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Ender's Game (Fantastic Audio)

Ender's Game (Fantastic Audio)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the Best Books That I Have ever read!!
Review: Ender's Game is an AWESOME book, and I think that n e 1 who thinks differently had better go get their head checked (no offense, of course).

'Nuff Said!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A truly capturing novel that's full of excitement!
Review: Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game, is one of the most exhilaraiting books that I have ever read. Not only does it draw you into the life of an amazingly bright child who must save the world, but it captures you in a world that is unknown and mystifing to the common man. This is definately one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good writer. Less than meets the eye in the story.
Review: I read this ages ago as a short story. This author can write so well you don't know you are reading, a bit like breathing. But, I must agree, this is not the best SF ever. Yes, try Fire on the Deep for more things to think about. This is implausible and shallow. I do like well written drivel however, hence I'd score this more than 5.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good, but not the best ever...
Review: Overrated? Maybe. Deserving of both the Hugo and Nebula? Not a chance. Sorry, I enjoyed Ender but it's not the most ground breaking, thought provoking SF book ever written as some of you believe. I think you guys need to read some more hard SF. Try some Dune, or Hyperion, or A Fire Upon the Deep. Now those are tasty!! Ender is merely a nice desert compared to these seven course meals. I will admit, the ending surprised me. But I cannot believe that some of you out there are touting it as "The best SF book ever written." Jeesh, that's quite the claim. Take a step back, look at what you read, and think about it. A good SF book you can recommend? Yes. The best ever? Again, not a chance! I can assure you of one thing...I'm sure the movie will be horrible

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ranks Among The Best
Review: This is one of the most compelling pieces of fiction I have read lately ... I'm only sorry that I didn't read it years ago. For anyone who has ever felt "different" ... no matter the reason ... this is a must-read. Perhaps parts of the story are predictable; that's not the point. It's quite a commentary on win-at-all-costs. The series can also inspire the reader to begin looking for areas of common ground in the world rather than succumbing to today's societal messages that emphasize the differences and the negative.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A child rearing guide
Review: Mr. Card autographed my copy of Ender's Game with these words: "A Child Rearing Guide." The attraction that his book holds for many readers is that the science fiction serves as a masquerade, while the real story dives into the very essence of what makes us human. We read it once for the action, but we read it a second and third time because we identify with Ender, because his story rings true in our hearts.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The Most Overrated Science Fiction Book Ever?
Review: The most intriguing thing about Ender's Game is trying to figure out why it receives raves. The backbone of the plot can be explained in a sentence and while it might have supported a short story (the resolution of the story is predictable half way through) it's too flimsy a frame for a novel. The no-gray-zone series of leadership-lesson episodes read like Card wrote a story to the table of contents in a US Army basic training manual. My only explanation for the book's popularity is that it hit a sweet spot of readers with their hands on the joystick, hungry for a rationalization fantasy for the hours and quarters that they squander in video game parlors mastering Missile Command. Sure, it wasn't one of the worst all-time SCIFI novels, though at least one of Card's other books could be a tossed into that bin. I did read it through to the end. But it certainly doesn't merit topping the amazon.com SCIFI recommendations list with gushing endorsements. Better Sci-Fi? Red/Green/Blue Mars. Stapleton's Sirius. Dune - no question. Clarke's 2001. Diamond Age. Sure. But Ender's Game? Bleh.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: HOW COULD ANYONE ONLY RATE THIS NOVEL A SIX?!?
Review: Ender's Game is the most riveting and moving sf novel I have ever read. For me, it was impossible to put down and never rang a false note. The ending gave me goosebumps. I believe that this book is the standard against which all pure sf should be measured. (Fortunately I do not write pure sf myself, but as a new novelist I'm both awestruck and jealous of Orson Scott Card for having written such an amazing story.) James Halperin

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Kull Wahad!
Review: Dune is up there on first place, and Ender's Game is a very close second. Where does the game begin, and the reality end? OR does it ever end? Who needs it to? That's what sci-fi is all about - part science, part fiction, seamlessly blended so you can't tell which is which. Ender's Game does this so marvellously that everytime I play a space-sim game now, I wonder if I'm killing real Storm Troopers! READ THIS BOOK

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ender's Game is more than just great action.
Review: The buggers have attacked twice and it is up to Ender to stop them. Ender's Game could be summarized by that sentance, but it would be a very inadaquate synopsis. For it is not the buggers that are Ender's antagonists in the novel, but the adults. Everything the military leaders and teachers do they feel is necessary for the salvation of humanity, so they will not change their actions simply for the sake of a young boy. Ender's Game is the tale of a child learning to live with the responsibility of an adult and trying to cope with being the best when all he wants is to be free of the shackles imposed on him, to be able to just be a kid again



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