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CP3S said:
Bingowings said:
Unless he becomes immortal and churns out more tales of young men fighting off the 'buggers' (the aliens in the Ender's series are called that... no really).
Wow! I had no idea they were called that. That is incredibly blatant! Everyone is always telling me even though Card is a dick, it isn't a big deal to read him because his views don't make their way into his books. Like hell!
That would be akin to naming your alien species the "darkies".
It would be good to actually read the books. Humanity is afraid of these aliens because of their frightening insect-like appearance and their seeming relentlessness in their assaults on humanity, and thus they earned the nickname "buggers". The entire world was scared to death of them. Ultimately, Ender the hero learns to see the beauty and good in the creatures, and he grows to love them. While people enjoy the book for the action, it's actually the theme of tolerance and anti-speciesism that permeates the entire series. I don't want to tell too much, but the term "bugger" falls out of fashion with the enlightened hero, and ultimately he advocates to the rest of humanity on behalf of the species. In the end, humans hate him for defeating the Formics (their true name), and love the defeated species, all because of Ender's advocacy on their behalf.
Orson Scott Card is a registered Democrat in spite of his largely conservative views. Why? Because he feels the Republican party does not do enough to oppose racism. A quote supporting this used to be up on Wikipedia, but it appears it no longer is. He is very anti-racist.