Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
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 … 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.
Ender’s Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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Ender’s game is one of those books you never forget. I have known people who are not even into Sci-Fi who enjoyed reading this book and thinking about the moral issues brought up in the book.
A book that is hard to put down. Entertaining and original. A nice twist too.
A classic.
The BEST Sci-Fi book I’ve ever read. And one of the best books I’ve EVER read!
one of my favorite SF books
Great story line, good character development. I have read Ender’s Game many times, and I always enjoy it.
A little Star Trek plus Lord of the Flies meets Risk. Love the series, fantastic read.
Loved it!
I love this book, and its sequels. Great characters, great imagination, great action. Orson Scott Card has become one of my favorite authors.
The movie and the book are the same with the exception that the book builds the characters better. Much is explained in the book that is missing in the movie.
I read this when it first came out, then turned and read it to my blind husband. When our 4 boys were old enough, encouraged each of them to read it. Have given at least 5 of my copies away
Even though I had read Ender’s Game before, I loved the story so much that it was worth reading again. It’s one of those books you should read more than once, you’re sure to get something different out of it each time you read it. If you read it before, read it again. If you haven’t read it before, know that the movie didn’t do it justice. Read the book!
Other than the Bible, this is maybe the book I have most enjoyed reading.
The personality of the characters is so rich and deep.
Really enjoyed this book. Great story telling and it stoked the imagination!
Not another predictable plot.
One of the best books I have ever read.
Earlier editions are superior to more recent, because I prefer the building block nature of the early editions, before the plot tweeks to match comic book version or movie versions, et. al….
Brilliant!
The downside is Orson Scott Card (the author) is a known homophobe.
Taps in the potential of the innocent youth.