Feb. 18th, 2013
Ender and Superman
Feb. 18th, 2013 11:18 amThere's been a bit of a ruckus lately because Orson Scott Card has been hired to write a couple of Superman comics. The best essay I've read about it is here
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172229592/man-of-tomorrow-superman-orson-scott-card-and-me
I understand the boycott idea, but I'm grateful to have read "Ender's Game" years ago when a friend of Flo's recommended it. It's hard to reconcile Card's virulent anti-gay stuff with the book - Ender and his friends were underdogs, individuals, etc, and Ender was definitely a guy who (I'd like to think) would not discriminate or denigrate someone for the way s/he was.
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172229592/man-of-tomorrow-superman-orson-scott-card-and-me
I understand the boycott idea, but I'm grateful to have read "Ender's Game" years ago when a friend of Flo's recommended it. It's hard to reconcile Card's virulent anti-gay stuff with the book - Ender and his friends were underdogs, individuals, etc, and Ender was definitely a guy who (I'd like to think) would not discriminate or denigrate someone for the way s/he was.