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Title: Songmaster by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0-312-87662-9 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.51 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning
Comment: I had never read any Orson Scott Card before Songmaster, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Fortunatly, I wasn't the least bit disapointed.
The characters in this story are delightful, completely unpredictable, and actually *interesting* (I find that so few Fantasy characters posess that certain trait!) My favorite was, perhaps Kyaren, because her purpose was a mystery until the plot unraveled.
The writing style was fabulous as well. The novel was supposed to be about music, but ended up being just as lyrical by itself.
The only fault I can think of, is that the ending seemed to change pace abruptly. I would have liked to see it expanded further, but perhaps, I would have enjoyed it less then. It's difficult to tell.
Rating: 4
Summary: Somewhat thin but enjoyable read
Comment: In this book, Card keeps his theme of emotionally/physically abused genius kids who change the world. The main story is quite good, but the subplots (love affairs of various sorts, mainly) are not sufficiently interesting or integrated to the rest of the story. Card's exploration of the imits and consequences of free will and emotional and physical manipulation is illuminating, as always. Overall, a very good read, but up to the level of, say, "Xenocide."
Rating: 5
Summary: Sing, Ansset, Sing!
Comment: "I will never hurt you.
I will always help you.
If you are hungry
I'll give you my food.
If you are frightened
I am your friend.
I love you now
And love does not end."
It is very rare for an author to make himself as vulnerable as Card has in his marvelous book, Songmaster. One of his first books, Songmaster reveals the author's intense preoccupation with beauty and pleasure -- and how a person might go about satisfying his desire for such things.
Ansset is described as the type of boy that men (and, to a lesser degree, women) love to look at. Can you be any more blunt than that, Orson? At one level, this book is a sensitive portrayal of so-called "pedophilic" love -- in an emotional, physical and spiritual, but not a sexual, sense.
Card's greatest virtue is his greatest vice. He is always and everywhere trying to UNDERSTAND the experience of the individual. This makes the reader have to guess at Card's moral and political opinions.
Card paints a picture of reality brilliantly, just like his protagonist, Ansset. But we never get to see the real and authentic song of Orson Scott Card, behind all the masks he wears.
Card is a brutally honest man. He is a storyteller. He is a poet. He is Ender. He is Ansset. He is a singer of songs.
But when will we hear his own song, I wonder?
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Title: Wyrms by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0765305607 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 05 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: First Meetings : In the Enderverse by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0765308738 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Crystal City (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 6) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0312864833 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Hart's Hope by Orson Scott Card, Orson Card ISBN: 0765306786 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 02 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0812533313 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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