Enders Game (Enders Saga, #1)

Posted on 19 October 2017 by Orson Scott Card

Ender s Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card Set in Earth s future, the novel presents an imperiled mankind after two conflicts with the buggers , an insectoid alien species In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, children, including the novel s protagonist, Ender Wiggin, are trained from a very young age through increasingly difficult games including some in zero gravity, where Ender s tactical genius is revealed. Download Enders Game (Enders Saga, #1) – kino-fada.fr I have a new website where I review awesome booksI wanted to like Ender s Game I really did It s a wonder that even afterthan halfway into the book, I still clung on to the foolishly optimistic notion that the book would somehow redeem itself That it would end up justifying the tedious, repetitive, drearily dull chapters I trundled through over the course of several days w...DNF at 52 ar Orson Scott Card,There are over 3,310,480,700 women in this world.Sincerely, Women Dear Fans of This Book Who Are Probably About To Make An Angry Comment On This Review Please leave now if you don t want to get all huffy and insulted and make a comment defending the author or whatever other shit...This was the first book I picked up and read all the way through in one sitting Technically, it s not a difficult read but conceptually it s rich and engaging They have a word for people our age They call us children and they treat us like mice If you can t understand that statement, you probably won t like this book It s about intelligent children Not miniature adults their motivations, understanding, and some times naivete clearly mark them as children But at the same time their intell This was the first book I picked up and read all the way through in one sitting Technically, it s not a difficult read but conceptually it s rich and engaging They have a word for people our age They call us children and they treat us like mice If you can t understand that statement, you probably won t like this book It s about intelligent children Not miniature adults their motivations, understanding, and some times naivete clearly mark them as children But at the same time their intelligence and inner strength define them clearly as people Their personalities are fully developed, even if the...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Spoiler Alert God damn did I hate Ender s Game I checked outand can surely see why I wanted to give it a shot Talk about a cult following of people absolutely smitten with it I even read some where that it s on the required reading list at Quantico I suppose this book could be some kind of manifesto for misfit nerds who waste their life playing video games or a source of legitimacy for motivating tired Marines sick of drilling The book rambles on infinitely about the boy genius En Spoiler Alert God damn did I hate Ender s Game I checked outand can surely see why I wanted to give it a shot Talk about a cult following of people absolutely smitten with it I even read some where that it s on the required reading list at Quantico I suppose this book could be some kind of manifesto for misfit nerds who waste their life playing video games or a source of legitimacy for motivating tired Marines sick of drilling The book rambles on infinitely about the boy genius Ender and his laser tag in a zero gravity vacuum I also suppose we could kid ourselves into thinking the novel brings to light the necessity of Machiavellianism in conflict or maybe we could discuss the pathetic New Age garbage the book ended with as our annoying protagonist spreads some half crocked neo religion amongst space colonies in which you love the enemy you are forced to annihilate Some sort of cryptic Lat...I read this story quite a while back with no special expectations Like most books I read it just happened to be lying around the house I read it, was hugely entertained, and went on to read three or four of the sequels.I ve heard since all manner of stuff about the author but what s true and what isn t I don t know and I m not here to critique the man behind the keyboard All I can do is report on the contents of the book and those I can thoroughly recommend you check out.The main character, I read this story quite a while back with no special expectations Like most books I read it just happened to be lying around the house I read it, was hugely entertained, and went on to read three or four of the sequels.I ve heard since all manner of stuff about the author but what s true and what isn t I don t know and I m not here to critique the man behind the keyboard All I can do is report on the contents of the book and those I can thoroughly recommend you check out.The main character, Ender Wiggin, through whose eyes we see the story unfold, is a child genius If you re one of those people who wants your protagonist to be an average member of society, typical of his her age and gender step away Ender s story is told because he is very far from ordinary OSC employs a bunch of fairly standard story telling tricks Our hero is underestimated at every turn, he exceeds expectations, we know he s got it in him and we re frustrated by the stoopid people who jus...I was savaged by a miniature poodle the other day wait no, someone protested my review of The Giver the other day If you have any pent up rage from that college lit teacher who forced you to think about books, be sure to stop by and spew some incoherent vitriol my reviews are now a socially acceptable site of catharsis for the insecure.In any case, one of them made the argument that children need new versions of great books that are stupider, because children are just stupid versions of norm I was savaged by a miniature poodle the other day wait no, someone protested my review of The Giver the other day If you have any pent up rage from that college lit teacher who forced you to think about books, be sure to stop by and spew some incoherent vitriol my reviews are now a socially acceptable site of catharsis for the insecure.In any case, one of them made the argument that children need new versions of great books that are stupider, because children are just stupid versions of normal people Happily enough, The Giver is a totally stupid version of A Clockwork Orange or whatever Dystopian book actually, it s a rewrite of Ayn Rand s Anthem Coincidentally, in my review of Alice In Wonderland, I happen to put forth my own philosophy regarding children s books In short they should present a complex, strange, many faceted, and never dumbed down w...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I read this novel because it was often the favorite novel of students of mine, and I wanted to understand why I should mention that I love science fiction, and have read it avidly since I was barelythan a child I m not by any means some kind of anti sci fi snob.The first thing that bothered me is that the novel sets adults against gifted children in a way that strikes me as bizarre Adults are essentially evil but teachers especially The children are inherently excellent, capable of hel I read this novel because it was often the favorite novel of students of mine, and I wanted to understand why I should mention that I love science fiction, and have read it avidly since I was barelythan a child...i think ender s game is the only book i ve read three times for me books often don t have repeat reading value in the same way some movies have repeat viewing value it s probably because a movie takes two hours of your time while a novel, for me, takes a week or longer so for someone like to me read a novel twice, not to mention three times, is really saying something and yes, i realize the inherent snobbery in that statement.i ve thought long and hard about what makes ender s game so a i think ender s game is the only book i ve read three times for me books often don t have repeat reading value in the same way some movies have repeat viewing value it s probably because a movie takes two hours of your time while a novel, for me, takes a week or longer so for someone like to me read a novel twice, not to mention three times, is really saying something and yes, i realize the inherent snobbery in that statement.i ve thought long and hard about what makes ender s game so appealing it s got a sympathetic protagonist, lots of great action, lots of heart, and a plausible twist of an ending on those merits only ender s game works it s a lot of fun to read and orson scott card manages to inject some really moral and ethical quandries without resorting to didactism or heavy handedness for example, the manipulations of the battle school powers that be are presented and inspected, but card never explicitly paints them as the enemy they are who they ar...This is a novel that blows past conventional ideas like disbelief Apparently humanity, a species whose only real claim to fame is war, now stinks at war, and can only be saved by a child genius who is one part prophecy, one part bad science, and one part wish fulfillment Thanks to this plan, we are treated to a gaggle of super intelligent children who seldom appear particularly clever in fact many behave with adult maturity rather than abnormal intellect and achieve greatness not through a This is a novel that blows past conventional ideas like disbelief Apparently humanity, a species whose only real claim to fame is war, now stinks at war, and can only be saved by a child genius who is one part prophecy, one part bad science, and one part wish fulfillment Thanks to this plan, we are treated to a gaggle of super intelligent children who seldom appear particularly clever in fact many behave with adult maturity rather than abnormal intellect and achieve greatness not through any great effort that we follow rather you ll read recaps of their successful efforts , but because the author wants them to achieve these things In this, the definitive edition of Ende...If I fail my exams this week, I blame this book.Ah Ender s Game, how you have sat on my bookshelf for over a year before I got to you You have been so nicely received by the sci fi community so why did I put you off BECAUSE I WAS STUPID, THAT IS WHY.My stupidity aside, I hope you guys will still consider this 5 star review to be credible and valid I ll list off the pros and cons to this novel and you can decide.Pros An adorable main character Ender Andrew Wiggins was a breath of fresh air If I fail my exams this week, I blame this book.Ah Ender s Game, how you have sat on my bookshelf for over a year before I got to you You have been so nicely received by the sci fi community so why did I put you off BECAUSE I WAS STUPID, THAT IS WHY.My stupidity aside, I hope you guys will still consider this 5 star review to be credible and valid I ll list off the pros and cons to this novel and you can decide.Pros An adorable main character Ender Andrew Wiggins was a breath of fresh air from the strong heroine of YA literature Being a 6 year old at the beginning of the novel, I was completely caught off guard by his maturity and how sneaky he was.The tactics used in the Game.The reason the Hunger Games was interesting to me were solely due...

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19 October 2017

Orson Scott Card