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Summary: Among the best
Review: Orson Scott Card wrote a masterpiece with this novel. Thought-provoking, emotional, creative...an all-around brilliant book. Imagine being an eight year old boy chosen to save the human race. This book is as good as most things Robert A. Heinlein wrote, and that's saying a lot.
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Summary: Good, but definitely not "Wow!"
Review: I enjoyed reading this book, but I was not "wowed" by it. I kept waiting for the book to suddenly come together and live up to its reputation, but it never did.This book is an adventuresome story of Ender Wiggins, a young genius boy in a future universe where human survival is threatened by an alien "bugger" race. Ender's life is a struggle as his family's third child in a society with a two-child limit law. His life changes when he is 'manipulated' into a training facility where he quickly becomes mankind's greatest military leader and ultimately saves the human race. Card's detailed descriptions of the actions in and around the training facilities' Battle Room were fantastic and by far the best parts of the book. I was taught in college that fiction writers (especially science fiction) should lead their readers into a "willing suspension of disbelief." That is, get them to willingly accept and believe in something that is not real. Card was never able to get me to the point where I accepted or believed in a future world where genius adolescent children had such power and influence as Ender and his siblings and friends. The story flowed smoothly and I was easily able to follow it, but I just did not believe it. I am not a big science fiction or fantasy reader, but I did read and enjoy Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" and "Space Cadet," Robert Adams' "Horseclans" series, Barry Sadler's "Casca" series, and Robert E. Howard's "Conan" series (and most of the subsequent writers of Conan's adventures). I was disappointed that this book was not as good as those books mentioned above and I have no intentions of reading the rest of the Ender series.
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Summary: Adventure
Review: Ender's Game is a science fiction book writing by Orson Scott Card. The book was full of adventure that leads the reader into superior imagination. The book focus of a main character name Ender that was sent to a military program in space to train other kids for an alien invasion that was going to take place against these species called the "Buggers". Throughout this book Orson will take the reader through the imagination of an alien invasion that takes place through the journey of Ender's life.Orson takes the reader through the devastating trials of an alien invasion and the ideas of the Earth and futur3e.
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Summary: Class of its own
Review: Enders Game is truely one of the best books I have ever read. To give you an idea, my copy of the book no longer has covers because I have read it so often. The story starts off with a little kid, Ender, who is a 'normal' little kid with a 'twist.' He's brilliant, an all around genious. Ender then goes on to save the world in a way that I would have never expected. This book is written in such a way that you're never sure what will happen next, and it always exceeds your wildest expectations on how it will end. I have told tens of people about this book and even let people borrow my copy so they can read it, and not a single person has been disapointed. In fact, many of those I have let borrow it, liked the book so much they have started to read books again. I would most definately suggest this book to anyone and everyone. When I first read this book I was in Grade 7, I've since graduated and still read it on a regular basis. Warning: Enders Game gave me such an interest in Scott Card that I purchased every one of his books that I could find, this can hurt the pocket book if you are only a student like I was. :)
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Summary: Unexpectedly exciting book
Review: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is an excellent, futuristic novel. The youthful yet complex protagonist, Ender Wiggins, is an intriguing young boy who, at the age of 6, has been taken away from his family by choice to pursue his worldly duty. Ender is taken to Battle School in which he is prepared to battle and defeat the "buggers", Earth's most feared attackers. Ender is a social pariah who strives for acceptance from both his peers and superiors. He thinks that the only way to gain acceptance is to succeed in Battle School; however, this feat is not as easy as it may seem. The game in which Ender trains is actually the tactics in which the military uses to defeat the "buggers". Ender does have special talents, but the reader is definitely aware that he is just an "average" boy. He, as any other young boy, has obstacles such as bullies, loneliness, and confusion, to overcome. By using his intellect, Ender conquers all of these obstacle.
Card does a magnificent job in explaining the "buggers" and showing the necessity of the Battle School. This novel makes one wonder what extent, we as humans, would go to prevent harm and difference. We have seen how we deal with difference: slavery, genocide, and prejudice. What would occur if the entire human race was in danger and under attack; would every difference be ignored and the major similarity, humanity, be focused upon? We'll never know unless we encounter such a problem. I would recommend this novel to anyone who wants to read an interesting yet intriguing novel. I really enjoyed it although I'm not really fond of "sci-fi" novels.
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Summary: Powerful, It makes you think
Review: I looked at Ender's Game dauntingly. Not because it is overly thick, but I had never really read a ton of scifi. Then I started it as a school book and couldn't put it down.
Ender'sgame is about a boy named Ender, his trip to a "Battle School" in a time where Earth is shadowed by the threat of an alien race called Buggers. Ender and other highly gifted children are being brought to Battle School in hopes of fostering new millitary leaders. The story is an emotional overload, exploring the ideas of human nature, ethics, child vs. adult, and so much more. Card's genius pulls you along slowly until you explode into the ending. Then you pick up the book to read it again.
An absolute must read for anyone, even those who have not had a pleasent experience in scifi. Card wrote that he wanted Ender's Game to be accessible to any reader, and it is.
In for the book you'll never be able to put down? Then Ender's Game is for you!
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Summary: The Really Good Book
Review: In the begining Ender is young he is six and gets chosen for battleschool.The people who chose him say he's a genius and may be man kind's last hope against the bugger war.In the middle of the book Ender has his own army in the battleschool.In the end Ender is in commandschool and destroys the bugger fleet without knowing it.I like this book because it's in the future and it's a scifi book with lot's of adventure.
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: Ender's Game is such a great book. Scott caught my attention from the beginning as I was trying to figure out what kind of monitor he kept talking about. Once I caught on to what he was talking about and the importance of the monitor, I began to enjoy the book. Ender's Game is a book that tells of Buggers having invaded planet earth two times. Because of the previous invasions, the government decides to prepare themselves for the next invasion. The society is completely controlled by the government. Ender came out of a family of geniuses. Out of the family, he was the one who was picked to go to the Battle School. The government has no feelings when it comes to the life Ender has to live. They feel as if Ender was born for one reason only and that was to help in the defeat of the Buggers. Although Ender is forced to do certain things, he still has problems just as all the kids do. Ender has to choose between right and wrong on many occasions. One reason why I really liked this book is because some of the things that Ender had to go through were real life situations and I could relate to them. I am not a big reader of science fiction but I really enjoyed this book.
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Summary: Possibly the best sci-fi book written
Review: Card is a genious, but occasionally, even geniuses outdo themselves. Ender's Game is one of those books. Orson Scott Card creates a plausible yet terrifying futuristic reality where the fate of humanity rests in the able hands of a small boy genius. This books gets into the psyche of Andrew Wiggin, a boy ripped from his parents and society at the age of 6 to become a warrior and a general. Card deals with the emotional trauma of being isolated from society and the impact it could have on pre-adolescent boys. Card's alien creatures 'The Buggers' are frightening but believable and Card figures out not only how a human mind works, but also how an alien's mind operates. This is a must for any sci-fi library.
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Summary: worth reading again
Review: The first time i read Ender's Game was in 1988, when i was in the 8th grade. I liked the book back then but now after all of these years i loved it. Ender Wiggins just amazes me and i am encouraging other people to read this classic book.
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