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stoolpigeon writes "Orson Scott Card's work Ender's Game began as a novelette, which he says he wrote as a means of leading up to the full story he had developed, Speaker for the Dead. Ender's Game was published as a full novel in 1985, and won the Hugo and Nebula awards (as did Speaker for the Dead in '86 and '87). I think it is safe to say that Ender's Game is ensconced in its position as a science fiction classic. Now, 23 years later, Card has finished the first direct sequel to Ender's Game in his new novel Ender in Exile." Keep reading for the rest of JR's review.

Comment Re:Sound Transit and the Monorail (Score 1) 644

The Census 2000 population of the City of Seattle
is 563,374. A ridership of 72,000 daily would
represent 12.78% of the entire population of Seattle. One-eight of Seattle riding the monorail every day! Not too likely, don't you think? The 22,000 ridership is from newspaper estimates based on current bus ridership. Probably much closer to the mark.

BTW, 72,000 times 365 equals 26,280,000. This gives a result of $2.16 per rider amortized over 30 years. Of course, the weekend ridership would be much smaller, regardless of the numbers you use.

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