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Originally Posted by I, Brian Or, perhaps, more pointedly - the sequels as cash-ins on a theme. After all, if OSC really considers Ender's Game to have been so incomplete and so requiring the exploration of the other character viewpoints from such an extent, then why not simply rewrit the works into a single new version of Ender's Game?
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I haven't read any of the books you are talking about but I wanted to put in my two cents just for the fun of it.
I'd say you are being too simplistic - you begin by saying that you didn't like the book Ender's Game and then wonder if all of the offshoots and extra stories are superfluous. Ask someone who has enjoyed a book so much that they didn't want it to end. Not only is it great for his readers, but the author can use a tried and true 'world' to move off into different directions without having to complicate things by creating a whole new world. Or, if while writing Ender's Game he introduced characters that seemed to have more to say but couldn't fit into the plotline of that book, it is great for authors to create a new book just to explore that one character and his/her/it's life.
Yes, sometimes, enough is enough. Usually when the avid fans stop buying them then the authors will stop writing them. Until then, why stop?