Thursday, October 24, 2013

Pastwatch by Orson Scott Card

In one of the most Powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future Scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.
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8 comments:

  1. TJOctober 24, 2013 at 2:07 PM

    This is the second time I have read this book, although the first time was a while ago. I really enjoyed this book the first time, and this time through i'm really noticing a lot of the little details that make his writing so wonderful. To anyone who has read Orson Scott Card books, this is not in the same series as Ender's game, but is still a really good book.

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  2. UnknownOctober 24, 2013 at 2:11 PM

    what do you like about it why is it exciting

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  3. AnonymousOctober 24, 2013 at 2:14 PM

    You said when you went through and started reading ti a second time you noticed a bunch of detail you did not before, however, by noticing these details do you think it made the book experience any better? Or perhaps did it just make it more confusing?

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  4. TJOctober 24, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    I remember finding this particular book less confusing compared to many of his others, and the little details that I seem to be finding just help to fill in the gaps from last time. It's like when you watch a movie the first time, you just try to remember everything, but you end up missing a lot of the small details. Then you watch it again, and you catch a little more, then a little more. That's one of the main reasons that I re-read books.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    That makes more sense now. I find that when I read books I really like, I read really slowly so I don't miss any details. However it seems the way you do it, of re-reading the book, might just be a better method because then it takes less time and is more exiting to find something you missed before.

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  6. UnknownOctober 24, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    what makes it less confusing?

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  7. misfishOctober 29, 2013 at 12:13 PM

    TJ, this sounds like a book I'd like to read- the combination of history and futuristic ideas is intriguing. How does Card weave the two together?

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  8. GordonOctober 31, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    How does the writing differ from, say, Ender's Game? What themes are different?

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