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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: Ender's Game is about the thrid born child of the legal 2. He is an outcast of everything he goes into. His brother Peter tortures him all the time, and not just annoying him but actually abuses. His sister Valentine is the one that loves him, the only one that understands him. His sister and brother have duel personalities, their dual personalities are Locke and Diejorce. Peter is Locke and Valentine Diejorce. While this is happening on Earth, Ender is moving high through the ranks, after his first year he becomes a sqaud leader, and also becomes the best at the sqaud laser game. As he is moving along he becomes more and more violent and distant from the other children. How will this affect the book, and what about Valentine and Peter, read the book to find out.
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Summary: Buggers and Ender
Review: On the surface "Ender" reminds me all of those genius dorks in I knew senior year. Then after I was about halfway through the book I thought that I couldn't care less if Gaft and his minions were successful in turning Ender into a homicidal killing machine. Then about halfway through the book I started to really appreciate the clear Machiavellian simplicity with which Card has crafted his universe. So basically this book has 2 stories, one on the surface for kids 10-12 and another for older people. It really works on all levels, but don't just take my word for it, go read "Ender's Game" for yourself.
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Summary: excellent
Review: i was recommended to read this book and i did. i was not disappointed by the writing and the story. Orson Scott Card does a wonderful job building up the story, and gives a nice twist at the end that, to me, felt unexpected but wonderful. a great read for kids of all ages.
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Summary: A new standard for science fiction
Review: Ender's game is quite likely the best book I have ever read. It trancends other science fiction stories by offering incredible insites into the workings of the world and the mind. Since the book centers around rather remarkable children (and is wonderfully written) it is a must read for teenagers and young adults especially.
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Summary: third
Review: not being a lover of science fiction i didnt know what to make of this book when i first got it 10 years ago. i love it completely and totally. Its a terrfic commentary on children, war, and tolerance. Read in conjunction with the supurb new "enders shadow" (same story told from differen POV) you will fall in love with Orson Scott Card's world
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Summary: Bravo!!!
Review: "I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you, he's the one." A young boy named Ender Wiggin lives in a future time where there are reproduction laws. Two children per couple. But Ender is different. He is a third. The small, strange boy, a government guinea pig with no idea what is in store for him. In this futuristic Earth, there is a hatred for buggers, a strange alien life form, and a new war is about to unfold. With his caring sister Violet, and his corrupt brother Peter, this strange family could change the world. Orson Scott Card does a great job of keeping you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire book. He has a great way of keeping the book in your hands. Followed up by Card's sequels, THE SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD, XENOCIDE, CHILDREN OF THE MIND, ENDER'S SHADOW, and SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON, it kicks off an action-packed, wonderful series. The Foundation trilogy brought him to the idea of a battle room, where people train for fighting wars in space, and inspired him to write a book about it. It's by far the greatest novel I've ever read in my favorite genre. Unlike most sci-fi books, Ender's Game has so many emotions in it to keep you reading and picturing the characters. It was published in 1977, and I read it in 2001, but I still think it's a great book. It won the Hugo award in1986, and the Nebula award in 1985. It's more for 12 to 13 year olds, because of it's difficult words and concepts, but I loved it.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read!
Review: This is the epitome of a science fiction novel. Ender's game has everything a sci-fi reader could ever ask for. It combines the element of outer-space with the tecnology of the future. We enjoyed this book because it caught your interest and you could not stop reading it. It had intense battles, in which the human race conquered the "buggers". The buggers are the alien race that tries to wipe out humanity. The main character Ender was the hero of the book, would he manage to save the humanity from the buggers.
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Summary: Game's Review
Review: Ender's Game was an excellent book! Orson Scott Card goes to distant measures and makes a master-mind type of a book. Six year old Andrew Wiggin (also known as Ender given to him by his sister Valentine) is a mastermind genius among genius. He goes to Battle School to be trained to control Earth's fleet against the alien creature "Buggers" who have already attacked earth twice devastating the human race.... the book was an excellent book written with creativity, Orson did an excellent job!!
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Summary: A Book unlike anything
Review: Words cannot even begin to describe this book. All I can say is Wow! I stumbled upon Ender's Game while I was looking for other books. I decided to buy it on a whim. And I'm forever grateful that I did. As someone who has read a lot of sci-fi, from masterpieces to failures, I wasn't expecting much from the book. What I found was something so icredible, it has now become one if not my most favorite book of all time.
What makes Ender's Game so wonderful is that through children and a rather silly alien race called "the buggers" no less, the author manages to address thought provoking issues about human nature and the price of survival. Morality and what is right and wrong are never simple. The novel is brilliantly able to demonstrate the complexity that is life and the lengths people are capable of and act upon. I was literally in shock when I finished the last page.
No matter what type of books you're into, you should still read this book. I can honestly say it has brought to my attention certain realizations I never wanted to think about. It gives you a perspective unlike anything, a perspective you are not likely to forget. I strobgly urge everyone to read this book. I promise it is worth every penny.
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: I first read Ender's Game two years ago when I was 13 or 14 and I liked it but not until now, after I've re-read it many times, have I come to understand what the book is really about. The story seems simple enough on first glance. Ender Wiggin (I love him more and more each time I read the book. He's just so cool) is taken from his family at the age of 6 and sent up into Battle School in the asteroid belt. There he is pushed past his limits, both physically and emotionally, as he plays war games that the teachers, his enemies, lay out for him. Then he is taken off to Command School where he meets a new teacher who is smarter than he is (::gasp::). Ender plays games on a simulator, against this teacher, only to find out in the end that they aren't games at all. At the end of the book he is completely torn and weighed down with a deep sadness and guilt. However, the book is not just this story about beating an alien race in a war. Through Ender's thoughts and feelings, Orson Scott Card raises many moral and ethical questions, including the fight in the bathroom and the concept of Ender's compassion. Ender's understanding of the mind was something I found especially interesting, because I've read all the Ender books that are out (including the newest, Shadow of the Hegemon) and since I think that understand what Card is trying to convey about Ender, I sometimes find myself so annoyed with characters who don't realize that the Speaker of the Dead is also Ender the Xenocide. Nevermind. The point is, Ender's Game is an amazing book, one of my favorites. And it is not shallow and solely readable for entertainment either. It is deep and thoughtful at the same time. You will find yourself wishing you were Ender's friend, wishing you could help ease his burden, wishing that there are more people like him in this world. Because from the people I know, there is no one like him, and I love him all the more because of it.
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