Ender's Game

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Summary: Kull Wahad!
Review: Dune is up there on first place, and Ender's Game is a very close second. Where does the game begin, and the reality end? OR does it ever end? Who needs it to? That's what sci-fi is all about - part science, part fiction, seamlessly blended so you can't tell which is which. Ender's Game does this so marvellously that everytime I play a space-sim game now, I wonder if I'm killing real Storm Troopers! READ THIS BOOK

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Summary: Ender's Game is more than just great action.
Review: The buggers have attacked twice and it is up to Ender to stop them. Ender's Game could be summarized by that sentance, but it would be a very inadaquate synopsis. For it is not the buggers that are Ender's antagonists in the novel, but the adults. Everything the military leaders and teachers do they feel is necessary for the salvation of humanity, so they will not change their actions simply for the sake of a young boy. Ender's Game is the tale of a child learning to live with the responsibility of an adult and trying to cope with being the best when all he wants is to be free of the shackles imposed on him, to be able to just be a kid again

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Summary: THE Sci-Fi book that will still be read in the 23rd century
Review: "The Science Fiction book for people that don't like science fiction", could not be a truer statement. O.S. Card is one of today's best writers. He is the only author to win BOTH the Hugo and Nebula awards 2 years in a row. His talents are not constrained just to Sci-Fi but cover many genres. I remember reading "Ender's Game" the short story and wandering around in a daze for three days. Never before had I read anything written so beautifully. It was one of the most 'believable' stories ever written. The characters, the settings, the story's universe are described in such detail that they could only have been written by someone that experienced them first hand. A few years later the book came out. Even though I knew much of the story there were enough new details and plot twists to leave me in a daze for a week. This story not only keeps you entertained but it forces you to think like few stories. I'm a U.S. Marine and some years ago the Commandant (4 star general) put together a required reading list to enhance professional military education. This list is comprised of books that teach Marines military history, tactics, and strategy - to learn from the past so that we can win battles in the future. I only know of 2 science fiction books on this list: Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein and Ender's Game. Truly a good book for a few good men and women.

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Summary: Probably the best collection of ink on wood pulp ever.
Review: I could not put this book down. Amazing, amazing stuff. This is the kind of book that takes all of those ideas about the way humans think and act that've been rolling around in your head and puts them into words. Card is a genius.

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Summary: The Most Overrated Science Fiction Book Ever?
Review: The most intriguing thing about Ender's Game is trying to figure out why it receives raves. The backbone of the plot can be explained in a sentence and while it might have supported a short story (the resolution of the story is predictable half way through) it's too flimsy a frame for a novel. The no-gray-zone series of leadership-lesson episodes read like Card wrote a story to the table of contents in a US Army basic training manual. My only explanation for the book's popularity is that it hit a sweet spot of readers with their hands on the joystick, hungry for a rationalization fantasy for the hours and quarters that they squander in video game parlors mastering Missile Command.

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Summary: Card's best -- less labored; scintillating; inspiring.
Review: My 14-year-old step-son loved it. So did I, at a point in life a few years on from 14. The vision of the "chosen few" and computer games in a mixture that Salt Lake would never understand.

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Summary: Ender's Game is a must-have for ANYONE.
Review: I read ender's game about one and a half years ago, and I completely loved it. I liked it so much that I have read it multiple times since then, and every time it was as good, if not better, than the first time. I recommend this book to anybody and everybody. It is a first-class book, and rivals many of my other favorites, such as Redwall, and Archer's Goon. The Last Word: get it!

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Summary: Must-read for any sci-fi reader -- or any reader at all!
Review: The best book I have ever read. Telling the story of survival from the point of view of a super-smart child that is tested almost like a lab-rat with only fellow children awestruck by his endurance and ability to keep him going, I found myself feeling young Ender's exact emotions as he struggled through his strict and frustratingly-unfair military life. Sharp surprises that sustain for several chapters sometimes, keep me reading into the wee hours of morning. Read this classic now

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Summary: Good, but not superb.
Review: I'm writing this review simply because I feel this book hasbeen "hyped" by its fans as being better than it actuallyis. Card's book has a few interesting points to make, and ram them home effectively. However, although the story is exciting on a purely "action/sci-fi level", most of it never rises above being just that. I feel that the same points Card make in this book (and some of them are very good), could have been made stronger and more concise in the space of a few short stories. Don't misunderstand me: It's funny and exciting and a fast and entertaining read, but it isn't "great" literature. It's entertainment. Good entertainment, but entertainment nonetheless.

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Summary: Incredible Sci-Fi
Review: This is by far the greatest Sci-Fi book ever written, next to Dune ,of course. Card expounds not only on the action of the novel but on the human level too. I feel like this book was written just for me. Being 14 I feel as if the world often writes me off just because of my age. This book is a glimmer of hope in an otherwise hopeless world. -Charlie Rollins "I agree with not a thing that you say, but I will defend to the death, your right to say them." -Voltaire