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PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-100765317389

ISBN-139780765317384

eBay Product ID (ePID)63748380

Product Key Features

Book TitleEnder's Game

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicScience Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / Military

GenreFiction

AuthorOrson Scott Card

Book SeriesThe Ender Quintet Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight14.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN85-136148

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsEnder's Game is a fast-paced action/adventure but it is also a book with deep and complex moral sensibilities. Card constructed the book so that layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction of the only other sentient species man had discovered in the universe., A prize-winning novella has been transformed into an even more powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner- and other-directed selves....This book provides a harrowing look at the price we pay for trying to mold our posterity in our own aggresive image of what we believe is right., Superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power., Card has taken the venerable sf concepts of a superman and interstellar war against aliens, and, with superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power. This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers -- a major sf novel by any reasonable standards., [A] powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner-and other-directed selves...., ÝA¨ powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner-and other-directed selves...., Praise for Ender's Game : "Card has taken the venerable sf concepts of a superman and interstellar war against aliens, and, with superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power. This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers -- a major sf novel by any reasonable standards." -- Booklist "Card has done strong work before, but this could be the book to break him out of the pack."-- New York Newsday " Ender's Game is an affecting novel."-- New York Times Book Review "Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind." -- Library Journal "A prize-winning novella has been transformed into an even more powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner- and other-directed selves....This book provides a harrowing look at the price we pay for trying to mold our posterity in our own aggresive image of what we believe is right." -- The Christian Science Monitor " Ender's Game is a fast-paced action/adventure but it is also a book with deep and complex moral sensibilities. Card constructed the book so that layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction of the only other sentient species man had discovered in the universe." -- Houston Post, Layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction...., Praise for "Ender's Game": "Card has taken the venerable sf concepts of a superman and interstellar war against aliens, and, with superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power. This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers -- a major sf novel by any reasonable standards." -- "Booklist" "Card has done strong work before, but this could be the book to break him out of the pack."--"New York Newsday" ""Ender's Game" is an affecting novel."--"New York Times Book Review " "Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind." --"Library Journal" "A prize-winning novella has been transformed into an even more powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner- and other-directed selves....This book provides a harrowing look at the price we pay for trying to mold our posterity in our own aggresive image of what we believe is right." --"The Christian Science Monitor " ""Ender's Game" is a fast-paced action/adventure but it is also a book with deep and complex moral sensibilities. Card constructed the book so that layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction of the only other sentient species man had discovered in the universe." -- "Houston Post", "Superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power." , Praise for Ender's Game : "Card has taken the venerable sf concepts of a superman and interstellar war against aliens, and, with superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power. This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers -- a major sf novel by any reasonable standards." -- Booklist "Card has done strong work before, but this could be the book to break him out of the pack."-- New York Newsday " Ender's Game is an affecting novel."-- New York Times Book Review "Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind." -- Library Journal "A prize-winning novella has been transformed into an even more powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner- and other-directed selves....This book provides a harrowing look at the price we pay for trying to mold our posterity in our own aggresive image of what we believe is right." -- The Christian Science Monitor " Ender's Game is a fast-paced action/adventure but it is also a book with deep and complex moral sensibilities. Card constructed the book so that layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction of the only other sentient species man had discovered in the universe." -- Houston Post, "Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind." , "Card has taken the venerable sf concepts of a superman and interstellar war against aliens, and, with superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power. This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers -- a major sf novel by any reasonable standards." -- Booklist "Card has done strong work before, but this could be the book to break him out of the pack."-- New York Newsday " Ender's Game is an affecting novel."-- New York Times Book Review "Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind." -- Library Journal "A prize-winning novella has been transformed into an even more powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner- and other-directed selves....This book provides a harrowing look at the price we pay for trying to mold our posterity in our own aggresive image of what we believe is right." -- The Christian Science Monitor " Ender's Game is a fast-paced action/adventure but it is also a book with deep and complex moral sensibilities. Card constructed the book so that layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction of the only other sentient species man had discovered in the universe." -- Houston Post, "Card has taken the venerable sf concepts of a superman and interstellar war against aliens, and, with superb characterization, pacing and language, combined them into a seamless story of compelling power. This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers -- a major sf novel by any reasonable standards." -- Booklist "Card has done strong work before, but this could be the book to break him out of the pack." -- New York Newsday " Ender's Game is an affecting novel." -- New York Times Book Review "Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind." -- Library Journal "A prize-winning novella has been transformed into an even more powerful book about war, that ranges in topic from reflex-training video games to combat between our inner- and other-directed selves....This book provides a harrowing look at the price we pay for trying to mold our posterity in our own aggresive image of what we believe is right." -- The Christian Science Monitor " Ender's Game is a fast-paced action/adventure but it is also a book with deep and complex moral sensibilities. Card constructed the book so that layers fold with immaculate timing, transforming an almost juvenile adventure into a tragic tale of the destruction of the only other sentient species man had discovered in the universe." -- Houston Post, Card's latest novel is both a gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the militaristic mind.

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

Edition DescriptionGift

SynopsisWinner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards For the perfect holiday gift for the reader on your list, pick up this special gift edition of one of the most beloved Science Fiction novels ever written. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games at the Battle School; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. Ender is the most talented result of Earth's desperate quest to create the military genius that the planet needs in its all-out war with an alien enemy. Is Ender the general Earth needs? The only way to find out is to throw the child into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast. But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Formics 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, Peter and Valentine, 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. 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, Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, one of the most beloved science fictionnovels is now available in a special gift edition.

LC Classification NumberPS3553.A655E5 1991