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Summary: A must read
Review: Ender's Game is a truely amazing book, by a truly amazing author. This book is fast paced, entertaining, and fascinating. Ender is perhaps one of the most likable characters in all of science fiction, and he is very well rounded and believable. All of the supporting characters in the cast are also believable enough that, by the end of book, you feel as if you know them all. Card's very believable (and completely original) look at training for space warfare, and fighting an enemy you don't understand, make this book stand out far above most of the sci-fi universe.
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Summary: Excellent Sci-Fi thriller
Review: I had to read this book in my 9th grade class. This is the first school book I have ever enjoyed. It can get kind of intense at some points, so I wouldn't recommend it for younger kids, but it is an amazing read for older individuals. It is incredibly written, and you really get into the book. I wound up finishing the book in three days, I couldn't put it down. I recommend it very highly.
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Summary: Ender's Game: The Birth of a Saga
Review: The world is scared. It is terrified. An alien race has attacked the earth twice. Both times humanity has miraculously escaped destruction and annihilation, but now the fate of earth is about to be decided and the final battle for humanity is about to be fought. Who will be the savior of mankind?-Andrew Wiggins, a six-year-old boy who has been watched and raised for the sole purpose of preventing the end of humanity and forever removing the threat of an alien race.
This book, Ender's Game, by New York Times best selling author Orson Scott Card, is a Hugo and Nebula Award winner which has stood the test of time among millions of readers for almost twenty years. It is a book which has found and retained many avid fans since its first publication in 1977, which has motivated and urged Card to continue this saga into an in-depth series which takes the reader farther into the universe of Ender. This first book of the Ender saga is an amazing novel that inspires and empowers the reader. It allows the reader to see the innocence and simplicity of childhood, while at the same time the human nature in all of us to survive at any and all costs. Card does an amazing job of grabbing the reader from the opening scenes and tightening his grip until the final few pages when everything comes full circle.
In Ender's Game, Card introduces us to Andrew Wiggins a.k.a. Ender, a young boy who has been raised and trained from birth to be a leader, a commander and, as his name suggests, an ender to not only this war with the alien race of "Buggers", but all wars against them. The reader and Ender simultaneously come to realize that Ender's usefulness lies in arriving to "the point of no return." If Ender can be made to feel like there are only two options kill or be killed-then he can thus become an impenetrable marvel in his survival. Card uses childlike precision in describing Ender's peaceful, yet volatile temper as he searches out every avenue for peace, only to find that violence, often times, is the only catalyst for this sought after peace. Early on in the book Ender is faced with the decision of fight or flight as a gang of older boys accost him. Knowing that running will only encourage the boys to continually antagonize him, Ender chooses to fight. He beats the leader of the gang into unconsciousness and, when asked why he didn't stop when the boy was knocked down, Ender replies, "Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So they'd leave me alone."
From this, the reader may question Cards' view on violence as a solution for hostility, but perhaps he is suggesting more than what we see. This book encourages the reader to see the sacrifice of the few for the betterment of the many.
At the age of six, Ender becomes this sacrifice as he leaves his home and begins his training in battle school-a place where games are played to teach combat skills and separate the leaders from the followers. These games, however, take on a larger meaning to Ender, who is not asked to merely lead but to win-at any and all costs, no matter the circumstance or handicap placed upon him. Ender's ability to be manipulated in these games is carefully stretched to the breaking point by his superiors as they place him in near hopeless circumstances, only to one day help him succeed. Ender must win these games, for one day the games will end and the real battle will begin.
Sci-fi fan or not, all who read this book will find a love for Ender and his struggle with the "Buggers" and more importantly the struggle within him as he searches to find peace within himself.
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: Born August 24, 1951 in Richmond, Virginia, Orson Scott Card volunteered as a Mormon missionary in Brazil and taught at various universities and writer workshops. In this particular book, Orson combines an advanced science and fictional society on Earth that are in significant need of help. It is 2070, forty years since a devastating alien invasion was barely turned back, and the world is desperately searching for soldiers to lead them to victory when the "Buggers" return. They are drafting young children who pass an arduous screening, and sending the best of them to the orbiting Battle School. Out of the incessant pressure of military training comes six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin. Ender struggles to keep his humanity, as the adult teacher and rival students threaten to destroy him. As the best of the best, Ender Wiggin, is forced to undergo isolation, physical and emotional adversities, and separation from all he has loved. His genius raises him to the top of then intensely competitive games it the Battle Room. His real struggles are off the playing field, with a dangerous older boy, Bonzo Madrid, who is determined that both he and Ender cannot survive in this place, with his teacher Mazer Rackham. As humanity pins its hopes on one boy, life takes a different toll for Ender Wiggin as situations intensify.
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Summary: One of the best Sci-fi books I've read
Review: Great author, great characters, great story. This is one of my all-time favorite books, and people of all ages will love it! People say that science-fiction books are about aliens, spaceships, in-space battle wars...well, for this book it's true. It's not your typical everyday story though. You may be used to stories about heroic characters going on a mission, coming home victorious with people loving and surrounding him/her. Well, the hero of THIS story just wants to stay with his beloved sister Valentine -- but he can't. Ender Wiggin is sent to space around the age of six to train to become one of the most famous commanders of the military. I know what you're thinking, and you're right. Pure child prodigy. Actually, the entire school where he trains at is full of them; military geniuses, of course. Ender just happens to be the smartest of them all. Others resent him for it and are willing to hurt, or even kill him, to bring him down. The teachers won't help at all, and believe this will help him save the world. Ender just knows that if he's able to pull this off he can go home. I'm going to stop talking now! If you look at the better written reviews above and below me, you will see that this is a GREAT book. I've read it again and again, and it only gets better the more you read it.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: By far, this is the most inspiring, beautiful, moving book I have ever read. A masterpiece.
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Summary: What an Ingenious Book!
Review: I totally loved this book from start to finish. Anyone who is a fan of the Playstation/Nintendo genre will love it too. Future Earth is at war with a race of aliens. The only hope in defeating the aliens lies in have "computer game simulation" like skills. Children are trained in a military academy using all kinds of virtual war games. The training is inspired by the skills of a great leader who was able to rout the aliens in one of the few decisive battles that the Earth had ever won against the alien. Endor, an outcast in society is thrust into the training academy where he proceeds to become possibly one of the greatest virtual game generals to ever train. The book also brings into play the idea of "forced" population control. In order to have a child, you must be approved by the government. Though apparently not a big issue with regard to the rest of the book it is interesting anyway.
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Summary: Enders Game is Great
Review: Ender's Game
By: Orson Scott Card
Reviewed by: R. Itchon
p. 3 Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is sent away at six-years old and has to go to battle school. He is sent away with other young kids that are very brilliant at such a young age.
Ender does not know what to do and he is by himself. Ender has to learn different battle skills and fight in many real-life simulations in battle situations with the Martians. As he grows up, he will both get smarter and have to go through hardships but yet succeed in all that he does.
I like how the book is so futuristic. In all their battle simulations the Martians are just like they are in real battles. They could feel there texture. You could tell how futuristic this book is by the way that the commander always says, "Take the transporter to the Martian's planet." That is what I liked about this book.
I also disliked some of the book. I disliked how all the cadets and commanders gave no respect Ender and treat him unfairly. Even in the book it says, "Ender was succeeding in all the simulations, but still kept him on a low level and never promoted him to a higher level." Nobody gave Ender any respect and nobody was friendly with him because he was better than all of them.
There is a part in Ender's Game that I liked the most though. My favorite part in this book is when they are going to embrace in battle with the Martians but have a little bit of time to train. When they are in one of there simulations they have to attack the queen just like in real battle and Ender succeeds and at the end he finds out that it was the real war and that Ender just won the battle for the earth against the Martians. This is my favorite part because he always tried his hardest in all of the simulations and it finally paid off by him winning the war for them.
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Summary: Contemporary Sci Fi at its Best!
Review: As a high school English teacher, I am constantly looking for books that will entice young readers. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, does that and much more! Set in the science fiction future, with most of the action occurring at a governmental Battle School in space, Ender's Game centers on a small boy named Ender Wiggin. Six-year-old Ender is plucked from his earthly home when he is selected to be trained by the government as a battle commander in the anticipated 3rd invasion of the alien buggers. This time it is all or nothing. If the aliens prevail, the human race will be extinguished and earth will be destroyed. An exemplary six-year-old who thinks and reasons far beyond his years, Ender is considered earth's last real hope. This story follows Ender through his training and unusual young life. Card masterfully details and describes the futuristic settings and battles, as well as Ender's personal conflict between his genetic killer instinct and his emotional desire not to hurt, maim, or kill. I think Ender's Game is a well-written and engaging book. It is easy to get into and has wonderful descriptions and details! I recommend this 'stay-up-late-since-you-MUST-know-what-happens' book often to my students, and I would recommend it to any adult, as well!
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Summary: One of the best books that I've read
Review: This book is a must read for all science fiction fans. The story is interesting and compelling, and the characters are very well written. The book is very well written and the plot is straightfoward so it doesn't ever get bogged down, yet there is enough depth to the characters and the story to be an extremely interesting read. The evolution of Ender from a picked-on outcast to a proven leader is very compelling. Even if you don't like science fiction, this is an excellent book. This is one of the few books that I've ever re-read (after reading Ender's Shadow), and it was just as good the second time.
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