Product Description

When humanity is under threat from an alien race, Ender Wiggin, at the age of six, leaves his family on Earth to journey to the Belt. There he enters Battle School, where his life is strictly disciplined by mind games and computer mock-battles fought in deadly earnest. Instinct, compassion and genius make Ender unequalled. But while he trains, the invasion approaches fast. And Ender will be pushed to the limits of endurance, for he is a unique destiny...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9621 in Books
• Published on: 1987-02-19
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

NEW YORK TIMES
'Full of surprises...Intense is the word for Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME'

INTERZONE
'Every volume of the Ender saga...comprises some of the most hauntingly brilliant writing of the decade'

Synopsis
With humanity under threat from an alien race, six-year-old Ender Wiggin leaves his family on Earth to journey to the Belt. There he enters Battle School and is strictly disciplined in mind games and mock battles. In instinct, compassion and genius he is unequalled, for his is a unique destiny.

Customer Reviews

A major disappointment
Just finished the book, and was glad to see the back of it. I found it very repetitive and shallow. I just couldn't empathise with any of the characters.

A thought-provoking, exciting, and emotional novel
Ender's Game is a book that will speak directly to whoever reads it, for it is about loneliness and specialist expertise - two things that everyone is familiar with in their own lives, in one way or another.

Ender is a young prodigy space battle commander whose adventures through training school make up most of the book. Ender makes friends and enemies, and must deal with life in a world where no-one understands him, except his sister who he never sees because she is on Earth while he is training in space.

The book covers a lot of different topics, but principle among Card's many theses is that to beat an enemy one must understand them completely: one must - in a manner of speaking - love them. This is a powerful notion and one that is explored in detail, with a very emotionally resonant ending and surprise epilogue.

I particularly enjoyed the videogame which Ender returns to throughout the book, where he is exploring an alien planet and battling various nightmarish foes, solving puzzles, and put under extreme emotional strain. It reminded me of the kind of videogames we are beginning to see nowadays (such as Shadow of the Colossus) and I was amazed an author had come up with it so many years ago.

An emotional and intelligent book, for adults and children alike.

did the person that gave it a 1 star rating read the right book???
Ender's game has sucked me back into the beautiful world of science-fiction! This rates as probably one of the greatest books I have ever read! Even for those who don't read science fiction, read this book!! The character development of the three siblings is so incredibly intricate, the good, the bad and the bond that keeps them together. I have no true words that can properly describe this book to anybody, if you try and right down the plot line of the story you just cannot possibly give it any justice at all. Read it for yourself and you'll fall it love with it the way I have. Already ordered the sequels now and can't wait for them to arrive!