Ender's Game

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Summary: Absulutly the best Sci-Fi book ever writen
Review: A chilling a heart felt tale, of a briliant childs inner fight for servival and selfworth, amidst a gripping battle for earth's future. If your a sci-fi fan it's a must read. Card is a master at charactor development. You'll know and understand Ender and his brilliants as well as his short comings.

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Summary: THE single best book ever written
Review: Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is the single best book ever written. Card orchestrates a magnificent world in which a young boy, ostricized by his peers, saves the world from destruction by bugs. With multiple plots and sub-plots, and a very human character, and masterful writing, it is impossible not to enjoy this book.

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Summary: swell as hell
Review: this book was one of the best i have ever read. i had to read it for literature class, and at first i looked at it and i said, "no way. this is like over 350 pages." but as i started reading it, it made me want to read more and more. it has an incredible story line and plot. beautiful book.

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Summary: I never get tired of reading it
Review: I just re-read Ender's Game for the 4th time. I suspect that i will never get tired of reading this book. The story is spellbinding and the stuggles and joys of Ender make you nervous and joyful for him and with him throughout the novel. A must read for all readers, not just science fiction readers.

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Summary: Best Book I Have Ever Read!
Review: Ender's Game by Orsen Scott Card is by far the best book I have ever read. It combines drama with science fiction which in this case is a wonderful idea. From the beginning to the end Card has you wanting to know what's going to happen next. Ender is this innocent child who has everyone and almost everything figured, he can anticipate what will happen next to him. From when he was born the government took him under their wing looking after him and hoping he would be the one they wanted to take them into battle against the buggers. Once they decided that they wanted him he started going to military school for them to take over his life and turn him into their prospective of a perfect general. Once he passes military school with flying colors they graduate him to Command school where he will learn his last bit of training by learning from the greatest commander in the history of the human race. Once he is in command school he plays a series of games or so he thinks, he is actually controlling the actual fleet that is fighting the buggers. On the last fight which he thinks is a game he does a crazy stunt which blows up the entire race of buggers. Later he finds out that it was real and he had killed off the bugger's race he passes out for a day! He wakes to find that there is a widespread war on Earth. To stay protected Valentine and himself go off to the old bugger planet to colonize it and find the unborn queen and try to find a place for her to stay where she'll be undisturbed.

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Summary: Great Read
Review: I have read this entire series of books and they are all must read books

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Summary: Ender
Review: Sci-fi lover or not, this book might be for you. Ender's Game is a story which has created a following. The next 3 books in the series are much more adult in content told at a more subtle pace. In them, the continuation and maturity of thoughts brought forth in this initial masterpiece of a story of a brilliant child with a military mind and a savior's heart unfolds. Although people can relate to the story whether they see themselves inside of it or not, it has capivated an audiences of young and brilliant minds as well as provided a key to leadership tactics with every reread. I hardly read sci-fi so I was reluctant to pick up this book once recommended, but continued through the series of all 4 at a rapid pace. It devoured me inside and I escaped with my mind juiced with a vision of philotics, societal tendancies, and humanity I could only hold in thought for moments at a time. Card put words to the concepts behind the world's makeup, human makeup, and relationship. Some done brilliantly, others I disagreed with or felt were left undone, yet I was always happy to see his ability to swiftly get a concept across. I'm not a sucker for prolific writing styles, rather suffering from a necessity to not be bored, and this book and series delivered. My only regret is that after reading the news that Card wanted someone to write Shadow for him before changing his mind and reclaiming the project, I didn't send him my notes on what I'd already had in mind. Turns out he came through again. If you fancy yourself as smarter than most, had a childhood of more brains than were popular, or harbor desires to save the world, this first book (or Ender's Shadow) will suck you in. If you have a desire to find words to put behind your theories of HOW and WHY, the next 3 are for you too.

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Summary: Enders Shadow parallels this one! Great Book!
Review: I loved it! Enders Shadow paralleled this one and it is soooo interesting to see the two points of view! This one is going to be A CLASSIC! Just watch! I loaned it to my husband who reads nothing but Sci Fi and he began loaning it to everyone at his work place! Excellent!

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Summary: Highly entertaining, and punctuated by a few true gems.
Review: Ender's Game is a highly compelling if slightly adolescent page-turner which, in addition to an entertaining plot, has a few excellent and truly original concepts. In some ways, Ender is a kind of teenage Howard Roark (see Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"), but is several degrees more entertaining, several steps back from the abstract abyss, and at times, however, even less psychologically plausible. One of the most interesting concepts, and a profound thought experiment for the development of identity in the digital age, is a pair of teens who become influential world leaders despite the fact that their personae exist only on Card's nascent vision of the net, as pseudonymous personae hiding the fact that their alter egos actually are just emerging from puberty. Well worth it, but do not give in to the temptation you may feel to read the sequels, which are almost unrecognizably different in style, pace, and artificial depth.

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Summary: Pretty Good, but didn't deserve two awards
Review: This is a good "beach book." A quick read while on vacation, but it certainly doesn't deserve four and 1/2 stars. It was never thought provoking, which good science fiction should be, and it was completely predictable. Basically, it's about a bunch of kids playing war games, with some pop psychology thrown in for good measure. Card should have delved into the aliens more. In fact, I was surprised he waited until the end and then gave them cursory explanation. For an excellent sci fi read, pick up The Child Garden by Geoff Rymann instead.