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Metally.net Book Store - Ender's Game (Ender)
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List Price: $40.00
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Manufacturer: Fantastic Audio
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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781574535143
Format: Unabridged
ISBN: 1574535145
Label: Fantastic Audio
Manufacturer: Fantastic Audio
Number Of Items: 8
Publication Date: 2002-03
Publisher: Fantastic Audio
Studio: Fantastic Audio
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Summary: great book
Comment: 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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Summary: An excellent young-adult (and adult) sci-fi work.
Comment: 'Ender's Game' was written by Orson Scott Card and first published in 1977. It has won both the Nebula and Hugo Award for Science fiction novels.
I picked up this book after some discussion 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 next five years of his ongoing training and development; development that the authorities of the day hope will lead them find the next 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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Summary: great sci-fi military novel
Comment: 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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Summary: Great book
Comment: 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 mor 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 next book soon.
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Summary: Excellent, Very moving
Comment: 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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Editorial Reviews:
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Aliens have attacked earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them to the arts of war ... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of "games" ... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games ... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet? This unabridged edition is available for the first time.
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