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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1994, Paperback, Reprint)
Author: Orson Scott CardPublisher: Tor Science FictionLanguage: English
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Ender Wiggins was only six when he was sent for special training because of his unique talents, and he may be humanity's only hope in a war against aliens. Winner of the 1986 Hugo and the 1985 Nebula Awards.
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An expert at simulated war games, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when, in truth, he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth's complete destruction
An expert at simulated war games, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when, in truth, he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth's complete destruction. Nebula and Hugo Winner. Reissue.
Ender Wiggins was only six when he was sent for special training because of his unique talents, and he may be humanity's only hope in a war against aliens. Winner of the 1986 Hugo and the 1985 Nebula Awards.
| Key Details | |
| Author: | Orson Scott Card |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Tor Science Fiction |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 0812550706 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780812550702 |
| Additional Details | |
| Edition Description: | Reprint |
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| Thickness: | 1 in |
| Weight: | 6.4 oz |
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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Winer of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
An expert at simulated war games, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when, in truth, he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth's complete destruction
An expert at simulated war games, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when, in truth, he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth's complete destruction. Nebula and Hugo Winner. Reissue.
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Terrific Novel on Many Levels
Created: 07/12/10
) This is a terrific science fiction novel, but it should and does have a much wider appeal. You could put it in a general literature category and it would still be highly ranked.
It is the story of a boy in the future who must train to be the commander of a force that will save humanity. After being attacked by aliens (known as buggers) and barely surviving the attack, the military of Earth are planning to prevent a second wave by sending forces to the bugger home world to destroy them.
Ender Wiggins is recruited at the age of six and goes through gruelling battle school in orbit of Earth, learning to develop new strategies and techniques to defeat the enemy. It is thoroughly engrossing as Ender moves from one level to another, fighting his psychological programming as he puts together his own army, built on his own unique approach.
Larger issues, especially government manipulation of individuals for its specific agenda, are dealt with in stunning detail. A second manipulation takes place as the author maneuvers his readers into rooting for a boy who is manipulated into becoming a mass murderer without even realizing that he is killing billions.
It raises more questions than it answers, but if you are looking for a book to really make you think, this would be it. And that, in the end is partly what makes great science fiction.
It is the story of a boy in the future who must train to be the commander of a force that will save humanity. After being attacked by aliens (known as buggers) and barely surviving the attack, the military of Earth are planning to prevent a second wave by sending forces to the bugger home world to destroy them.
Ender Wiggins is recruited at the age of six and goes through gruelling battle school in orbit of Earth, learning to develop new strategies and techniques to defeat the enemy. It is thoroughly engrossing as Ender moves from one level to another, fighting his psychological programming as he puts together his own army, built on his own unique approach.
Larger issues, especially government manipulation of individuals for its specific agenda, are dealt with in stunning detail. A second manipulation takes place as the author maneuvers his readers into rooting for a boy who is manipulated into becoming a mass murderer without even realizing that he is killing billions.
It raises more questions than it answers, but if you are looking for a book to really make you think, this would be it. And that, in the end is partly what makes great science fiction.
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Created: 26/11/10
) Half way through I wanted to skip to the end and see what happens. But I kept reading because I knew if I did that then it would end. 3/4 way through I wanted to see what happens to the teachers and Ender, and his siblings. But again, I kept reading until the end. I fell for the characters and their harsh circumstances. A part of me wanted to be there and tell them I cared. They were still children, but they were thrust into a battle.
The first few pgaes I saw Ender as a misunderstood child who needed some love but he was a genius which made him grow and act like an adult. Everytime he aged or time passed I couldn't believe he was still a child.
One thing I really, really like about Ender's Game was the lack of descriptive details. The "gentle blonde curls dangled and brushed her pale skin surrounding her piercing blue eyes" gets pretty annoying after awhile. I like how Card let the readers have reigned of the world around the characters and how most of them looked. Some had vague details but enough to run with your own persona. You do get the details in action scenes, the computer games and battles, but in the end it's a mix of Card's and your world.
This is a great book and I highly recommended it to anyone. You don't have to like Sci-Fi to enjoy this book.
Salaam.
The first few pgaes I saw Ender as a misunderstood child who needed some love but he was a genius which made him grow and act like an adult. Everytime he aged or time passed I couldn't believe he was still a child.
One thing I really, really like about Ender's Game was the lack of descriptive details. The "gentle blonde curls dangled and brushed her pale skin surrounding her piercing blue eyes" gets pretty annoying after awhile. I like how Card let the readers have reigned of the world around the characters and how most of them looked. Some had vague details but enough to run with your own persona. You do get the details in action scenes, the computer games and battles, but in the end it's a mix of Card's and your world.
This is a great book and I highly recommended it to anyone. You don't have to like Sci-Fi to enjoy this book.
Salaam.
A Great Book for Young and Old
Created: 02/09/06
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One of my favorite books as a child, I have "lost" many copies to friends who I have loaned this book to. It is about a young boy genius (Ender) taken by the military fleet to be trained into a brilliant general who will be commanding soldiers against an alien invasion. Though the book is a sci-fi novel, it's definitely relatable for both children, adults and those who are not sci-fi fans because the story focuses more on Ender as he grows up as a child soldier and the moral dilemmas that not only he faces, but the teachers and the faculty that groom children to become commanders of armies, than the whole outer space/alien aspect of the story. Orson Scott Card is a great story teller and he really knows how to build characters and form relationships between them that make them feel real, like you'd like to be friends with them. Get this book, share it with your friends, you'll never look at sci-fi the same again.
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One of my favorite books
Created: 06/03/10
Orson Scott Card's main gift is character development, which you can see in the Ender series. I love how in this story you feel like you really get to know and understand the characters, especially the main ones, but some of the minor too.
Now, I don't really think a description of the story premise does it justice, but I'll give a short synopsis anyhow: In this book, you follow a boy named Andrew (Ender) who, is the child genius in military tactics that the government's been waiting for. He's taken to a school where he can learn to use these gifts through a series of battle games so that he can, well...Save the world, of course (this is a science fiction book, after all).
I'll also note that if you like this book, the next book you should read is Ender's Shadow. It's not a sequel -- in fact, it's the exact same story...just told from another perspective. You can read either one 1st and not ruin the story at all. Very Cool.
Now, I don't really think a description of the story premise does it justice, but I'll give a short synopsis anyhow: In this book, you follow a boy named Andrew (Ender) who, is the child genius in military tactics that the government's been waiting for. He's taken to a school where he can learn to use these gifts through a series of battle games so that he can, well...Save the world, of course (this is a science fiction book, after all).
I'll also note that if you like this book, the next book you should read is Ender's Shadow. It's not a sequel -- in fact, it's the exact same story...just told from another perspective. You can read either one 1st and not ruin the story at all. Very Cool.
Exciting, easy to read with a twist. Recommended
Created: 10/08/10
I learned about Ender’s Game while reviewing Hyperion by Dan Simmons. I was definitely the minority in that I could not bear to read Hyperion. Like Hyperion, Ender’s Game received the Hugo award, given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy named after Hugo Gernsback, but this is the only similarity that these two books share.
Ender’s game is a real page turner taking place in the future about a space war between the human race and an alien race known as the Formics, a.k.a. Buggers. I fell in love with the characters and the ending is great.
Basically, if you like sci-fi you should read this book.
Ender’s game is a real page turner taking place in the future about a space war between the human race and an alien race known as the Formics, a.k.a. Buggers. I fell in love with the characters and the ending is great.
Basically, if you like sci-fi you should read this book.
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