Ender's Game

paperback, 329 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2012 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-356-50084-3
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4 stars (596 reviews)

THE HUMAN RACE FACES ANNIHILATION

An alien threat is on the horizon, ready to strike. And if humanity is to be defended, the government must create the greatest military commander in history.

The brilliant young Ender Wiggin is their last hope. But first he must survive the rigours of a brutal military training program - to prove that he can be the leader of all leaders.

A saviour for mankind must be produced, through whatever means possible. But are they creating a hero or a monster?

Discover the bestselling, multiple award-winning classic - a groundbreaking tale of war, strategy and survival.

68 editions

Review of Ender's Game

4 stars

Compared to my previous two books, Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, felt quite fast and quick, but that doesn’t mean the story doesn’t develop just as well as the books I read last year, not at all!

The state of the world is not a good one, Humanity hasn’t really conquered the stars and flourished just yet, other than a few stations. Earth has been at war with the buggers, some insectoid alien race that had come in contact with the planet twice already. The first time it was just exploration, and Humanity managed to hold out. The second time, was colonization, and we almost lost. Thankfully, the genius strategist Mazer Rackham managed to stop them and became the hero of the story. We lived happily ever after.

But decades have passed since then, and a third invasion is on the horizon.

Now, kids are being monitored from birth, …

Review of "Ender's Game" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Not really a reader of sci-fi, I chose this as my intro to the genre. It's good, but I'm surprised at the undying praise it seems to receive. It's not that good.

The story is okay, but far too much time is spent describing Ender's battles during training. Maybe that's a genre thing, though. I'm interested in reading the novelette it is based on, as this story seems much more suited to that length.

While there are handful of great passages, the writing is clunky in many parts, often switching POV mid-paragraph. Again, maybe that's a genre thing.

Review of "Ender's Game" on Goodreads

3 stars

1) ''He imagined the ship dangling upside down on the undersurface of the Earth, the giant fingers of gravity holding them firmly in place. But we will slip away, he thought. We are going to fall off this planet.
He did not know its significance at the time. Later, though, he would remember that it was even before he left Earth that he first thought of it as a planet, like any other, not particularly his own.''

2) '''I can't believe you haven't seen through all this crap yet, Ender. But I guess you're young. These other armies, they aren't the enemy. It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other. The game is everything. Win win win. It amounts to nothing. We kill ourselves, go crazy trying to beat each other, and all the time the old bastards are watching us, …

Review of "Ender's Game" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I had no familiarity with the story or expectations going into this book and it met and surpassed them all. This was an incredibly fun and entertaining read and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys action with sci fi in a distant future from our world. I've moved onto a few other books that O.S.C. wrote in this series just to get a little more of tales as a Launchy and how to defeat Buggers.

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