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 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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A Reading Guide for Ender's Game.

THE ENDER UNIVERSE

Ender's Series: Ender Wiggin: The finest general the world could hope to find or breed.

The following Ender's Series titles are listed in order: Ender's Game, Ender In Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind.

Ender's Shadow Series: Parallel storylines to Ender’s Game from Bean: Ender’s right hand, his strategist, and his friend.

The following Ender's Shadow Series titles are listed in order: Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Shadows in Flight.

The First Formic War Series: One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. These are the stories of the First Formic War.

Earth Unaware, Earth Afire.

Ender Novellas

A War of Gifts, First Meetings.

The Authorized Ender Companion: A complete and in-depth encyclopedia of all the persons, places, things, and events in Orson Scott Card’s Ender Universe.

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Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?

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File Size: 5204 KB
Print Length: 264 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (April 1, 2010)
Publication Date: April 1, 2010
Sold by: Macmillan
Language: English
ASIN: B003G4W49C
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My absolute favorite book

Byasinethon October 30, 2013

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This book holds the position of "My Favorite". I first read it when I was 9 or 10, and was blown away. I have since read it so many times that I don't even need to finish the sentences, I know word-for-word exactly what they will say.

This book perfectly tells the tale of Ender Wiggin, a young child, at the start of the story, who has been bred to be, and is, "humanity's last hope". Despite this, however, the book does not dwell on the impending peril, but instead focuses on Ender's experiences and growth as a person. Personally, I found/find it impossible not to love the kid, and to both relate to and respect him. I found all of the characters believable and sympathetic.

The introductions to each chapter are an excellent literary tool, and work perfectly in this book. Additionally, the further characterization of Peter and Valentine (Ender's siblings) adds so much to the book and the world Card creates. Every time I read this book, I have a different favorite part and a different favorite character. Depending on my mood, there is always someone for me to relate to and empathize with.

In later years, I have learned more about he author (which, in this case, is not a good thing), but it is really a testament to how amazing this book is and how successfully he wrote these characters that Card's own actions and reputation have not marred this book for me. Whatever I think of his personal beliefs and politics, he wrote an amazing book, and one that I think everyone should read (probably best around ages 9 - 14 for the first reading, I have been told that it is not *as* good/life-changing if you read it as an adult).

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Engrossing and brilliant, but a little slow sometimes

ByRaquel Costaon June 12, 2014

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For the record, I think Orson Scott Card is a genious. I have no doubt he will be remembered as "one of the great ones", especially in his own genre. And I would love to give it 4.5 stars, but since there is no such thing, I'm giving it 4. It is also fair to say that I saw the movie before I read the book. I meant to do it the other way around, but it wasn't possible. So the surprise, edge-of-my-seat element was obviously missing in the book for me, even though it wasn't the writer's fault.

The book is about a world that was changed by an alien atack, and the children that are meant to save it. One particular exceptional child: Ender Wiggin. But the book is about so much more. It's about inocence lost and hope found, it's about how much of our identity is bound by the actions we are obligated to take in do-or-die sitiations. It feels real. All the cruelty and all the kindness feels utterely human. But since it's about all the "action" that happens inside of Ender, and not so much about the real action, the book felt slow and over-explained to me sometimes.

But I recomend it to anyone, even people who have seen the movie.

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Read through recommendation, glad I did

ByAmyon October 21, 2013

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What is there to say really when you read a mind-bending book? The absolute beauty of the writing just leaves you speechless. Well, I'll give it my best shot. This is an excellent starting novel to a series that I am certainly interested to keep pursuing. It presents itself quite clearly as a stand alone novel. You will only feel left wanting if you have an insatiable curiosity for what comes next. The plot has a nice conclusion, yet the story is clearly not over. There is a whole universe out there to explore and endless youth beckoning.

Typically, I am not a fan of the science fiction genre; as I have always been more drawn to unicorns and elves than aliens. Surprisingly I can feel Sci-Fi diverges far more from reality than Fantasy ever does. (Perhaps I have completely misunderstood the genre.) Ender Wiggin drew me in from the start. While it is a story of war and personal struggle up in space, I felt the novel really got to the heart of the matter with an epic twist at the end. You connect with the characters and their motivations. You bleed for their sorrows. The addition of an alien race just reconfirms the struggle to understand the human condition instead of detracting into unreality. While written by a LDS author, it is not overly heavy in the religious propaganda but moral dilemmas and the human struggle to understand more than ourselves are presented. I think that is what I love about the LDS church the most. The overall acceptance that there is more to religion than the doctrine and rites presented at face value, but an understanding deep down inside each of us. Ender struggles to find himself in the face of terrifying circumstances and unreasonable pressures. Definitely look forward to this being a movie and a video game. This is definitely a series that holds a lot of promise from the first book. In the junk of pop culture and fly-by-night trends today, we need to focus on the intelligentsia with substance and moral backing to get our feet again.

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Excellent Entertaining and Provocative

ByEdward J. BartonVINE VOICEon December 14, 2013

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Card brings a future to life in this extraordinarily well written science fiction thriller. I am not generally a reader of the genre, and had doubts as to whether I would actually enjoy the book. I was completely blown away by the storytelling, the symbolism, the layers of depth and the moral and emotional elements that Card deftly explores in the book.

In lieu of a plot synopsis, I think the review should be reasons why the reader should actually pick this book up and read it. If you like science fiction, the book reads incredibly well - and has enough technology and science elements to engross the reader of fantasy. If you like deep novels that make you think, the book will not fail to provide fodder for thought around communications, control, education, moralism, social engineering and relativism. For the reader who enjoys military or action novels, there is plenty of material to entertain and make you think.

The movie will undoubtedly not do the book justice. The imagination, the twists, the turns, the depth of thought and the emotion of the ending are going to be difficult to build to or explore deeply enough in a 120 minute commercial film. If you like the movie (I haven't seen it), do yourself a favor and pick up this incredible novel. If you like good literature, do the same thing. Even if science fiction isn't your genre, Ender's Game transcends genre to poignant literary experience.

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Enjoyable read about a child general defeating an alien race. Who rules the world? Child geniuses.

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More 1950s thinking than futuristic

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Okay for some, I guess . . .

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The movie can't compare

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