I loved the 1985 science-fiction novel Ender’s Game when I discovered it in my twenties; the story of a lonely boy learning to become a tough soldier spoke to me at a gut level as I slogged through my own hard years of (non-military) training. My own copy is underlined and dog-eared–it’s that kind of book. Imagine, then, my dismay upon learning that its author, Orson Scott Card, is no friend to LGBT causes. He is particularly outspoken against marriage equality, seeming genuinely to fear the idea, and is a board member of NOM.
According to The Onion’s A.V. Club, Summit Entertainment of Twilight Saga fame is turning Card’s novel into a movie. As much as I care about Ender the character, I don’t want to put any more money into Orson Scott Card’s pocket, nor into those of the actors (including Harrison Ford) who have chosen not to concern themselves with the author’s destructive views in agreeing to portray his characters. This is one movie treatment I’ll be skipping.
[h/t Good As You]
Thats a bummer. Then again, he wasn’t that great a writer. I read some of his other stuff and it was just as anti-climatic. Meh.
I tried to make it through his diatribe, but it’s pretty windy. What a blow hard. Why is he so stoked up about this? He says I’m a genetic abnormality. How easily he attempts to put me and the other “few” into his small box. None of his rant explains why he’s so afraid of us. His cries are like the feeble rants of a very scared person. Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get into one.
I disliked the book before I ever heard of Card or his ignorance of genetics amogst other things.
To me, the message of the book was violence at any cost, to win at any cost, even the innocence of a child must be pressed into action.
Don’t read it. Don’t see the movie.
At least Starship Troopers was tongue in cheek in places. Card aims for profoundity and there is a moral vacuum at the heart of Ender’s Game.
Interesting discussion over at Amazon on the book – some liking and others agreeing with me.
This appalling man does not deserve our money IMO. I’m sure it’ll be a hit though. Expect a more active Card against equal rights.
According to Wikipedia his great-grandfather was Bringham Young and he’s a big Mormon, so that explains his appalling ideas on homosexuals. I spoke to some young.students I know in writing class and they were really disappointed to hear this about Card. It’s more and more clear to me that Cards message on gays falls on deaf ears with today’s youths. I’m really glad to say that.