Earth Awakens by Orson Scott Card

spoilers below Earth Awakens by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston is the conclusion of the First Formic War trilogy, and it went out with a bang. Picking up right where Earth Unaware left off, Earth Awakens opens with our pal Mazer Rackham, along with Wit O'Toole, and the Mobile Operations Police (MOPs) trying to devise … Continue reading Earth Awakens by Orson Scott Card →

Science Fiction Friday: Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card

How could it have taken me this long to read the second book the First Formic War trilogy? I read Earth Unaware over a year ago. That’s embarrassing. At any rate, I finally read it and as with pretty much all Orson Scott Card books, it far surpassed my expectations. Spoilers ahead! One of the … Continue reading Science Fiction Friday: Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card →

Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card

Earth Unaware initially surpassed my expectations so much so that I was not planning to write this review. There was nothing to critique because every page was perfection. I took no issue with this book until page four hundred, which considering how Ender in Exile went, that’s saying a lot. Two words: Imala Bootstamp. … Continue reading Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card →

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

If you read Ender’s Game, this is the book that you desperately wanted to read immediately afterward but couldn’t because it wasn’t written until twenty three years after Ender’s Game was published. Purposeful on the part of Orson Scott Card? No, so he claims. Annoying? Yes. Worth the wait? Though I didn’t read Ender’s Game … Continue reading Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card →