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Summary: Amazing book and series.
Review: I first read Ender's Game for school about 6 months ago for school, and I loved it. It's a wonderful tale of Ender Wiggin, who leaves his family at the age of 6 to train to become the commander of Earth's fleet against an alien race. Everyone who I talk to either loved this book, or hated it, most loving it. If you like this book and want more, there is a series of 3 more books, and a series of "parallel" novels which is currently 2 books, but will be 4 when complete. I recently read this book again, and it was just as good, if not better than the first time. I hope everyone who reads this takes the time to read Ender's Game.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Ender's Game is a fascinating jump into the future where battles are waged in outer space against a deadly alien force. Soldiers and commanders are trained from childhood, maximizing their learning abilities and taking advantage of their impressionable minds. Ender is a childhood prodigy, bullied at school and tortured by his brother at home. With vivid imagery we follow Ender through his difficult training and watch how he struggles to overcome each new situation he faces, with brilliant improvisation and counter-manipulation. The climax and conclusion are equally unexpected and satisfying.
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Summary: Entertaining and thought provoking
Review: First of all, this book is highly entertaining. The action sequences in the battle room are very very well written and you feel like you are there a part of it. But if it was only entertaining it would just be another fun science fiction novel. What sets this apart is that it is thought provoking. Ender is a great character who while most of can't really relate to him (I mean he is the smartest brightest kid in the world whose was taken from his parents and forced to enter military school) but most of us can at least feel for his situation. What really makes this book is the astounding ending. It is suprising, truimphant, heart wrenching, horrifying, terrible and thought provoking all at the same time. One of the best endings of all time and the best science fiction book I have ever read.
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Summary: Wow
Review: This book is one of the greatest Si-Fi books I've ever read. It starts out with a kid named Ender. After he fights a kid at school, he gets home and gets beaten up by his brother. When he goes to battle school, he is interduced to a game. Little does he know the teachers are controlling the game so they make it harder for him. I can't wait to read the second book in the Ender series.
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Summary: A great Si-Fi book
Review: This is a great book. It take place with a boy nicknamed Ender. He goes to a battle school in space to prepare to be a general. Little does he know the teachers are purposely making the mock-battles harder. The ending of the book is far-fetched, but I enjoyed it. You should like this book.
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Summary: Not the best book in this series
Review: I read this book after I read Xenocide, Speaker for the dead, and Children of the mind from the same series. I am not quite sure why they are a series at all. This book is very different from the other stories. Compared to the other books which were more about moral issues and how to live a good life this book is "just" an adventure novel. Nonetheless, Card, the master storyteller wrote it and it is well worth reading.
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Summary: One of the Best. Youll feel like your a part of it.
Review: This is one of the best pieces of science fiction I have ever come across. its not a story about hyper-technology or massive space battles, its a story about a child, whose abilities are manipulated by a system that needs his talent. Ender's anti-hero persona makes him easy to like, even with his...somewhat violent tendancies. This book is a must read. Drop what you're reading and buy this book. You'll won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Amazing and thought-provoking
Review: This is an amazing book. I couldn't put it down. The characters are complex and well-defined, and the way the world treats these genius children will really make you think. Ender is superhuman, but lovable and sympathetic. A must-read.
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Summary: Not just a war novel.
Review: Having read this book about a million times, I still find it hard to put down every time. The whole world that has been created and the way the author builds his scenarios is absolutely stunning. Several people I have spoken to have dismissed the book because it has a poor ending, they read the whole book expecting a big fight at the end, for anyone that hasn't read it be aware that the point is not the physical war it is the mental one. If you want a book with "shooting and killing", read F.N.G, if you want a psychological masterpiece read this.
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Summary: Superb, truly beyond words
Review: I was recommended this book by my father. Usually I am a strcit fantasy reader, rarely venturing into the somewhat "colder tone" of science fiction. However, I could not put it down after reading the first page and finished it in one day. Ender's Game, deals with children and the pysche. more than that, it deals with limitations; how far can you push a person; how far will a man go to get what he wants; and when does a child stop being a child? Ender's game deals with all these questions and more: how deep are the differences that seperate us? This book truly makes the reader think. Orson Scott Card is as much a genius, in his way, as the characters he has created. The book never drags and is never predictable. It's spontaneity makes the reader relate even more to Ender because we are kept almost as much in the dark as he is. Never have I read a book with a character so lovable as Ender. His non-existent childhood, the manipulation he is forced to be a pawn in, the fact that no one ever cuts him a break . . .all these things make the reader stand by him even more. Even if you are not a fan of science fiction, read this book. It is the story of men who must sacrifice a child for the sake of humanity and the child who surprises them all.
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