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Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

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Tor Books
04 March 2014
Series: Ender Saga
"From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game--adapted to film in 2013 starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford--is the classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel of a young boy's recruitment into the midst of an interstellar war.

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.

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

THE ENDER UNIVERSE

Ender series

Ender's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind

Ender's Shadow series

Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight

Children of the Fleet

The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)

Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens

The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)

The Swarm /The Hive

Ender novellas

A War of Gifts /First Meetings"

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Imprint:   Tor Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 208mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   340g
ISBN:   9780765378484
ISBN 10:   0765378485
Series:   Ender Saga
Pages:   380
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the international bestsellers <i>Shadow of the Giant</i>, <i>Shadow Puppets</i>, <i>Shadow of the Hegemon</i>, and <i>Ender's Shadow</i>, and of the beloved classic of science fiction, <i>Ender's Game</i>, as well as the acclaimed fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.</p>

Reviews for Ender's Game

-Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1.- --Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13-Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard.- --Booklist-An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero.- --The New York Times Book Review Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1. --Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13 Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard. --Booklist An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero. --The New York Times Book Review Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1. Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13 Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard. Booklist An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero. The New York Times Book Review Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1. Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13 Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard. Booklist An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero. The New York Times Book Review Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1. -- Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13 Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard. -- Booklist An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero. -- The New York Times Book Review


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