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Summary: My favorite book of all time!!! (and that's saying a lot)
Review: This was originally written as a short story, which can be found on Orson Scott Card's web site www.hatrack.com. However, while developing The Speaker for the Dead, he decided that it would best serve as a sequel to Ender's Game, his short story. So, he turned the short story into a novel which won the Nebula and the Hugo award... the first author to ever win both in the same year. Then, he wrote the sequel (Speaker) which one both AGAIN!!!This book is a true work of art. Mr. Card's ability to expand the personality, depth, and life of Ender Wiggin is truly incredible. The added insite on why Ender was so special in proportion to his siblings makes this story wonderful and did an excellent job of creating plenty of fodder for the sequels. This is a story which takes place in the future. Earth has been attacked by an alien races (the formics) and by a shred of incredible luck, we beat them with a lucky shot. But... will we be so lucky the next time the Buggers return? Earth needs a leader. Someone the likes of George Washington, Alexander the Great, George Patton, etc. etc. Only he or she needs to be better. This is where Ender comes in, a young child who has the makings of this great leader. What is the best way to train a child? Of course, through games. So Ender is trained for years from very simple games to the unbeatable games (which Ender does end up beating). But when Ender is better than any game put in front of him, those placed in command to train him must do all they can to improve his sense of command... even if it means cheating and changing the rules to put Ender at a disadvantage. The real game is Ender's life and his sanity as he is pushed to the edge to improve his gaming abilities. Will the leaders push him too hard or will Ender succeed in becoming the most brilliant commander of all time? You will find out as you read this brilliant, fun, imaginative, and fantastic page turner. This story is also told from the perspective of Ender's right hand man (child), Bean, in Orson Scott Card's parallel novel Ender's Shadow. I would highly suggest reading this book first, but you get even more added insite by reading Ender's Shadow. Both are must reads... especially if you love Ender's Game half as much as I do. A movie is in the works with the screenplay written by Orson Scott Card... I imagine it will probably be as wonderful a movie as this is a wonderful book. If you want to be thrilled, PICK UP THIS BOOK!!! Also, the sequels are fantastic... not as fantastic as Ender's Game, but a great read in their own right as we follow Ender, his siblings, and Bean into old age... and beyond. Out of 5 stars, I give it a 10!!!!
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Summary: How do so many of you enjoy this?
Review: well, i'm not sure how so many people enjoyed this book, perhaps it was not the right day for me to pick it up and read it. but seriously, it was disturbing....definately not something i will be giving my kid brother to read any time soon...naked children, child wars, lies and deceit, and more!rather insensitive towards real world issues-this is not just a game happening in sci-fi books, has anyone looked in the news lately, ie. child soldiers in liberia?
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Summary: Not so much a science fiction
Review: In the country where I am from some works of science fiction were totally ignored. Although we knew many modern sci-fi writers we never heard of Orson Card. I am not surprised though having finally read this book. It's actually more about the phylosophical issues related to the function of our society then just some sci-fi work. I will definitely read the next book in this series. At the same time I felt that somethig was missing, something that makes the difference between very good book and great book. The author is sometimes just too serious. This is the reason I gave this book four stars instead of five.
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Summary: A true page turner...
Review: Ender Wiggin is six years old, and he's probably smarter than most adults. So the government chooses him as one of the children to be sent off to Battle School in outer space, where they stage "battles" in order to pick out military genuises to defeat the buggers in the next "Bugger War", in attempts to save mankind. A true page turner, Ender's Game kept me reading 24/7. OSC, without doing the whole "pity my character" thing, creates a character that you can sympathize with, in a setting that, unlike many sci fi books, seems realistic. No amazing gadgets that can't be explained, etc. A main character who's a genuis can only be as smart as the author who's writting it. OSC is obviously one of the most intellegent writers alive.
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Summary: This book almost got me dumped!!!
Review: I was recommended this book by two friends while on a Spring Break trip as one of the greatest books EVER written (they were appalled that I had never heard of it before). I couldn't pass up skipping that one now I decided. I came home and started reading it and soon couldn't set it down! I was so enthralled in the book that I spent every moment out of college and work reading it! My girl-friend actually got jealous and upset that I was paying too much attention to the book and ignoring her and my studies!
It is enthrawling and suspenseful! It is amazing to see Card's view of the future (as the book was written way back in 1985). The strategies that Ender comes up to understand his enemies enlighten you to feel as if you are one of those smart children, like you know how he feels! And with that understanding comes the capability to crush and destroy them in competition. Yet he does not wish for power, or glory. Everything is in this story that you could ever hope for...and just when you think the book is running out of time to get to a good ending...the surprise will blow you away.
I have not read a book like this in a VERY VERY long time. It doesn't have any dull or slow moments, and it is hard to set down.
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Summary: A Sci-Fi Work of Art
Review: Orson Scott Card thrills readers in his first installment of the Ender series. It tells the story of Ender's rise to power at Battle School leading up to the ultimate showdown between the humans and the buggers. I thought it was a very interesting book with a plot and storyline that keeps your interest. I advise any lover of science fiction and fantasy is sure to love Ender's Game, as well as the entire Ender series.
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Summary: The Obscureness of Null Gravity
Review: A descriptive book of a young boy named Ender. Fighting to be on his own, he must experience no gravity, and to become himself. It is based on a time in the future, and is incredibly interesting. As he fights to be independent and on his own, other people atround him are fighting too, but not just to be independent. A catching novel with terriffic events, "Ender's Game' is an awesome book of the future.
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Summary: playgame scifi brilliant little minds
Review: this is one of the definitive works of innovative scifi... troubled, brilliant, edgy, alienated children at work and play... absolutely excellent
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Summary: Enders Reveiw
Review: bib-
oct.1-oct.25
card,orson scott.(1977).Enders Game
New York:a tom doherty associates book.0-812-55070-6
drama/adventure. 324pgs. synopsis-
There was a boy named Ender and he was raised to be a worker for the army, but he had to be perfect unlike his brother who the army thought was to cruel to do the specific duty that they needed Ender so desperatly for. When he was shipped to the army base in space he got in to an army 2 years earlier than normally. In the army they fought against other armies in the space school. They went in null gravity and shot freezing bullets at each other, the army won when they froze all of the other army or got past to the button they had to push. After a couple of years Ender was moved up to commander of a army and had a special technique to deffeat the other armies. Then he has moved up to have his own army when usually his age just got in to their first army. For his army he was given all inexperienced kids but he taught them to win every battle. The owner of the school even tested Ender against two or three armies at once but he always won. Later he was moved to a new advanced school that took a couple of months to get to by rocket ship. He trained with an old war hero of the first bugger war. Then finally one day every one important in the service was at his training room and the computer battle was based at the buggers home planet. Ender was so frustrated with playing this game for so much years he just blew up the planeton the computer game. Later he found out that he was commanding an actual army and every ship that died on the computer was an actual person dyeing. reveiw-
I enjoyed this book a ton because it was exiting and it had some drama. I would recomend this book beacause it is one of those books that you can't put down. I liked it when he thought he was playing a computer game for every day for a couple of years but it was really real life. I liked that because it added a awsome twist at the end of the book but is made him feel betrayed because they lied to him for so many years and made him decice who lives and who dies. This book was one of the best books I have ever read and I would like to read a sequel if they have one out on the shelves in stores. I rate this book on a scale from 1-10 I give it a 8 because I think it needs more action and less emotional writting.
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Summary: Great! Few Caveats
Review: Ender's Game is the story of Ender Wiggin, a child-soldier in a dim future where wars are won electronically. I listened to the audio version of this novel, but after a while, had to listen to this in seclusion! LOL, my father HATED the fact that the aliens were called 'Bugger,' and every time this was mentioned rather LOUDLY in the beginning by Peter, he'd strenuously object. Other than the term 'bugger,' I thought this book was really fast paced, and exciting, if at times a little gruesome. Ender is an enjoyable character, 'caught up' by events beyond his control who you can really empathize with. The other characters are quite endearing: with two exceptions: I honestly wish Peter had been done away with. This character was irritating in the extreme... And Valentine? What's with Card making all his genius characters mentally ill? I wish she'd sought help for her pyromania. I won't even go there about Peter's psychotic tendencies. Other than that, LOVED Card's work. Will definitely be looking up the next book in the series!
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