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littlemissattitude · 28th July 2003, 08:25 AM

Just a note about the precociousness of the children in Ender's Game and the rest.

I didn't find them at all unbelievable, or too precocious. Some kids do read at a very young age - I was reading by the time I was three. Some kids are capable of relating to the adult world at a very young age - I frightened more than a few adults when they realized, when I was about four, that I was reading the newspaper and understanding it.

I am fairly certain that Orson Scott Card must have been one of those children, as well, when he was younger. I don't think anyone who hasn't been there could have written those kids so insightfully.

28th July 2003, 08:25 AM	#11 (permalink)
littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,368	Re:Orson Scott Card Just a note about the precociousness of the children in Ender's Game and the rest. I didn't find them at all unbelievable, or too precocious. Some kids do read at a very young age - I was reading by the time I was three. Some kids are capable of relating to the adult world at a very young age - I frightened more than a few adults when they realized, when I was about four, that I was reading the newspaper and understanding it. I am fairly certain that Orson Scott Card must have been one of those children, as well, when he was younger. I don't think anyone who hasn't been there could have written those kids so insightfully.