Slave35 t1_iu19mks wrote on October 27, 2022 at 8:22 PM

Reply to comment by killer_of_whales in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon

His beliefs are inconsistent with a just and moral society. I believe this has tainted his writing past redemption. There are some celebrities where I can see through that to their talents; I enjoy Tom Cruise as an actor for instance; but most writers do not get a pass for the irreparable damage their works can cause.

AmberJFrost t1_iu3hui2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:58 AM

Creators often wind up putting those odious beliefs into their worldbuilding, or showing opposite beliefs only as wrong/evil. So yeah, I can enjoy some things with Cruise because he's simply acting the part created by someone else. But a creator? Nope. It's why I can't do Bill Cosby sketches any longer.

For writers, I can't read Card, Eddings, MZB, Anthony, or JKR. ALL of them put their gross (and sometimes criminal) worldviews into their worldbuilding.

Contentiblereddit t1_iu3j5tj wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:18 AM

His writing contains those beliefs. In Ender's Game he explicitly says women are unsuited for command, and the girl was an anomaly. The Bean series is just rampant Islamophobia. And I think in the end the super soldier woman (girl from Ender's Game) ended up just wanting to pop out babies. Which is a fine goal to have in life, but with the context clues of Card I think we can take a pretty solid guess that's all he thinks women are good for.