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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Ender's Game

My girlfriend actually convinced me to read this awhile ago.  Hadn't heard of it much and didn't know anything about the story.  I have to say that I was very impressed. The story follows Andrew "Ender" Wiggin as he is put through his paces in Battle School where he is supposedly training to fight against the evil buggers far off in space.  Ender is not like other children, he and his brother Peter and sister Valentine are all at a very high genesis level of intelligence. 

At battle school, the principal sees that Ender may be the best and brightest of the lot, all of whom are the best of the best.  As such, Ender is put through all kinds of crap by everybody, not because they don't like him, but because they want to see if he can handle being put under stress and what he will do about it. 

Won't spoil too much of the plot, there's a lot of it, but this is one of my favorite science fiction stories.  I have not yet read anything further in the series.

Something that stuck in my mind though the entire time reading this was "my god, I can't stop thinking about THE GAME"
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12 comments:

  1. Improve your Vocab!February 20, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    i wouldn't mind reading more science fiction stuff, i might start with this. thanks for the recommendation.

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  2. pizzafuckyesFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    sounds like battle of wits in outer space?

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  3. JorgeFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    Sounds like a really good story.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Next is Speaker for the Dead. Or if you want to reread THE GAME from a different perspective (Bean's) read Ender's Shadow. The entire series is awesome.

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  5. Pop Tart Fine DiningFebruary 20, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Three things:
    1)AMAZING book. Love it.
    2)I lost the game.
    3)Great Blog.

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  6. VegatronFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    I love this book. Glad you liked it!

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  7. Ian MaguireFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    I love this goddamn book :D

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    I love good science fiction. I am a new follower so I can stay up to date on your suggestions. Thanks!

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  9. Patti D.February 21, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    wait, what did just hapened here?

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    I've heard of this book before. I think I'll read it.

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  11. Every DayFebruary 21, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    sounds like it'll make for an interesting read. Will check it out if I have the chance. thanks for sharing. :)

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  12. fulano talFebruary 21, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Never heard of it :P But sure looks cool!
    I'll try to see if i can find it somewhere.. Thanks for the tip!

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