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Little kids are drafted into Battle School to learn to play games in the war against the alien Buggers, who almost destroyed Earth once before. Ender is only five or six, but is a genius at playing computer games, and he's the great hope of civilization.
This is the first in the series and Card explores all kinds of issues of morality, evolution, tolerance, family...some of the later books get a tad bogged down, but Ender's Game is crisp and will get your synapses sparking. ...more
This is the first in the series and Card explores all kinds of issues of morality, evolution, tolerance, family...some of the later books get a tad bogged down, but Ender's Game is crisp and will get your synapses sparking. ...more
Previously read Oct 2002 - KHCPL
I wonder how much Card was influenced at all by Starship Troopers, in terms of how Battle School worked & the way the buggers were described. Maybe OSC was a middle school teacher? :^D ...more
I wonder how much Card was influenced at all by Starship Troopers, in terms of how Battle School worked & the way the buggers were described. Maybe OSC was a middle school teacher? :^D ...more
A re-read after watching the new movie, which wasn’t as bad as I was expecting it to be. I loved this book when I was a teenager, and I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
I’m a little suspicious of the author’s themes now, but it was easy to remember how this made me feel years ago.
I’m a little suspicious of the author’s themes now, but it was easy to remember how this made me feel years ago.
I haven't enjoyed a sci-fi book this much since I read Dune, oh so many years ago. This will definitely be on my "too read again soon" list.
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Oct 23, 2007
Bricoleur (David) Soul
marked it as wish-list
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