Comments on: Ender’s Game

By: Blair

Blair — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:03:14 +0000

I've only read the first three: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide. I was quite surprised a few days ago to discover that there were now eight books in the series. That's really impressive, plus Card has written other things as well.

By: Brucker

Brucker — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:41:49 +0000

Have you read “Ender’s Shadow”? I really ended up enjoying that one (and the following series of books) much more.

By: Dave Learn

Dave Learn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:03:59 +0000

I gotta say, I read “Ender’s Game,” “Speaker for the Dead” and the next book as well — was it “Xenocide?” — but none of the books really piqued my interest. As a recall, it was a long vacation with nothing to do in the car.

Maybe it’s just Card’s writing style. I’ve read one or two other pieces of fiction that he wrote, and they didn’t appeal much to me either.

By: Blair

Blair — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:10:00 +0000

Yep, that’s a pretty fair assessment of it. But given the sheer number of kids being sent off to Battle School and then to serve in the fleet, all of them able to converse at the level of adults… I just can’t shake the idea of some sort of eugenics program.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:49:47 +0000

If I remember correctly, families were only allowed 2 children, but the military was searching for geniuses. Ender’s older siblings were tested, but his brother was too ruthless and his sister didn’t pass either. They were very close to ideal, which is why his parents were allowed a 3rd child, which they then lost which sort of countered the social stigma but was emotionally difficult.

By: Blair

Blair — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:50:42 +0000

You chose well.

The original Ender’s Game won both a Hugo award and a Nebula (Science Fiction awards, created by the fan community). I haven’t read them all, but I believe Orson Scott Card ended up writing five additional books in the Ender series.

By: Z.

Z. — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:29:54 +0000

I just gave that to my nephew for his 11th birthday. I’ve never read it myself, but I chose it because there were so many rave reviews from adults on Amazon.