Ender’s Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition
By Orson Scott Card
Read by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, and others
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1 Format: Digital Download
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Regular Price: $26.99
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ISBN: 9781593974756
The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all. Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. Isn't it?
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Summary
Summary
An Apple iBooks bestseller in Science Fiction & Fantasy
Winner of the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel
A USA Today bestseller
A Washington Post bestseller
Winner of Hugo Award - Winner, 1986
Winner of Nebula Awards - Winner, 1985
Among longlisted titles for ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1985
Among longlisted titles for ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015
The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all. Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. Isn't it?
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Military space adventure with a heart
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I had to approach Ender's Game with an open mind, given the controversy of its film adaptation.
At first glance, it's follows the classic formula - boy finds himself in a strange situation and holds the fate of the world in his young hands - but there is so much more to it than that.
The story will keep you engaged with plot twists, many of which came as a complete surprise, but if you look back, so much of it is artfully foreshadowed. Even for someone like me, who already knew the ending, there was something unexpected in every chapter.
Ender's emotions are at the heart of it all, and it's never just action for the sake of action.
The characters, far from being a series of interchangeable allies, are each memorable in their own right. The way it depicts the military is intriguing too, as it manages to be both sympathetic and critical of it at the same time.
Hearing all those child characters voiced by a grown man is almost unnerving, since they behave so much like little grown-ups, you almost forget this is a story about kids fighting a war.
I could not bring myself to knock off a star for that, as the acting performances were all superb, and they carried across the character's personalities very well. Listen to this instead of watching the movie.
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Pretty Good
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Like all books turned to movie, I like to try to listen to the book first. Not knowing what to expect (usually always a good thing), I came away pleasantly satisfied.
Coming from being bullied and having an unsurpassed intelligence, Ender, is the underdog turned savior. He goes through torments, exhaustion, depression, all before the age of ten. He goes through all this and keeps going no matter how much he wants to give up.
Not as scientifically written as Robert A. Heinlein, but Orson Scott Carr paralleles Heinlein's ability to create such a believable future.
Author
Author Bio: Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card, the author of the New York Times bestseller Ender’s Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative fiction. His Ender novels are widely read by adults and younger readers and are increasingly used in schools. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy, American-frontier fantasy, biblical novels, poetry, plays, and scripts.
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Details
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Runtime: | 11.33 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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