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Summary: Science Fiction at its best
Review: Card tells an introspective yet fast-paced tale of manipulation- both genetic and mental. Ender is a character that's always being pushed to his breaking point and always finding a way to overcome. He is both frightened and exhilirated by the lengths he's willing to go to. This is an excellent story of the sort of internal struggle that many people can identify with.I particulary enjoyed Card's depictions of the military simulations Ender and his fellow gifted peers engage in. Some of the tale was a bit hard on my suspension of disbelief in that it was hard to envision the characters thinking and acting the way they do at such young ages. But that flaw, if you can even call it that, was easily remedied by the sheer depth of Card's character development. This book kept me reading, and the double surprise ending didn't disappoint. In fact, it made getting the rest of the Ender series an easy decision.
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Summary: Like No Other
Review: I can honestly say that Ender's Game is one of the best books I have ever read. It was an assignment in my Honors Literature class and once I started, I couldn't put it down. The Buggers are coming again. Ender Wiggin is only six years old when he is taken from his family and sent to Battle School. It is on his shoulders that rests the fate of the entire human world. His sharp mind is well-suited for developing military tactics and he rises to meet all his challenges and obstacles. It is hard to remember that he is still only a little boy. I would recommend this book to anyone that has an open mind and is willing to grasp the concepts Card includes in this compelling novel. And so the saga begins...
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Summary: Psst...overrated...
Review: There, I said it - overrated. Yes it's a good book, imaginative, original ideas, thought provoking - but also more than a little boring. The premise of the book is that the child Ender is the ultimate weapon in a savage war with the mysterious Buggers. Unfortunately the story never really delves into the Buggers or combat with them except in a really abstract manner. I don't want to spoil the story so I won't go into more detail about that aspect of the story. What you get with this interesting book is lots and lots of psychology, lots of soul searching, lots of dialogue and a minimum of any real conflict. The majority of the plot deals with Ender's training in a military school. There are some interesting wargames that take place and a few shocking incidents that show just how high stakes the games these children play really are. I found the best thing this book did was make me feel very sad for the boy Ender. There are some moving parts that deal with his isolation and the difficulty of being different from the other kids. There are some emotional parts in the book that helped bring it above the level of run-of-the-mill SF, along with some compelling concepts, but overall I have reservations about this book. It's a good story, certainly better than many, but not as great as a lot of the reviews here would lead you to believe.
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Summary: Pizza for your Brain
Review: Just about everyone can identify with Ender. Ok sure, you're not six years old, and you're not a military supra-genius, but I bet you remember some point in your past where you were pushed around by the school bully. Or maybe you were terrorized by an
older sibling? Just like Ender. I guess you could argue that the school bully, and your abusive older sibling couldn't identify with Ender, but really, we all know those people are too stupid to read anyway. The unwillingness to accept defeat, while staring the insurmountable odds in the face, is a central feature of our protagonist, Ender. He is a six year old boy, removed from his family to train. Train to become the space commander needed by the forces of Earth to defeat "the buggers." The majority of the training takes place in the form of zero-g combat games, played with other students at the orbiting Battle School. I know it sounds a little cheesey on the surface, but Card really pulls it off well. Ender faces trials in and out of the game in what amounts to years and years in basic training. Throughout it all he is alone, and it is his determination and clarity of purpose that gets him through. You really just want to cheer for the little fella over and over. This is a very simple novel. It is also a very very good novel, just don't expect the complexity of Foundation or the darkness of The Gap series. But we don't always need to read caviar and sekt books. Sometimes we need pizza for the brain. The simplicity, the age of the characters, and Card's religious background (meaning very little bad language and no sex) make this book an excellant choice for the thirteen to sixteen year old soon-to-be sci/fi fan. It's the kind of book that set me on fire for reading (Actually for me it was Clark's "Childhood's End.") Will I read the sequel? Not sure yet. The last bit "Speaker for the Dead" seems like an intriguing segque into the next book. It really has emotional depth that the rest of the book lacks. Maybe so.
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Summary: definate read
Review: this one of the books that i have read and reread innumerable times. a must read for all.
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Summary: One of my all-time favorite books
Review: I will treasure this book forevermore. That said, I feel the need to point out that all Card's female characters are extremely stiff, and usually annoying. Card obviously attempts to portray women in a sympathetic light and as equally intelligent to men, but he ends up with overanalytical loudmouths who are plagued by doubts and end up only arrogantly, ungratefully hampering the males anyway. This observation encompasses Card's Alvin Maker series as well as his Ender books, Treason, and Lost Boys. While I'm on the subject, I also think that his male characters fall a bit flat on the personality and too heavy on the logic as well.
With that off my chest, Ender's Game is one of the most interesting and enjoyable books I have ever had the pleasure of reading, as well as being the book that kicked off my interest in science fiction. It takes a stubborn mind to resist the allure of Ender's world and Battle School, where the brightest children are sent to train as child-soldiers for the next war. The Buggers, the alien race the humans are warring with, really play a minimal part in the story until the very end. Mostly Ender's Game deals with Ender, the little boy who is the smartest of all the genius children, the leader of them all, and his relationships with the other kids, and how they all get through the rigorous, ruthless training of Battle School. It's fascinating, the little plots and brilliant strategem the students employ against each other, with the added shock that they're all small children, though to just read the dialogues you'd never guess it.
Ender's Game should be read by one and all, of all ages. For a while I considered it the best sci-fi book out there...Then Ender's Shadow was published.
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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: Ender's Game is a compelling novel about the difficult first years of Ender Wiggen. This is by far the best science fiction book I have read, and has become one of my favorite stories of any genre. Orson Scott Card wonderfully portrays life on our future Earth. I could clearly visualize each setting because they were described with such detail.
Ender is a young boy (6 to about 13 throughout the book) who is a military tactical genius. He is sent up to a Battle School in space where he and other remarkable children his age are trained in to fight and command in a zero gravity "battle room." Aliens have attacked Earth twice and are expected to attack again sometime soon. The Military is hoping to select students from the school to lead the defense. Ender always wins all the games and is by far the most promising of all the kids. He is isolated and pushed to his limits in all of his training. He is so good that he is sent to Command School where he further continues his education. He fights battle simulations against his teacher, who is surprisingly, as smart as Ender.
I would strongly recommend this book to any reader even if you're not into sci. fi. This novel flows along without a glitch, and all the plot twists will keep you from ever putting it down. It is one of the books that makes you sad when you finish it, just because it's over. I would not be surprised if you read this book in one sitting because I know that you will enjoy it as much as I did.
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Summary: Fun for ALL!
Review: This is an amazing book on many levels. I have read Ender's Game many times and each time I learn something new. On the basic level it is your interesting sci/fi book. It makes you think though. It puts you in Ender's body so that it seems that you "are" Ender. Ender's Game is extremly well written and the storyline is absolutly fantastic! This book is a must read for everyone. Not just for sci/fi buffs.
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Summary: ***Wow!***
Review: I read A LOT, and this is one of the best books I've read - EVER. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. I highly recommend this book. I am going to read every book in this series and every book I can get my hands on by this author. The hardcover has an interesting introduction that the paperback does not. I read the intro after reading the story so as not to give anything away. I give this book 100 stars!!!
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Summary: Outrageously good book.
Review: Ender's Game was a book I thoroughly like, as did many other people. I received this book as a birthday present from a friend, and did not think much of it as I opened it, but after reading it I loved it.
Ender Wiggin is the main character in this book. He is so intelligent that in the beginning he has very few friends, and he is only six years old. I know, I know, who wants to read about a six year old, but this is more like a smart adult.
This story takes place in the future, mainly at Battle School, where super intelligent children like Ender go for training, and later it takes place in Command School. The government wants children that are intelligent, compassionate, and killers when necessary. They were depending on these children to find one child to be a commander and defeat the buggers.
In the beginning of the book couples on earth are allowed two children, unless like Mr. And Mrs. Wiggin the government allows them to have a third.
Eighty years ago the humans who were stretched over many universes went against the buggers. Buggers were insect like beings that planned on taking over the earth. They almost had us defeated until Mazer Rackham, a famous commander, defeated them in the last battle.
Although Ender makes many friends along the way, but he also makes many enemies also.
Ender's brother and sister are both intelligent also. They have their own little plot in the story, they know that if the buggers are defeated, that there will be another war here on Earth, and they are trying to get the word out.
I would recommend this book to anyone of any age because this book is at times being told by grown ups and younger children.
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