Too many centuries of evolution are working against them." They don't often pass the tests to get in. "All the boys are organized into armies." But immediately, the sexism shows its ugly face It's interesting and keeps your attention. Just for this author's personality, this book deserves one star.īut now onto the actual book, which deserves one star in itself. He is a Mormon that, from what I've heard from people who've read his other books, tries to convert you in his own writing in his novels. He is a Chauvinist (known to believe that women are the weaker sex and were only put on this world to make babies). For those of who don't know, he is openly homophobic and a hyprocrite ( )). Yes, I bash the author first, but I do make my points on why I hated the book itself, and not just because of him.įirst of all, before I get into the book, I'd like to say that Orson Scott Card is one of the biggest dicks on this Earth. I'm so sick of repeating myself over and over in the comments. If you're going to comment, at least read the whole review and not just a quarter of it. Please leave now if you don't want to get all huffy and insulted and make a comment defending the author or whatever other shit that is this book. There are over 3,310,480,700 women in this world.ĭear Fans of This Book Who Are Probably About To Make An Angry Comment On This Review: He recently began a long-term position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University.Ĭard currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and their youngest child, Zina Margaret.įor further details, see the author's Wikipedia page.įor an ordered list of the author's works, see Wikipedia's List of works by Orson Scott Card. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.īesides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy ( Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels ( Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry ( An Open Book), and many plays and scripts.Ĭard was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. He will grow up fast.īut Ender is not the only result of the experiment. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate.
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