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| − | + | [[Cueball]] observes [[Megan]] walking around at midnight, reading a book that he can't see. Curious, he leaves his apartment to ask her what she is reading. It is revealed as {{w|Orson Scott Card}}'s {{w|Xenocide}}, the third book in the {{w|Ender's Game series}} following {{w|Ender's Game}} and {{w|Speaker for the Dead}}. | |
| − | The title text pokes further fun at Xenocide by saying that there are only seven people in the world who | + | Xenocide is regarded by fans as one of the weakest books in the series, while Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead received extreme positive praise. When he discovers that she likes Xenocide more than the other two books, he instantly withdraws to his apartment, his opinion of her shattered. So far as Cueball is concerned, Xenocide is so clearly inferior that he could not be with anyone who 'wrongly' considers it to be the best of the series. |
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| + | The title text pokes further fun at Xenocide by saying that there are only seven people in the world who would defend it, a laughably small number. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Cueball sitting in an armchair in a darkened room, behind him a bookshelf and an open window. Megan is seen outside reading a book by | + | :[Cueball sitting in an armchair in a darkened room, behind him a bookshelf and an open window. Megan is seen outside reading a book by a glow.] |
:For a few weeks now, sometime past midnight, a girl has wandered past my apartment reading by flashlight. | :For a few weeks now, sometime past midnight, a girl has wandered past my apartment reading by flashlight. | ||
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:[Outside, Megan walking down the street passing under a street lamp.] | :[Outside, Megan walking down the street passing under a street lamp.] | ||
:I wonder why shes up so late. | :I wonder why shes up so late. | ||
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:Like me. | :Like me. | ||
:I wonder what story shes wrapped up in. | :I wonder what story shes wrapped up in. | ||
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:I wonder if she lets anyone into that island of light. | :I wonder if she lets anyone into that island of light. | ||
| − | :[Cueball sitting in dark room.] | + | |
| − | :[ | + | :[Cueball sitting in a dark room.] |
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| + | :[Cueball has left the room.] | ||
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:[Cueball standing on his doorstep at the top of a small flight of stairs, near the bottom of which Megan has stopped, no longer reading.] | :[Cueball standing on his doorstep at the top of a small flight of stairs, near the bottom of which Megan has stopped, no longer reading.] | ||
:Cueball: Hi! What are you reading? | :Cueball: Hi! What are you reading? | ||
:Megan: Orson Scott Card's 'Xenocide.' It's my favorite in the series! | :Megan: Orson Scott Card's 'Xenocide.' It's my favorite in the series! | ||
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| − | :Cueball: Wait, you like it more than Speaker for the Dead | + | :Cueball: Wait, you like it more than Speaker for the Dead <u>or</u> Ender's Game? |
:Megan: Yeah! | :Megan: Yeah! | ||
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| − | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball has gone back in the house.] |
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| + | :[Cueball is sitting in the chair again.] | ||
:And to think I loved her. | :And to think I loved her. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Ender's Game]] | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 28 March 2014
| Nighttime Stories |
 Title text: Cue angry letters from all seven fans of Xenocide. |
Explanation
Cueball observes Megan walking around at midnight, reading a book that he can't see. Curious, he leaves his apartment to ask her what she is reading. It is revealed as Orson Scott Card's Xenocide, the third book in the Ender's Game series following Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead.
Xenocide is regarded by fans as one of the weakest books in the series, while Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead received extreme positive praise. When he discovers that she likes Xenocide more than the other two books, he instantly withdraws to his apartment, his opinion of her shattered. So far as Cueball is concerned, Xenocide is so clearly inferior that he could not be with anyone who 'wrongly' considers it to be the best of the series.
The title text pokes further fun at Xenocide by saying that there are only seven people in the world who would defend it, a laughably small number.
Transcript
- [Cueball sitting in an armchair in a darkened room, behind him a bookshelf and an open window. Megan is seen outside reading a book by a glow.]
- For a few weeks now, sometime past midnight, a girl has wandered past my apartment reading by flashlight.
- [Outside, Megan walking down the street passing under a street lamp.]
- I wonder why shes up so late.
- Maybe shes restless
- Like me.
- I wonder what story shes wrapped up in.
- I wonder if she lets anyone into that island of light.
- [Cueball sitting in a dark room.]
- [Cueball has left the room.]
- [Cueball standing on his doorstep at the top of a small flight of stairs, near the bottom of which Megan has stopped, no longer reading.]
- Cueball: Hi! What are you reading?
- Megan: Orson Scott Card's 'Xenocide.' It's my favorite in the series!
- Cueball: Wait, you like it more than Speaker for the Dead or Ender's Game?
- Megan: Yeah!
- [Cueball has gone back in the house.]
- [Cueball is sitting in the chair again.]
- And to think I loved her.
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Why is it out of six books? How was that number reached? Depending on your point of view, it could be out of four (counting only Ender's Game and the Speaker-Xenocide-Children of the Mind trilogy) or nine (if we include the Shadow books, sans Shadows Alive) or eleven (if we include the Earth as-yet-unfinished trilogy) or fourteen (if we include the lesser books like A War of Gifts) or even sixteen if we include the as-yet-unreleased books - but I can't see how someone got six. To do this you'd have to take away part of a series, like only counting Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon, but not the other Shadow books. I guess you could include only the main quartet and the Earth books, but if you're going to include the Earth books why not include some of the others? --173.245.55.72 17:33, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
This is true. At the time of this comic there where only published 4-5 books in the series. The fifth came out in 2007. I have deleted the (out of 6) comment as the 6. came out in 2008 and more have followed since. The important issue is that the three books mentioned are the first three.Kynde (talk) 19:49, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
I think they wrote out of 6 because there are 6 main books with Ender in them. Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the mind.
108.162.219.159 13:13, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Xenocide *is* my favorite. 108.162.221.150 04:27, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
Part of the joke is that both are fans of the Ender series and should have much in common and to talk about, but Cueball gives up on her before even hearing her explanation. Sebastian --162.158.92.11 14:16, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
I'm more upset that he is implying Speaker for the Dead is any less bad than Xenocide. — Kazvorpal (talk) 23:13, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
That's a hot (and bad) take there, Kazvorpal. I question the judgement of someone who implies Speaker for the Dead is bad than someone who calls Xenocide their favorite in the series. I'm just speechless at how bad that opinion is.
C’mon, Children of the mind was way worse. Xenocide. — User:Waddle Deo
