Enders Game

[pyro457]

Anyone read Enders Game? Its one of my favortie books of all times.

 

[the Colonel]

I read it in college at the recommendation of a friend. I was engaged.

 

[Nienor]

it's a really good book. i definately recommend it

 

[A New Dawn]

There are three books in the series: Ender's Game, The Speaker for the Dead, (and I can't remember the 3rd one. )

I read Ender's Game in one day, and the ending was so unexpected, but I loved it. I liked the second book even better, though.

 

[merryheart]

Enders Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow puppets
Shadow of the Hegemon
and a new one...

I liked Ender's Shadow almost as well as Ender's Game, but the other's were only okay

 

[cjonesy22002]

big bro told me to read it so i did, most excellent book. that's why i posted here.

 

[A New Dawn]

Enders Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow puppets
Shadow of the Hegemon
and a new one...

I liked Ender's Shadow almost as well as Ender's Game, but the other's were only okay

Wow! I didn't know it had proliferated so. It was Xenocide that I was thinking of, although I had recently heard about Children of the Mind.

 

[Nienor]

i like the Shadow books better than the rest of the enders trilogy.....

 

[waitingforwonderful]

I <3 Ender's Game! I actually love Orson Scott Card in general.

 

[Grizzly]

I have read all of Orson Scott Cards books. Loved the Ender series. I have also enjoyed the Alvin Maker series, although the more recent installments have been less than great.

 

[Charles Darwin]

The Bean chronicles (the "Shadow" stories) definitely dominate over Ender's stories. Read Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead but i couldnt bring myself to finish the series, just got too long and drawn out. Thats what's great about Bean. its choppy, suspensful, engaging, witty, and definitely keeps you guessing and on your toes. Btw, it goes

Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
the new one- Shadow Puppets.

shadows puppets is BY FAR the greatest of the books in either series to date. finished it in under a day. spectacular

 

[Telrunya]

I haven't read the shadow series yes but Orson Scott Card is easily one of my top 10 favorite writers.

 

[rahma]

One of the reasons I enjoy Orson Scott Card so much is his infusion of religion into sci fi and fantasy. Shadow Puppets is brilliant in that regard. I can't wait for the next one to come out, Shadow Giants, March (I think) 2005, mark your calendars. He is one of the few sci fi writers to have outright muslim characters Ah, and "Pastwatch: the redemption of Christopher Columbus." I think I've read that one 5 times.

On the christian end of things, I highly recommend "Enchantment," which takes places as christianity is begin introduced to Russia/Ukraine.

I've heard he also writes plays. Anyone seen any?

 

[merryheart]

Actually, Card is a Mormon. Maybe Muslim and Mormon are similar?

 

[Zeratul]

I read it in college at the recommendation of a friend. I was engaged.

what were u colonel in, like Army,Air Force, Navy, Marines?

 

[Zeratul]

Anyone read Enders Game? Its one of my favortie books of all times.

im gonna read that book over the summer cause it looks interesting
- i was inspired b/c my sister was looking for books for school and i was just looking at the titles and i heard "Ender's Game" before but never caught on until i read the summary on the back of the book

 

[rahma]

what were u colonel in, like Army,Air Force, Navy, Marines?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the Colonel in question is Colonel Jack O'Neil, United States airforce

 

[rahma]

Actually, Card is a Mormon. Maybe Muslim and Mormon are similar?

Ah, not really. He writes about all different kinds of religions in his books. The later Enders books have worlds based on different faiths/cultures, like Lusitania, which is Brazillian catholic, and Path, with their Godspoken, among others.

 

[Zeratul]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the Colonel in question is Colonel Jack O'Neil, United States airforce

ok ok i didnt know

 

[Telrunya]

Ok. I just finished Shadow Puppets. I have to say that on the whole I enjoyed this book almost as much as Ender's Game. While I did enjoy Speaker for the Dead and Xenophobe I thought they lacked the action and suspense that Card is so good at and went way too far into the realm of philosophy. Children of the Mind was something of a disappointment to me. Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon were good lead ins but not as good as SP. I look forward to Shadow Giants. Is it just me or does Card seem to be enjoying his writing and having more fun with it than he did when he wrote SFTD and X?