# Whatcha reading Dec. (08) edition

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**Created:** [November 30, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-dec-08-edition/475075 "2008-11-30T18:22:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-dec-08-edition/475075/156 "2008-12-24T19:04:33Z")

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> [@Declan](#):
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> While its set on another planet which makes it scifi, I would think that you might like speaker for the dead better.

As a counterpoint while I found _Ender’s Game_ to be a decent SF novel, _Speaker for the Dead_ was absolutely horrible.

(I’m 90% sure we’ve gone back and forth on that before so I won’t rehash it; I’m just providing a counterpoint.)

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