I have read Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead (as Shorty well knows!), and I do love those books. I actually didn't know anything about Ender's Game before I read it... I don't even remember why I read it. Likely it popped up in a conversation other people were happening while I was in the car or at the lunch table or something and I just happened to remember the name and get it. Speaker for the Dead I read a lot more recently.

I can see why people might not like Ender's Game to some extent, but when I was getting a renewed interest in the book not too long ago, most people I talked to about it just said it was crap or refused to read it solely on the basis of Orson Scott Card's personal life. I just think it's interesting how much his writing in these books contradicts the beliefs he spouts outside of them. Anyways, I love these books for everything Shorty mentioned.

I started reading the Hitchhiker's Guide books a couple years ago, but something came up that I just stopped. I REALLY liked what I read. I need to get back into them.

I'm interested in checking out a lot of the stuff mentioned here!