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Post by Man in Black on Mar 28, 2006 13:20:07 GMT -5
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Publisher: Tor Science Fiction; 1985First Paragraph "I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one. Or at least as close as we're going to get."Ender Wiggin, genetically engineered to be a savior is constantly fed trials and intentionally surrounded by enemies. Although he is a genius among intellectuals he doesn't realize he is humanity's last great hope to stop the Buggers: an alien race that has already attacked Earth twice. Orson Scott Card masterfully takes us inside the minds of children. Not making light of their thoughts and values, instead he sifts Ender and his cohorts into the reader's mind as equals. Every chapter is brilliant, Card's style is writing simply, piece by piece intricately building a complex tale. Ender's Game and its sequel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards and spawned several more books in Ender's universe. The story of Ender transcends scifi it is a tale on the level of Lord of the Flies but better. I have never read a better book and rarely read one twice. I've lost count with this one. It is the standard I hold every novel I read to. I give Ender's Game a [glow=red,2,300]10 out of 10[/glow] www.ender.com/ender/
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Post by Marii on Jun 18, 2006 7:13:00 GMT -5
LOVED this book, thanks for recommending it to me MIB, I loved the twist at the end.
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Post by Man in Black on Jun 24, 2006 23:21:34 GMT -5
LOVED this book, thanks for recommending it to me MIB, I loved the twist at the end. best twist ever, I knew you'd like it...
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Post by Hermy on Jul 8, 2006 1:17:49 GMT -5
One day I'll have to read this... I've heard SO much about it.
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Post by Marii on Jul 11, 2006 7:28:12 GMT -5
You got to, it ranks with LOR, and Narnia chronicles for me as favorite books...
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Post by 4C-696E on Sept 19, 2006 9:12:17 GMT -5
When I read this book, I did enjoy the story immensely. I loved the dreams he kept having, and his tactics in the zero-G area.
What I didn't like, though, is the strong language. I like to keep things clean, so when I bought the book, I actually did some editing in it. Made it the sort of story I wouldn't mind my kids reading, when they can read at this level.
Because the language, I give it an 8.
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Post by Marii on Dec 26, 2006 23:23:40 GMT -5
I have to agree with you there. I usually scratch out the bad words in all my books so I nor anyone else has to read them again. It definetely would be better without the language. This one isn't mine so I couldn't mark out those words, but like you, I would not want our son to read this for many years. I may one day read aloud to him, and leave out the bad language.
I understand that they are kids from the backgrounds they came from and everything, but I can imagine all of that really well without the help of the language. Yep. Those bad words from the 80's.
What an imagination Card has!
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Post by Man in Black on Dec 27, 2006 9:19:12 GMT -5
I don't like to hear children using foul language either... but as foul language goes what Ender's Game contains is very tame and also very minimal. Also keep in mind that this is not a children's book. It is a story about children... for adults. I would definitely agree with both of you in that the book is intended for highschool age and up.
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