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[John Carl]

Well we may disagree metaphysically Krimel, but I concord with your literary
analysis.

[Krimel]
> I have found some of his work disappointing. I didn't care much for Spook
> Country and some of the Bridge stories but you are dead on when it comes to
> his writing. He really pisses me off though because he only put out a book
> every few years. I have ended up with most of his works in hardback because
> I can't wait for the paperback.
>

Yes and I agree he is one that evidently put a lot of thought and work in
his early stuff and trusts reputation for subsequent sales.  A common
phenomena.

Or maybe, everybody only has so much finite idea to communicate.  Novel
means new.



> As far as Card is concerned I have not really cared for his non-Ender
> stories.


Many years ago I was enthralled with his Alvin Maker books, and then later I
went back and they seemed really stupid.  Interesting.

Hey Krimel, I bet the most fascinating of his work is at the end of Abyss
where he talked about being allowed on the set of the movie and interacting
with the characters.  That is, the novelization of the movie was taking
place while the movie was being shot, and Ed Harris would read the deeper
character background to help him flesh out who he was, and Card would
observe the actors playing out his words and come up with more ideas for
adding and adapting to the novel in a back and forth creative synthesis that
really worked.

Maybe had an impact on James Cameron's style of overthinking the details of
his movies, that depth, even unaknowledged by the audience, is felt in some
overall quality way.

Way cool.