Many people have been sipping the Orson Scott Card haterade as of late. And it's true. He's a dick. But! The Alvin Maker series is quick and good. I picked it up after rolling through some heavy civil-eng books that I read for and after my engineering law class, including one that depressingly revealed the truth that we probably should just cut the southwest off and launch it into space.
I've been reading a good bit more since taking the train to work, and the books are going by fast. I'm on #3 currently, and it's a sweet mixture of Last of the Mohicans and.... uh... I guess Harry Potter (Dave said Merlin, but he's a dick). Romanticizing Native Americans, creating a natural human magic vs. religion vs. unstoppable evil force vs. a little more ender-ish stuff.
Either way, highly recommended. What do YOU think?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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