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Type of bind: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781593974749
Format: Audiobook, CD
ISBN number: 1593974744
Label: Macmillan Audio
Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio
Quantity: 9
Printing Date: November 06, 2004
Publishing house: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: September 09, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 158437
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Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer-simulated war games at the Battle School; in fact, he is engaged in something far more desperate. Ender is the result of decades of genetic experimentation, Earth’s endeavor to make the military genius that the planet needs in its all-out war with an alien enemy. Ender Wiggin is six years old when his training begins. He will grow up fast. Ender’s two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between three of them lie the abilities to remake a world—if the world survives.
This, the author’s definitive edition, also includes an original postscript written and recorded by the author himself, in which he discusses the origins of the novel.
Amazon.com Review:
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's subsequent 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. Back on Earth, Peter and Valentine forge an intellectual alliance and endeavor to change the course of history.
This futuristic tale involves aliens, political discourse on the Internet, sophisticated computer games, and an orbiting battle station. Yet the reason it rings true for so many is that it is very first and foremost a tale of humanity; a tale of a boy struggling to grow up into someone he can respect while living in an environment stripped of choices. Ender's Game is a must-read book for science fiction lovers, and a key conversion read for their friends who 'don't read science fiction.'
Ender's Game won both the Hugo and the Nebula the year it came out. Writer Orson Scott Card followed up this honor with the first-time feat of winning both awards again the subsequent year for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. --Bonnie Bouman
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I bought this book for my boyfriend, because he's just starting ot get into reading. But I read it before him! It was great!
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'Ender's Game' was written by Orson Scott Card and very first published in 1977. It has won both the Nebula and Hugo Award for Science fiction novels.
I picked up this book after some discusion with another amazon friend who was a great fan of this series (now at 6 books, I believe). This recommendation turn out to be a good piece of advice as I enjoyed reading this work.
The tale was well thought out and superbly written; the story itself was intriguing, with enough action and interesting events to make you eager to get back to this book whenever you could.
The Story...*SPOILER*
This is the tale of Ender Wiggin, who we meet as a six year old boy. We then follow Ender through the subsequent five years of his ongoing training and development; development that the authorities of the day hope will lead them find the subsequent military leader they need to save the world from an alien invasion.
One Concern...*SPOILER*
The one negative I'd have (and loss of 1/2 Star) would deal with the aspect of believability (or lack thereof). Somehow taking a six year old boy (despite his high aptitude for the job) and training him to take over an intergalactic space armada seems a little (well, a lot) preposterous. Replacing the six year old with someone a bit older, would have added some credibility to this otherwise excellent story.
Conclusion:
Although toted to be 'Young-Adult', this book will appeal to any sci-fi fan because it is both well written and superbly presented. Maybe the believability factor could have been enhanced somewhat with an slightly older protagonist. 4 1/2 Stars.
Ray Nicholson
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Have you ever wondered what it is like to have an army or have to freeze your own legs to pass a school test? In Ender's Game, Ender does that and much much more, all before he's 13! At age 6 Ender left his family to go to the Battle School. From the very start older kids hated him because he could beat them at all the games in the game room. After only a couple of months, he was put in an army, but could not participate in training, and during battles he was not to enter the fighting. Not long after, he was transferred to a Rat Army where they used his ideas to win lots of battles. After a lot of moving around, he found himself the leader of the Dragon Army, where again he put his abilities to use to win battle after battle.
Do not get this book if you hate action, battle, science fiction, and excitement; otherwise, you must read it.
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I bought this book after I watched 'Benders Game', the 3rd Futurama movie. I knew it had nothing to do with the movie but after reading some Wiki I thought it sounded like a good read.
I shouldn't have read so much Wiki about it, almost ruined the book for me, but not quite. It is well written and is a great story. At times I felt like the book was much mour erecent than it is, with the way they descibe the computer networks used, seemed like the internet in the not so distant future. I really liked the ending and will be picking up the subsequent book soon.
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I've read this book several times, and I have very strong empathy for the characters in the story. It is well written, and I highly recommend it.
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