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Overthinking It Book Club episodes

October 30, 2013Book Club: “Ender’s Game” Chapter 15
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather read and discuss Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, Chapter 15, and close out the book club by considering the whole book.
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Instead of having comments below, we’ve opened a special area of the Forums for discussion Chapters 15, and another for discussion of the whole book. (That seems redundant. Never mind.)
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The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Also available for Canadian and European readers.)
Book Club: “Ender’s Game” Chapter 15 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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October 23, 2013Book Club: “Ender’s Game” Chapters 13 and 14
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather convene Overthinking It Book Club to consider Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game chapters 13 – 14.
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→ Download the Ender’s Game Book Club Podcast
Discuss this Section
Instead of having comments below, we’ve opened a special area of the Forums for discussion Chapters 13-14. No spoilers for later chapters, please — put those in the Whole Book forum.
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The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Also available for Canadian and European readers.)
Book Club: “Ender’s Game” Chapters 13 and 14 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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October 16, 2013Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 11 and 12
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather convene Overthinking It Book Club to consider Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game chapters 11 – 12.
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→ Download the Ender’s Game Book Club Podcast
Discuss this Section
Instead of having comments below, we’ve opened a special area of the Forums for discussion Chapters 11-12. No spoilers for later chapters, please — put those in the Whole Book forum.
Get the Book Club Podcast
Subscribe for free to download new episodes of the Overthinking It Book Club automatically.
Subscribe in iTunes
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The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Also available for Canadian and European readers.)
Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 11 and 12 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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October 09, 2013Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 9 and 10
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather convene Overthinking It Book Club to consider Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game chapters 9 – 10.
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/OtiBookClubEndersGame3/oti-book-club-enders-game-3.mp3]
→ Download the Ender’s Game Book Club Podcast
Discuss this Section
Instead of having comments below, we’ve opened a special area of the Forums for discussion Chapters 9-10. No spoilers for later chapters, please.
Get the Book Club Podcast
Subscribe for free to download new episodes of the Overthinking It Book Club automatically.
Subscribe in iTunes
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The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Also available for Canadian and European readers.)
Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 9 and 10 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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October 02, 2013Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 7-8
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather convene Overthinking It Book Club to consider Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game chapters 7 – 8.
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/OtiBookClubEndersGame2/oti-book-club-enders-game-2.mp3]
→ Download the Ender’s Game Book Club Podcast
Discuss this Section
Instead of having comments below, we’ve opened a special area of the Forums for discussion Chapters 7-8. No spoilers for later chapters, please.
Get the Book Club Podcast
Subscribe for free to download new episodes of the Overthinking It Book Club automatically.
Subscribe in iTunes
Subscribe with RSS
The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Also available for Canadian and European readers.)
Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 7-8 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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September 25, 2013Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 1-6
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather convene Overthinking It Book Club to consider Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game chapters 1 – 6.
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→ Download the Ender’s Game Chapters 1-6 Podcast
Discuss this Section
Instead of having comments below, we’ve opened a special area of the Forums for discussion Chapters 1-6. No spoilers for later chapters, please.
Get the Book Club Podcast
Subscribe for free to download new episodes of the Overthinking It Book Club automatically.
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The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Also available for Canadian and European readers.)
Book Club: Ender’s Game Chapters 1-6 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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August 21, 2013Overthinking It Book Club: Ender’s Game Introduction
Ben Adams and Matthew Wrather kick off the Overthinking It Book Club with an introduction to Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game.
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→ Download the Ender’s Game Introduction
The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to spend a month and a half reading Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It’s Ben’s favorite book and Matt has never read it before, so we’ll share the perspective both of a long-time and of a first-time reader. Here’s the plan.
Get The Book
We’d appreciate it if you used our Amazon affiliate link to buy Ender’s Game as a paperback or ebook. (Canadian and European readers can use these links.)
The Syllabus
Ben has divided the book into six roughly equal chunks. You’ll get the most out of the club if you read these sections by these dates:
Week 1 (September 23, 2013): Chapters 1-6
Week 2 (September 30, 2013): Chapters 7-8
Week 3 (October 7, 2013): Chapters 9-10
Week 4 (October 14, 2013): Chapters 11-12
Week 5 (October 21, 2013): Chapters 13-14
Week 6 (October 28, 2013): Chapter 15
The Forums
For our discussion, we’re going to use a special section in the Overthinking It Forums. Friday before each section begins, we’ll open up a forum for the coming week with some study questions to get our discussion started. As you read over the weekend, you can answer our questions in the week’s forum, start your own discussion topics there, and chime in on discussions that others have started. Everything up to and including the week’s reading is fair game for discussion—but if you’ve read the book, no spoilers for what is to come! (Maybe we’ll open up a special forum for those.)
The Podcast
Sometime mid-week, we’ll release a podcast where Ben, Matt, and other Overthinking It writers. We’ll talk over the week’s reading, address some of the study questions, and highlight our favorite discussions from the forums.
And more…
This is the inaugural effort for the book club, so we’re open to suggestions. Google Hangout videos? Guest commentators? Research and background on the author? We’re up for anything — and not just anything within reason. I mean, this is Overthinking It, and we’re gonna start subjecting some literature to a level of scrutiny… it probably doesn’t deserve.
Podcast feed and other sundries to come
Overthinking It Book Club: Ender’s Game Introduction originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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