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Ender S Game/speaker:
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.
Published by Leopard Books on 1998-04.
Average rating (2538 reviews):
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 Rating: 9.0 |
Recent reviews:
Reviewed by anonymous on 2008-12-07: This is my favorite sci-fi book of all time. I highly recommend it.
Ian Sassoon
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2008-11-28: Imagine a futuristic earth-world where buggers and astronauts has replaced cowboys and Indians as children's make-believe game of choice, space travel has replaced automobiles, and the planet's citizens' primary concern is to defeat an alien race before it can annihilate them. (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2008-11-27: It is difficult to write a review on a book considered by many to be a modern-day classic of science fiction. I risk either falling flat in an attempt to give an honest, insightful review, or raving in a manner which (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2008-11-26: For any budding or even die-hard science fiction reader, this is a library staple. The storyline is so well crafted that it can be read again and again. (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2008-11-25: I first read Ender's Game in 9th grade English class. At the time, it was one of only a handful of books I actually enjoyed from my public school required reading list. I had never heard of Ender's Game or Orson (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
