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[uncannyfantastic]

Cover art by Doug Chiang for “Robota,” a book of Chiang illustrations with a story by Orson Scott Card. Doug Chiang served as a concept artist and designer for Star Wars Episodes I,II, and VII, as well as Rogue One. . @doug_chiang #robota #dougchiang #orsonscottcard #sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #robot https://www.instagram.com/p/B6l3BU8Fg4t/?igshid=j437bx4ikhs8

[sowingseedsandshootinghoops]

Where Love and Hate Collide

Note on the text: I used Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead as published in 1987 by Tom Dogherty Associates

We may not be angels, but that doesn’t mean that we’re demons. Humans, all humans, have good and bad in them which means that no human is inherently better, or more moral, than another. Even the most evil person in the world has some redeeming qualities. I’m reminded of a story I heard once about Stalin’s granddaughter who said that she had a hard time recognizing her grandfather as the monster that others saw him as because to her he was just the sweet, doting grandfather who always made her feel loved and supported. The truth is not that he was either a monster or a loving grandfather- the truth is that he was both. That is exactly what Ender means when he tells Novinha that

no human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one’s life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts [have] have some generous act[s] that [redeem], at least a little, from their sins (142).

What is true on the macro level about all human beings is also true on the micro level about you and me as individuals. We are more than our worst traits. Often times people struggle with a feeling of shame and embarrassment that causes them to overly highlight their bad qualities while obscuring their good qualities. We have to remember though in those moments that admitting that we aren’t angels does not mean we’re demons. Our good qualities are just as real, just as significant, as our bad ones.

Ela is a character who really struggles with low self esteem. She really struggles to see her own value as a person to the point where at one point in the story she refers to herself and the most ungrateful and cruel child who has ever lived, to which Ender responds:

Yes, you’re ungrateful and a terrible daughter’; he said laughing softly. ‘Through all these years of chaos and neglect you held your mother’s family together with little help from her, and when you followed her in her career, she wouldn’t share the most vital information with you; you’ve earned nothing but love and trust from her and she’s replied by shutting you out of her life at home and at work; and then you finally tell someone that you’re sick of it. You’re just about the worst person I’ve ever known’

She found herself laughing at her own self condemnation (226).

The truth is that when we are open to learning the full story about ourselves or others, it makes it easier for us to empathize and to see things as they really are. One of the things that this open us up to is the possibility of change. Change is possible. One thing that Ela realizes about herself is just how much she has changed as a direct result of the mistakes that she has made. That she “made a mistake, and the mistake has changed her, and now she would not make the mistake again because she had become someone else, someone less afraid, someone more compassionate” (231).

We all have good and evil inside of us. No one is inherently better or worse than anyone, and the more that we are able to embrace the human nature that unites us all the better off we will be.

[scholarlysoldier]

Off to the field for two weeks tomorrow so I figured I’d do a hasty book post before shutting my eyes. Zero books were finished in February due to the big tempo at work, in the field, at home, and being on course myself. During the duration of March I was able to get the 3 books pictured down range. They included: 1. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card; 2. Drunk - How we Sipped, Danced, and stumbled our way into Civilization by Edward Slingerland; and 3. The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene. With all my field time in the next month I don’t foresee any real reading taking place in April. Better luck come spring hopefully! #bookstagram #readingchallange2023 #orsonscottcard #endersgame #drunkhowwesipped #edwardslingerland #the33strategiesofwar #robertgreene (at Village of Port Williams) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqUQRedtHJ2-63V2UKumJuX_AXh7VWqJYvNB900/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[achildrens-crusade-on-acid]

I was warned not to pick this up, but I think it’s a treasure. You can hear the authors Blatant racism and his weird ideas of religion slowly seep through in the story in little tiny ways that I never noticed in Enders Game when I read as a child. . Although, if you read through and put aside the knowledge of the authors views, it stands as a fantastic lesson on accepting differences in other people. Being passionate and respectful for all living creatures and trying to find a future where creatures can coexist peacefully, which is an important lesson while we slowly kill our earth. It really questions our beliefs. Are we truly doing the best that we can do for the creatures around us, or only what we THINK is best? I loved this read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #endersgame #speakerforthedead #orsonscottcard #bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookreview #bookrecommendations https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiqvnsHkHs/?igshid=9ifkh4uavtz

[dodapper]

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[paperbacksciencefiction]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card $4 Tor Books (1994) This is the first book of the Ender’s Saga and is a classic Hugo and Nebula Award winner. Cover art by John Harris. . Overall Good Condition, Good Spine With No Crease, Binding Tight, Pages Look Fair And Some Are Folded . . . #endersgame #orsonscottcard #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHTXY4ACSd/?igshid=v86zjef5bm98

[paperbacksciencefiction]

Songmaster by Orson Scott Card $5 Dell Books (1981) I really enjoy this publication series by Dell SF. Orson Scott Card is famous for his Ender books in particular, and this book is just as cherished by readers of science fiction. Beautiful cover art by Lucinda Cowell. . Overall Good Condition, Good Spine With Slight Creases, Binding Tight, Pages Look Great . . . #songmaster #orsonscottcard #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyvkIogu92/?igshid=3xdej9otas9e