Ender's Game {novelette}
by Orson Scott Card
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I had read the novel more than once - and I really like it. I thought that I had read the novelette as well but after reading it here, I realized I had not.
The story of the boys being trained to be soldiers is timeless. The ruthlessness of Ender, the 9 years old prodigy and his friends is one of the best known stories in science fiction. But if you had never read it, I would recommend the novel - the novelette is too short to build up the emotional response that the story is capable of. And the end of both works is the same so knowing how it finishes will spoil the novel - and the first time someone reads it, it needs to be a surprise.
If I am not comparing to the novel, it is a bit hollow - things happen too fast, there just isn't show more enough time. But the story works regardless - it is chilling and innocent at the same time. show less
The story of the boys being trained to be soldiers is timeless. The ruthlessness of Ender, the 9 years old prodigy and his friends is one of the best known stories in science fiction. But if you had never read it, I would recommend the novel - the novelette is too short to build up the emotional response that the story is capable of. And the end of both works is the same so knowing how it finishes will spoil the novel - and the first time someone reads it, it needs to be a surprise.
If I am not comparing to the novel, it is a bit hollow - things happen too fast, there just isn't show more enough time. But the story works regardless - it is chilling and innocent at the same time. show less
In this case I have to say that the novel has more impact than the novelette. If you read this first, it's a spoiler for the end of the novel.
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Orson Scott Byron Walley Card, was born in 1951 and studied theater at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. in 1975 and his M.A. in English in 1981. He wrote plays during that time, including Stone Tables (1973) and the musical, Father, Mother, Mother and Mom (1974). A Mormon, Scott served a two-year mission in Brazil before starting show more work as a journalist in Utah. He also designed games at Lucas Film Games, 1989-92. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including the popular Ender series. Well known titles include A Planet Called Treason (1979), Treasure Box (1996), and Heartfire (1998). He has also written the guide called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990). His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, both won Hugo and Nebula awards, making Card the only author to win both prizes in consecutive years. His titles Shadows in Flight, Ruins and Ender's Game made The New York Times Best Seller List. He is also the author of The First Formic War Series, which includes the titles Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Ender's Game {novelette}
- Original publication date
- 1977-08
- First words
- "Whatever your gravity is when you get to the door, remember -- the enemy's gate is down."
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the short story, please do not combine with "Enders Game" the novel
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