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Summary: The best book I've ever read!
Review: Even though I am thirteen I loved this book! My Dad is like the ultimate science fiction freak and he knows a good book when he picks one up. He is also the one that recommended it to me so I said ok i'll give it a try. Once I started I couldn't put it down! So this is a great book for almost any age.
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Summary: Children really are smarter than you'd expect
Review: This book was an excellent read. It tells the tale of Andrew Wiggin and his remarkable ability as a tactical genius. Troubled with his own situation of always being the smallest and most picked on child, Andrew succeeds in all his ventures, whether it kills someone or not. The book strikes one as being poorly written and while it's obviously not the best written book, it's the story that speaks volumes. I definitely recommend this book and its subsequent sequels.
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: I loved this book It's a great read.
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Summary: Yet another review....
Review: Yes, I'm going to throw my two cents in too, and, in case you couldn't tell from all the 5 stars, yes, it is a good book. It's well written, has good character development, is well thought out, well paced, and entertaining. This book would have good 5 stars except (and here it comes) I had some issues with it. First off, unbelievable. I can take Ender being the military boy wonder, or Valentine the great writer, or Peter the great political mind, but to have all 3 in the same family and forever change humanity is a bit far reaching. I think the military, having discarded Peter, would have killed him rather than let such evil genius run around loose. Another problem was the ending of the war, is there anyone who didn't see that coming? (I'm trying not to give away the plot here). And lastly, while the writing was good, it felt...hollow? It was a very simple read. Don't get me wrong here, I recommend this for reading, it IS a good book, but it isn't without it's faults.
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Summary: The best book ever written!!
Review: This book has a sweet storyline. A definite page-turner.Ender is The best. The next books have alot of talking, and aren't As good but still must-reads.
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Summary: As Interesting as Harry Potter!
Review: I'm a sophomore in high school, I had to read this book for my English class last quarer. I wasn't really looking forward to it because I have never enjoyed reading a science fiction book, but after I read the first chapter, my hands were practically glued to the book! I was so caught up in it that I finished the book in no time at all! I would just like to say that this book is a must for anyone who loves reading, and you will not regret purchasing this book! I can't wait to read Ender's Shadow!
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Summary: Not your typical Sci-fi book
Review: When someone picked this book for our bookclub, I cringed. I didn't want to read this book at all. I thought it would be your typical geek-speak novel with in depth discussions on how circuits work and why a byte is better than a bit. Wrong! This book is great. Easy to read, good story, great character development, and a page-turner to boot. I loved the fantasy elements of the story. Card painted a world that is equally possible and fantastic. His treatment of Ender, boy genius, is poignant and tragic. At times it's hard to think of Ender as a child, but Card makes sure that the reader is aware that this is a small boy who would be more content skipping rocks on a lake than saving the world. This is a story of betrayal, obedience, manipulation and survival at any cost. To quote Dr. Spock <yes, I'm going to totally geek out right now> "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." That is a recurring theme throughout the novel. Anyone is expendable if it means saving the world, or the government, or the agenda of top-level politicians, or the job of one politician. The question is, who decides who's important and who's expendable? Would you give your life or your child's life if the government asked you too? Ender's game will make you think about all of these questions. Buy and read it, I think you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: The Intelligent One
Review: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card was a rather unique and extremely exciting novel. This sci-fi book displays interesting interpretations of what the future might hold. The story revolves around a young boy by the name of Ender. Ender is a highly intelligent boy, in fact the most intelligent boy in the world. A government association similar to the FBI runs these tests to see which children are the most intelligent and can become part of their army. At first Ender's brother and sister were both put through the tests but it was soon discovered that they were not the chosen ones. Then the organization requested that Ender be born to the family. Ender was then put to the tests and it was discovered that he is the chosen one. He is the one to head the army against the evil buggers. Ender is forced to move away from his family and on to a spaceship/school in which he will live and have no contact with his family. Here Ender is taught how to fight and he is taught how to teach others. During this process however, Ender is put through a lot of emotional and stressful situations. Mostly in which all of the adults are lying to him and not telling him the truth about things, in addition he isn't the favorite among the other children. This part of the book is highly realistic in the sense that most children at some point go through this in their life. Overall, I highly enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to all students in junior high school. I believe that everyone needs to read this book, just to be able to relate to the situation that Ender is in. In addition, so that everyone can have the opportunity to let this book take them to a place that they could not normally experience.
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Summary: Greatness defined
Review: I am a 50 year old physician, and have an original 1965 Chilton Publisher's edition of DUNE. Enough said. I don't read a lot of science fiction, largely because I love the genre and tend to nitpick a lot of the stuff that is out. But "Ender's Game" to me is simply one of the finest works of speculative fiction that I have ever read. One measure of great art is simply its ability to move people. Shall we agree that the more than 1300 reviews of this book posted to this web site is proof enough that something extraordinary occurs here? I was touched by this work in a way that rarely occurs for me, and it is not a stretch to say that the only reason I did not cry from the sheer beauty of this story is that I didn't have the privacy I needed. Some fine points. Assuming the "buggers" were truthful in this story (and I will be vague for those who may not have read the book) their behavior upon encountering a spacefaring species was out of character and overly aggressive. If we, while on a scouting trip for new worlds to colonize, encountered a species of insects, piloting space ships, would we attack them? And then, send a follow-up colonization fleet? The Queen's "guilty, with an explanation" offering seems a bit of a reach, given the poetry of her words and the interspecies friendship that was offered after the fact. (I have not yet read "Speaker for the Dead.") But this is a tiny issue, sort of like saying that Da Vinci should have painted palm trees in the backgroud of the Mona Lisa. This is one of the four or five best science fiction stories I have ever read. A great, great work.If you love science fiction, you must read this work. Thank you, Mr.Card.
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Summary: Ender's Game- Worth reading
Review: The book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, is an action filled, thrilling yet emotional science fiction novel. The book is about one little boy named Ender Wiggin who is the third child in his family and a genious along with his older sister Valentine and brother Peter. Ender Wiggin is specially chosen out of the rest of his siblings to go into the military and train to fight off the buggers, who are aliens from a different planet who attacked Earth years earlier. The military training is not just any average army- it takes place in space. Ender, only being six years old, turns out to be the best at all the military games. At a young age, he manages to beat older kids of 12 or 13 years. Although Ender is the best at the games, he is not a happy child. Ender not only misses his family, mostly his sister Valentine, but he is also picked on constantly at Battle school. Soon enough, Ender is transferred to a school where he is one of the youngest boys. Now at the age of 10, Ender is trained by Mazer who was the one who saved Earth from the buggers years ago. Mazer worked Ender day and night- hardly leaving Ender and time to sleep let alone relax. As Ender wins every battle on the video games he is commander of, he suprisingly saves Earth. The entire time Ender fought battles on the video games, he was being fooled- it was real. The ending of the book becomes very intense and the suprise at the end is amazing. I highly reccomend this book to anyone- even if you've never read Science-fiction before!!!!
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