many people seemed to think. It was a juvie written to appeal to
>>>>> the video game kids, and and excellent financial success.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't think the book was that good because I'd earlier read the
>>>> original novelette (in _Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories_, I
>>>> think), and the novel felt rather bloated in comparison.
>>>
>>> The original "lean and mean" short story, novelette, or novella always
>>> works best for me. For the present case that means the "Ender's Game"
>>> short story that appears in the August 1977 issue of Analog.
>>>
>>> A copy of an "Ender's Game" DVD recently sat near the top of a pile
>>> at the local Walmart's bargain bin. And the price was right. The movie
>>> pleasantly surprised me. :0)
>>
>>
>> I hate short stories with a passion.
>> I do like really long stories, but I think anything over about seven
>> volumes is too much of a good thing and three would have been enough.
>
>  From a literary perspective your approach arguably resembles that of a
> specialist. Whereas my own literary approach is arguably generalist in
> nature.
>
>      Donsen's Law:
>
>      The specialist learns more and more about less and less until,
>      finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the
>      generalist learns less and less about more and more until,
>      finally, he knows nothing about everything.
>
> Our reading styles differ but lead to the same destination. A place
> where nobody knows nothing. :0)

<rueful smile>
-- 
Robert B. born England a long time ago;
Western Australia since 1972

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Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie) Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-05-19 18:59 +0000
  Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie) Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 12:16 -0700
    Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie) Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-05-20 13:58 +0000
  Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie) Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-05-20 11:50 +0800
    Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie) Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-05-20 13:59 +0000
      Re: OT: Ender's Game (movie) Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-05-21 10:21 +0800

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