r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • Dec 11 '24

Voyager 1 phones home from ~1 light-day away! Related Content

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u/TheOtherPhilFry Dec 11 '24

Great book. The sequels. . . Not so bueno.

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u/LookingForVoiceWork Dec 11 '24

I enjoyed them, but yea, it's completely different. Same thing with Ender's Game, completely different books.

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u/Everyredditusers Dec 11 '24

Funny because enders game was written as a prelude/origin story to support what was meant to be the main book in the series, Speaker of the Dead.

Side note: Reading the extremely homoerotic parts of those books hit different once you find out the author is an absolute raging homophobe.

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u/JustAnotherLonelyLon Dec 11 '24

I don't remember any homoerotic sections of that book. Can you give an example?

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u/Everyredditusers Dec 12 '24 edited Dec 12 '24

It's been a couple decades but one glaring example is later in the book where ender faces his bully. Basically two boys having a soapy nude fight to the death in a steamy shower.

Also smaller stuff like this

“Ender turned to the door. A boy stood there, tall and dark and slender, with beautiful black eyes and slender lips that hinted at refinement. I would follow such beauty, said something inside Ender. I would see as those eyes see.”

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u/JustAnotherLonelyLon Dec 12 '24

Gotcha. I remember that scene, but interpreted the setting as a reflection of the primality of the fight.

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u/murderedbyaname Dec 11 '24

That's because Gentry Lee was a partner on them. Totally agree btw.

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u/pmgoldenretrievers Dec 11 '24

Really enjoyed the sequels. Very different vibe, but still great books.

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u/garbonsai Dec 11 '24

I absolutely loved the entire series when I read (and reread) them as a kid back in the early 90s. I tried listening to them a year or so ago and got through Rama (which holds up) and maybe a quarter of Rama II (which does not) before deciding I'd rather retain my fond memories than start thinking of my younger self as an idiot.

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u/Crawlerado Dec 11 '24

I gave away my third copy of Rendezvous and am now left with the sequels… I need to get another copy.