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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
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Ender's Game (original 1977; edition 1999)

by Orson Scott Card

Series: Ender's Game (1), Ender Saga (1), Enderverse (8)

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Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Member:baswood
Title:Ender's Game
Authors:Orson Scott Card
Info:Tor Books (1999), Paperback, 349 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:American 20th Novel Science Fiction

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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1977)

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    sturlington: I thought the second book in the series was actually better than the first.
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    Old Man's War by John Scalzi (ohdio, jlynno84)
    ohdio: This book contains a lot of action, while still maintaining a nice human element.
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    The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (Aquila, EatSleepChuck)
    EatSleepChuck: Both main characters are kids who make up for their meek physical stature with cleverness and perception to rise up the ranks of military. Ender's Game is noticeably darker, however.
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    kaledrina: testing a kid for the greater good of the world
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    Livesinthestars: Both fantastic books about a future in which gifted children are used without their consent to attempt to save their world.
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    BrynDahlquis: Both books are about child geniuses, though the setting and stories are quite different.
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    Chaos Walking: The Complete Trilogy by Patrick Ness (natzlovesyou)
    natzlovesyou: Both explore a "child"'s innocent yet perceptive take on a changing world in which so many things have gone wrong and no one can differentiate who to trust from who to blame. The worlds these authors have created send you both literally and metaphorically into outer space, to handle and ponder the implications of a world about to autodestruct and an alien species whose role in the future of humanity has or will be decisive.… (more)
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This book is one of the most important books to me. It came to me at a formative time and gave me a character I could see myself in - his brilliancy, his exhaustion, and lately his guilt and grief. This book will never leave my shelf, and I will continue to recommend it, with a caveat about the author's views.

If he can speak for the buggers, then he can speak for me. ( )
  VerixSilvercrow | Mar 27, 2024 |
I simply love this book. I first read it when I was 14. I couldn't stop reading and the moment I finished I started reading it again from the very beginning. It's a strange, twisted and cruel story at times, I don't like any of the characters in the book, still - it's one of my most favourite books ever. Five stars. ( )
  Donderowicz | Mar 12, 2024 |
I read this for the "A Genre You Don't Normally Care For" part of my 2020 reading challenge. I'm not usually into science fiction or space or aliens, but this book was fantastic. It's still a bit hard to believe it was 6 year olds accomplishing these things, but I enjoyed the characters and the story didn't end up feeling that far-fetched. The ending surprised me, but it resolved nicely and I'm looking forward to book 2. ( )
  Linyarai | Mar 6, 2024 |
SO good! ( )
  LKoder | Feb 18, 2024 |
Best science fiction I've read in years. ( )
  jd7h | Feb 18, 2024 |
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I am aware that this sounds like the synopsis of a grade Z, made-for-television, science-fiction-rip-off movie. But Mr. Card has shaped this unpromising material into an affecting novel full of surprises that seem inevitable once they are explained. The key, of course, is Ender Wiggin himself. Mr. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Card, Orson Scottprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Birney, DavidNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Brick, ScottNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Cuir, Gabrielle DeNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ellison, HarlanNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Harris, JohnCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lemoine, DanielTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rodelgo, José MaríaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rubinstein, JohnNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rudnicki, StefanNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Salwowski, MarkCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sánchez, AntonioTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Velez, WalterIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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For Geoffrey,
Who makes me remember
How young and how old
Children can be
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"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one."
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And then a worse fear, that he was a killer, only better at it than Peter ever was; that it was this very trait that pleased the teachers.
Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.
-- Valentine Wiggin
Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it.
Remember, the enemy's gate is down.
[P]ower will always end up with the sort of people who crave it....
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This is the novel form of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Please do not combine the original novella or the movie to this work, as each are uniquely different entities.
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Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.

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Ender Wiggin is a very bright young boy with a powerful skill. One of a group of children bred to be military geniuses and save Earth from an inevitable attack by aliens, known here as "buggers," Ender becomes unbeatable in war games and seems poised to lead Earth to triumph over the buggers. Meanwhile, his brother and sister plot to wrest power from Ender. Twists, surprises and interesting characters elevate this novel into status as a bona fide page turner.
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