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Ender's Game

(The Ender Saga)

By Orson Scott Card

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| Paperback | 9781857237207

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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 bContinue

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.

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    My favorite book of all time. It is a dark, yet accurate, look into the human psyche, as well as an entertaining book for those who are not looking for anything deeper.

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    Kal500200 said on Jan 28, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    What an excellent book! An incredibly fun and easy listen as narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and Harlan Ellison.

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    Bibliobum said on Jun 22, 2008 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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    Yet another classic sci-fi book. Don't know why it took me so long to pick it up. Awesome book.

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    Avi said on Jan 25, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • El llibre està ple de mala llet i ple de bones idees, molt ben portades a la pràctica gairebé sempre. L'Orson Scott Card aposta per un estil transparent i centren tota la seva atenció en el desenvolupament de la trama i en el comportament dels seus personatges. Llegit avui (però potser és per haver- ... (continue)

    El llibre està ple de mala llet i ple de bones idees, molt ben portades a la pràctica gairebé sempre. L'Orson Scott Card aposta per un estil transparent i centren tota la seva atenció en el desenvolupament de la trama i en el comportament dels seus personatges. Llegit avui (però potser és per haver-lo llegit tantes vegades) no té l'impacte que si que em va produir quan estava a l'institut (és un dels llibres que recordo llegir, d'amagat, fins a altes hores de la matinada). Les reaccions dels nens protagonistes hem semblen desmesurades i poc realistes, i la suposada duresa del programa educatiu al que els sotmeten no em sembla tan espectacularment inhumana com em va semblar en el seu moment. En general, tot plegat em sembla una mica ingenu, però el conjunt de la novel·la està a l'alçada del record que en tenia. El clímax final de la novel·la m'ha semblat tan impressionant com la primera vegada que el vaig llegir.

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    Miquel Codony said on Feb 7, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • A good book for a rainy afternoon

    I really liked this book, it starts very quietly and then escalates until the pre-ending climax... to end then a bit undertone and cryptically. However, I am not that blown away as many others, but the story is solid, has very little low points and is quite fun.

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    Ppalumbo1979 said on Mar 2, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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