Ender's Game (Ender Wiggins Saga) by Orson Scott Card (ISBN:0765342294)

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		Ender's Game (Ender Wiggins Saga)
	
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			Orson Scott Card		
	
Winer of the Hugo and Nebula AwardsIn order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child...more
 Winer of the Hugo and Nebula AwardsIn order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This has been one of my favorite books since I was about 12 years old.  Card's brilliant and gripping language lures any reader like the penultimate potato chips . . . its hard to put down.  Its inspiring and evokes feelings like, "yeah, I could like, uh, save the world too."  
Card grasps so many different person's personalities with rattling detail and writes books that boys...more
 This has been one of my favorite books since I was about 12 years old.  Card's brilliant and gripping language lures any reader like the penultimate potato chips . . . its hard to put down.  Its inspiring and evokes feelings like, "yeah, I could like, uh, save the world too."  
Card grasps so many different person's personalities with rattling detail and writes books that boys especially will love.  Recommend the entire series and it's parallel series.  This is also considered one of the top 10 SciFi books of all time by many lists.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I don't like sci-fi, especially when it's about wars in space. I don't like male main characters. I don't like books about children. I LOVE this book. It is both action-packed and thought-provoking, futuristic and relevant for today. This book is supposedly for young readers, yet it asks questions all of us need to consider, questions about what it means to be alive...more
 I don't like sci-fi, especially when it's about wars in space. I don't like male main characters. I don't like books about children. I LOVE this book. It is both action-packed and thought-provoking, futuristic and relevant for today. This book is supposedly for young readers, yet it asks questions all of us need to consider, questions about what it means to be alive and what it means to take a life, questions about childhood,innocence, and greater responsibility, and, above all, questions about what it means to be part of the human race.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This is IMO the beginning of my si-fi career. It opened up for me the millions of possibilities there are for the forward looking individual to indulge in. there are no witches, elves, warlocks, or magical creatures of any kind, I do like my fantastic worlds too but this book is more than that, more than si-fi it is a journey of a little boy growing, and dealing with adult issues from the...more
 This is IMO the beginning of my si-fi career. It opened up for me the millions of possibilities there are for the forward looking individual to indulge in. there are no witches, elves, warlocks, or magical creatures of any kind, I do like my fantastic worlds too but this book is more than that, more than si-fi it is a journey of a little boy growing, and dealing with adult issues from the age of 6. The journey is simply a venue for a fantastic voyage (pun intended) through thousands of years of human future history. Overall it is a book of many genera and great for the well read individual as well as the one that has many intrests in their library.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
It's a sci-fi book but it's not really about sci-fi.  It's about Ender, a genius kid who is six years old, and he's the last hope for the human race against aliens.  So they take him away from his family and ship him off to a military school and turn absolutely everyone against him, and he has to cope with all his classmates who hate him, all the teachers against him, all...more
 It's a sci-fi book but it's not really about sci-fi.  It's about Ender, a genius kid who is six years old, and he's the last hope for the human race against aliens.  So they take him away from his family and ship him off to a military school and turn absolutely everyone against him, and he has to cope with all his classmates who hate him, all the teachers against him, all the odds they set against him and prove he's the best.  

Ender's game is probably my favorite book I've read, although I don't read much.  The book is more about how he deals with all these things, how he feels and not as much about an alien attack.  It's a great story.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I really enjoyed this book and actually read it slowly. somewhat amazing, I know. I loved... the immediacy of it. and despite the potiental for the children being 'too adult-like' it didn't feel that way to me. I guess I related to them in some way. I also loved cards' ...  Read Morecomment in the introduction: "Why else do we read fiction anyway?...I think most of us,...more
 I really enjoyed this book and actually read it slowly. somewhat amazing, I know. I loved... the immediacy of it. and despite the potiental for the children being 'too adult-like' it didn't feel that way to me. I guess I related to them in some way. I also loved cards' ...  Read Morecomment in the introduction: "Why else do we read fiction anyway?...I think most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we are hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life communities that define our own identity and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about somebody who has lived in the real world, always has the possibility about being about ourself." I actually underlined it- I know I'm a dork- b/c it really hit home for me. It also really reminded me of C.S. Lewis' and Joseph Campbell's ideas of myth and mythical quests. What can I say? I have to find out what happens next... onto "Speaker for the Dead."   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
It was difficult to completely believe that such a young person could be the savior of humankind. The book was, however, gripping and compelling. 

I especially love how O.S. Card draws the reader into battle scenes. As one who skims long descriptions of anything, and even short descriptions of battle, I found myself astonished time and again by how captivating every word in this novel is. 

I...more
 It was difficult to completely believe that such a young person could be the savior of humankind. The book was, however, gripping and compelling. 

I especially love how O.S. Card draws the reader into battle scenes. As one who skims long descriptions of anything, and even short descriptions of battle, I found myself astonished time and again by how captivating every word in this novel is. 

I can't wait to get my hands on the second book!   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I read this back in high school and early college and really loved it. I read through it in one sitting and never saw the ending coming. That momentum was enough to pull me through the trilogy (which I remember as so-so) and the first Bean novel, which I liked. Revisiting it now, 10  years later, was weird. Knowing how the book ended didn't help, but I also noticed a pretty major lack of...more
 I read this back in high school and early college and really loved it. I read through it in one sitting and never saw the ending coming. That momentum was enough to pull me through the trilogy (which I remember as so-so) and the first Bean novel, which I liked. Revisiting it now, 10  years later, was weird. Knowing how the book ended didn't help, but I also noticed a pretty major lack of character development. The supporting characters were paper thin and even Ender seemed oddly shallow. Anyway, it wasn't as bad as rewatching Goonies (don't do it), but revisiting Ender as an adult certainly lowered, but didn't completely decimate, my opinion of the book.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
At first I thought it was some cheesy sci-fi book. I wanted to finish what I started, though, so I kept on reading. What I found as I turned each page was the innocent, honest, hurting mind of a young boy whose face was recognized by all, but whose heart was neglected by most--a boy who had everything and, at the same time, absolutely nothing. I recommend this book to anyone who wants...more
 At first I thought it was some cheesy sci-fi book. I wanted to finish what I started, though, so I kept on reading. What I found as I turned each page was the innocent, honest, hurting mind of a young boy whose face was recognized by all, but whose heart was neglected by most--a boy who had everything and, at the same time, absolutely nothing. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to delve into the topic of humanity, is in dire need of someone who understands the pain of loneliness, or is simply wanting to read a good book.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This is a science fiction novel that transcends the genre.  I've had trouble convincing non-nerds to read this one, but none that I have regretted it.  It's a terrific story about a boy who is tapped to join Battle School where he's to learn tactics to fight off an alien invasion that may or may not occur.  I know, that sounds like a geek fest, but you'll have to trust me on this...more
 This is a science fiction novel that transcends the genre.  I've had trouble convincing non-nerds to read this one, but none that I have regretted it.  It's a terrific story about a boy who is tapped to join Battle School where he's to learn tactics to fight off an alien invasion that may or may not occur.  I know, that sounds like a geek fest, but you'll have to trust me on this one.  The characters are genuine and there is thinking involved with their development.  There are several sequels and the story is re-hashed from another point of view, but none are as good as the original.   hide

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							Robbie
						
							few weeks ago						
I read this a really long time ago, but it's an amazing book (and a great series on total). 

It's a fun story about these kids that train in battle, Ender being a particular genius, and what happens as a result. It's emotional, well thought out, and the beginning of a great series (a trilogy follows, in the same vein of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and the...more
 I read this a really long time ago, but it's an amazing book (and a great series on total). 

It's a fun story about these kids that train in battle, Ender being a particular genius, and what happens as a result. It's emotional, well thought out, and the beginning of a great series (a trilogy follows, in the same vein of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and the trilogy that follows here is much more adult, and much more satisfying, than Ender's Game).

Very highly recommended.   hide

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