He wrote Ender's Game.... as well as the entire Ender series. The first is certainly worth reading; the rest are debatable, as some would have you believe that they're amazing, while others (such as myself) felt lost amid the murk of the plot. Or lack thereof.
Actually, I kid. There's a plot. But, much like with the later books in the Dune series, the Ender series left me in the dust. I don't like it, past the initial novel, which is very, very good.
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
Chozon1 wrote:Did you know he had a hand in writing the scenario of Advent Rising?
Which is actually why I asked. ^_^
What is Ender's game about?
Yeah, I did. That was one of the lures of the game for me; I never actually did play it, though.
Ender's Game is about a boy, named Ender Wiggin, who's chosen to join a school for soldiers, along with many other boys. They're training to defeat an alien menace called "Buggers," who have attacked Earth again and again and again. Pretty soon, it's obvious that the situation is hopeless. And it's about what happens and how they escape from the horrible war.
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
Strider wrote:Ever heard of Vitamin String Quartet?
Nope.
Wuzzat?
I just found out about them yesterday.
They're a tribute band that converts songs from all sorts of famous bands (anywhere form Enya, to Tool, to Slipknot and Korn) to purely strings (mostly violins, but there are cellos, basses and the like) and some percussion. They're pretty awesome in my opinion.
Strider wrote:I just found out about them yesterday.
They're a tribute band that converts songs from all sorts of famous bands (anywhere form Enya, to Tool, to Slipknot and Korn) to purely strings (mostly violins, but there are cellos, basses and the like) and some percussion. They're pretty awesome in my opinion.
Sound interesting?
Eh. I'm not that into tribute bands.
ohnolookout wrote:I'm alright Jack, keep your hands off of my stack.
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
While John Travolta was busting a move during Saturday Night Fever, a gunman came in and shot down the disco ball, which crashed and sent shards of glass everywhere, killing the DJ (in a very gory and disgusting fashion that is absolutely not kosher) and causing the BeeGees record to skip, resulting in the lines "Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive, feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin', and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive."
This, of course, was absolutely horrifying to everyone in the disco, so they all panicked and fled, trampling Mr. Travolta in the process. Who we now accept as Travolta is actually an android, assembled from the mashed up pieces of Travolta, which were harvested from the disco by the Church of Scientology, which, at the time, was desperate for new members.
The band Panic at the Disco, having heard about this horrible incident, decided to pay homage to it by naming their band after it, and in songs, such as "I Write Sins Not Tragedies." >.>
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
Strider wrote:Ever heard of Vitamin String Quartet?
Nope.
Wuzzat?
I just found out about them yesterday.
They're a tribute band that converts songs from all sorts of famous bands (anywhere form Enya, to Tool, to Slipknot and Korn) to purely strings (mostly violins, but there are cellos, basses and the like) and some percussion. They're pretty awesome in my opinion.
Sound interesting?
Just saying, Strider has found awesomeness here, Drew. I've been listening to them for a while. They really do some amazing and often beautiful cover work. Try them on youtube.
