October 10, 2001 (12:00 AM) ( link )

Yet another binary day. Not much progress on A Fire Upon the Deep today. In addition to the two books I'm already reading, I've decided to quickly skim through Orson Scott Card's Shadow of the Hegemon in my copious spare time. Why? Well, it's easy reading, and I might as well finish up the Ender saga. Also, I'm thinking of closely rereading Ender's Game some time soon and keeping a sort of reader's journal, detailing exactly how I feel with each chapter. It'll be hard to do that without letting my preconceptions of the book cloud my judgments, but I am really interested in how Card managed to craft such an amazing novel. Hopefully a close rereading will give me some insights.