Rating: Summary: A very good book, action packed. Review: The book is about Ender Wiggins, a kid fighting adult wars on the edge of the human section of the galaxy. The book is mostly about how Ender is brought up to become a super strategist at a very young age. In the background, Ender is just a kid. He was a third child in a family, in a world where only two kids were allowed. His bigger brother has marked scars in his soul which last forever, counteracted only by his sister. He was forced to wear a device which monitors him at all times, and at the very young age of six he was taken away from his world into a world made to train him into a strategist. He proves to be the best, never losing any of the contests arranged for him, even while the conditions of those "games" change against him in great odds. Then, he is given the command over the entire human fleet enroute to meet the alian race he should destroy. Will he stand up to the challange? I liked the story most because of the human angle, which presents a very bright intellectual, first brought down by his environment, and then channeled into the destructiveness of war. Left alone afterwards, the weight of his action lands on his now-grown shoulders, yet he is unable to go back in time and change it all. The next books in this saga describe how does Ender cope with his past actions, which seem too big for a man to handle, and what helps him on his way.
Rating: Summary: Great Book!! Right up there with Dune, by Frank Herbert!! Review: Orson Scott Card did a great job in Ender's Game. He just put images in my mind, creating a clear picture for me. The only othere book I've read that's comparable to Ender's Game is Dune. Ender's Game was very exciting and full of suspense. Card's other books are also very good. Especially the Homecoming series. I highly recommend this book to everyone!!
Rating: Summary: Stimulator for the Brain Dead Review: At the request of a friend I purchased and read this book. Ender Wiggin is a great character that most people (who don't stare and drool while watching the cartoon network) can relate to in some way or another. I enjoyed it's "childish" point of view.
Rating: Summary: The best Review: I thought this was the best book I have ever read. I felt as if I was Ender and every thing that happened I was Ender acting it out. I would really rate this book 11 but it didnt go that high!
Rating: Summary: This book was great. Review: This book was well written. It reflected on future military training exercises through vigorous training of small children who were bred to be extremely intelligent. After reading this book, I immediatelyy read Speaker For The Dead and Xenocide. I unfortunately had to wait a few months for Children Of The Mind to come out. This was a year or so ago, when I was 12 years old.
Rating: Summary: THE Book Review: When I first read this novel a year back I was blown away! I was only 13 years of age, and this is the book that made me enjoy reading. I was never an enthusiatic reader until I finished this book. Orson Scott Card with such interesting idea and detail. I felt I could really compare with Ender Wiggin, he became my role model. This book had so many fantastic things in it: a Teenage Space Army, Alien "Buggers", the Internet (which at the time was non-existant), Truly Portable Computers, Amazing Spaceships, *and* a Great Story. There is not enough I could say about this novel, other than: "Read it, you will not be disappointed".
Rating: Summary: BEST SCI-FI EVER Review: Ender's Game is the best sci-fi book ever written, except for one minor detail... the ending!!! come on!!! the egg in the re-made game landish deal... just get rid of that and end it with his brother taking over the worl get ird of the sequels and thats it... enough said =)
Rating: Summary: I'm not a sci-fi reader, but I loved this book anyway! Review: Before I begin, I need to say that I am NOT a sci-fi or fantasy reader. I'm a 46 year-old female with a voracious reading habit, but sci-fi is a genre I know nothing about. However, a "net" buddy recommended this book, so I decided to give it a try. With that said, I must proclaim my respect for Ender Wiggin and his creator Orson Scott Card. I was totally engrossed in the story of this brilliant little person (notice I didn't say child) who literally has the weight of the world forced upon his small shoulders. As many readers here did, I cheered Ender's successes and rooted for him throughout the story, knowing all along that he would triumph in the end. I was prepared for the triumph, but was surprised in the way it was delivered. I was also struck by Ender's obvious sympathy with earth's mortal enemy, the "buggers." This is a book for anyone who loves a good story, well-told, with thought-provoking characters and plot. I will recommend it to my friends....without reservation.
Rating: Summary: It is a great book Review: I think this is a very good book. I am in the middle of the sequle and I am realy liking that one also.
Rating: Summary: I wish I had read it before Review: I really wish I had read this book while I was being bullied in school. I recognized so many situations and so much of myself in this book. Especially the thinking part. I have always been critical of books that treat children as morons. Children often think just as intelligently as adults but they have less information. This book describes perfectly the ENTJ or INTJ personality of Keirsey's "Please Understand Me". If you feel at home with Ender, check that book out.
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