Ender's Game

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Summary: Awsome book
Review: I'm not much of a reader, and have stopped reading books for entertainment for years. Thanks to my english teacher I learned about Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. It is the best book I've read so far, and this book has finally lit a new spark in my intrest for books. I highly recomend this book for anyone who reads, plays videogames, and/or likes SF.

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Summary: on empathy and interstellar war
Review: On one level, Ender's Game functions as a straightforward SF 'interstellar war' yarn, of your basic Earth vs. Insects variety. On this level, the book is certainly a pleasing read. But much of the book's merit derives from its thematic underpinnings: as much as it is about interstellar war, the book is also about childhood, pedagogy, technology, simulation, strategy, ethics, and, perhaps primarily, empathy. The interplay of these themes suffuse the book with a certain richness, and yet do not slow down the forward motion of the plot.

Fast-paced, interesting, engaging, and smart. Not a difficult read: there is little in the language or plot that would pose much trouble to a precocious middle schooler, and yet the book's moral positioning is nuanced enough to engage (and needle) any thoughtful adult reader. All in all, an enjoyable work, and a solid illustration of the old adage that SF is a "literature of ideas."

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Ender's Game was the best sci- fi I read. At first, I was hesitant to reading it and wanted to just find cliff notes. .... Besides that the plot, theme, characters were great. You can really idenify with Ender (well atleast I did) how everyone expects so much from you until you can just crack!

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Summary: classic
Review: With Ender's Game Orson Scott Card elevates Sci-fi to the level of great literature. Not an easy feat. The list of Sci-fi authors who have done this can be counted on one hand. Mickey Mouse's hand.(Azimov.Herbert.Bradbury.Heinelin.)After the first chapter the trappings of space ships and insectiod aliens become secondary to the trials and tribulations of a 6 year old boy. While I enjoy "pulpy" sci-fi, I realize it is just that. Pulp. Few books ever remain in my memory a week after I read them. They are time killers. Ender's Game isn't. I recommend this book to all my friends who are not Sci-fi fans. Their reviews are unanimous. This is a good book.

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Summary: In Defense
Review: I realize that some people didn't like this book; tastes vary. But if you criticize it and say it's the worst book you've ever read, you obviously have a limited perspective (and you've never read The Song of Hiawatha). If you want a realistic book, read nonfiction or realistic fiction.
I don't read science fiction because it's plausible. It isn't, but I read it because it's applicable to my life. I seriously doubt anyone will ever write a story about a teenager who's really, really bored and never does anything but read, but science fiction, and especially Ender's Game, gives me hope. Maybe, someday, I will get to do something interesting.
I know the end of Ender's Game doesn't go into much detail and just skims over things, but that's why Mr. Card is writing the companion novels, to expand upon the ideas and and fill in the gaps. Although Ender's Shadow takes place at the same time as Ender's Game, it is vastly different. In fact, the main character of it, Bean, is barely mentioned in Ender's Game.
Anybody who criticizes Ender's Game shouldn't be comparing it to Arthur C. Clark's books; it's not like they're particularily accurate, either. The point of fiction is imagination. If you want authors to churn out dull, dry facts, go read a textbook.
Maybe I sound like the high school freshman I am to some people, but there had better not be anyone who claims my points aren't valid.

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Summary: A Work of Art
Review: Orson Scott Card should truly be commended on his fabulous job of successfully capturing the perfect science fiction novel. Without knowing it, Card sets the reader up early in the novel by telling the reader that "lies were more dependable than the truth." Indeed, this quote is true in the novel. Card uses vivid descriptions of the futuristic setting in order to give the reader a true sense of where the story takes place. In addition, Card describes the main character gracefully and the events and obstacles that he must overcome in great detail. While reading the novel, it seems that Card is extremely predictable. But in the end, he completes a three-hundred and sixty-degree turn, and catches the reader off guard. The twist in the end is truly what makes the novel a complete success. I would definately recommend this novel to all science-fiction lovers and all non-science-fiction lovers alike. No matter what genre you enjoy, this novel is a must read.

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Summary: Ender's Game Kicks
Review: The book I chose to review is Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender is a boy in the future. His problem is that he might not have enough time to train. He is training to be a commander of a star fleet. Ender has to be a commander so that he can win the human\bugger war. Before he can be a commander he has to train in battle school for five or so years and then he has to train in command school where he meets a very important person named Mazer Rhakom. Mazer Rhakom is famous because he won the second human\bugger war.
The author that I would like to compare Orson Scott Card to is J.K. Rowling. Both of these authors write about adventures and both of these authors write exciting stories that are fun to read. These authors are different in this way. Orson Scott Card writes science fiction books J.K. Rowling writes fantasy. Both of these authors are great writers and I enjoy reading books by these authors.
My opinion is that Ender's Game is the best book I've ever read. There are many reasons that I think this is the best book. First, I love Science fiction books. Second, I like action and adventure. Third I like excitement. My book review is about Ender's Game.

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Summary: The Best Science Fiction Saga
Review: I have read alot of Science Fiction but this book is by far the best one I have ever read. It not only is very deep but also very enthralling and suspenseful. The characters are well crafted and so is the world. The later books in the saga are totally different but nearly as good in their own ways. A must read.

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Summary: Fantastic must read for all ages
Review: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, is a fantastic book that covers the life of a child-soldier created by the government for the salvation of humanity. Card's characters are well developed and believable because they have characteristics that you see in yourself. No matter how evil or good the character, there are characteristics in them that you can see in yourself.

I first read this book when I was twleve years old. Since then I've read it five or six more times. It is one of those books that you read and it stays with you so you will want to read it again.

This book was, by far, the best book of the Ender Saga.

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Summary: Good, but Not Greatness
Review: As the author himself says, some people really like this book, others loathe it. I think those who hate it are the naive who just can't understand why the government would turn a brilliant child into a killer. But you have to understand that the humans aren't sure when the "buggers" will be back to try for the hat trick at destroying humanity, they can't wait the 20-30 years it would take for a Caesar or Napoleon to develop on his own, so they push his latent brilliance, molding it into the genius they need to win the war for good.

Overall, I thought the book was good. Ender is a sympathetic character, he doesn't want to kill, but is forced to keep doing it. Until the end when he winds up nearly going insane from his internal conflict. The rest of the characters are scantily described, but that's because the focus of the book, Ender, is usually isolated from everyone else so that we can't get to know them.

There are a few things that keep this book from being the "greatness" others call it. One, there's a little sloppy writing concerning the point of view. The story primarily is focused through Ender, but there are times when in the middle of a scene it seems to drift to someone else a bit. This is something I've noticed because people say I have a tendency to do that myself. In particular there is a whole chapter in the middle focusing on Ender's older brother and sister back home on Earth and their scheme to rule the world.

Second, the end of the book wraps up much too quickly. After Ender wins the war, there's a real thumbnail sketch of WWIII (which lasts about 5 days), and how Ender and his sister go to a former bugger colony, where Ender finds a hidden message from the buggers and sets forth to repopulate some unsuspecting planet with them. Eight years of action is summarized in about 20 pages. Card wrote sequels, so I don't see why he rushed the ending here so much.

This is a good book, but because of those problems, it fails to become a great book. It's still well worth the read, though.