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At the tender age of six, Ender Wiggin is taken from his home by the military to train. Ender is a genius and Earth's last hope for survival if a third war with the buggers, aliens that resemble large ants, comes to pass. The humans were nearly...
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I received this book as a gift from a very well-read friend who shares very similar interests as me. I was advised this book was one of the best novels ever written. Unfortunately I received terrible advice.

This book follows the...
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"Ender's Game" is the type of book that incites profound passion in the readers; either they absolutely love it and think it is the greatest sci-fi novel ever written (actually Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama" is the greatest sci-fi novel...
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"Speaker for the Dead" -- the sequel to Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game," a science fiction novel about children being prepared for a great war with an alien race -- is the better of the two, perhaps because it is less of a children's story and...
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If Orson Scott Card had sex with his sister, he should write a nonfiction book about that. A lot of people could benefit from such a book, as it would help them cope and heal from the psychic trauma that incest causes.

And if he...
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but there are simply too many implausibilities in the storyline that serve no purpose other than to set up Card for a lot of philosophizing.


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Shadow Puppets was such an awesome book. It was probably my favorite of the books about Bean, after Ender's Shadow. I'm a sucker for a good love story, but this book includes so much more. The action throughout the book made it very fast-paced...
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This book is excruicatingly bad. All the characters speak with the same exact style of voice. A half-formal, half-scarcastic (but never genuinely funny) monotone. Card's earlier works in the Ender series were great, with characters you can care...
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While I'm still enjoying following the future of the characters of Ender's Shadow and Ender's Game, I'm not really enjoying the setting. Contemporary-feeling world politics and war just aren't working for me. It's like a juvenile version of Tom...
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I absolutely loved Ender's Shadow and have reread it multiple times. I was so fascinated by the life and students of Battle School, that I was actually upset when the book ended right at the end of the war. So, when I realized that there were...
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I was a huge fan of Enders Game and Enders Shadow, however, Shadow Of The Hegemon disappointed me. There was almost no action in it. The whole book was just political conversations, so political, that they were hard to follow. What little bit that...
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I thoroughly enjoyed the story.

I, however, did not enjoy the audio presentation. There were several voice overs where the narrator voice was over written with a different voice. The last track on each CD was blank. I am not sure...
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Although overly long, if you enjoyed the previous two Ender volumes, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, you will greatly enjoy Xenocide. The wonderful thing about all of this series to this point is the great variety of voices that give much...
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I enjoyed the Ender series. Ender's Game is obviously a classic. Once I got over the fact that Speaker for the Dead was not like Ender's Game, I enjoyed that book as well. Xenocide continues the story of Speaker for the Dead. I enjoy Card's...
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Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead are 2 of the best science fiction books ever written. They both won the Hugo and Nebula in back-to-back years, and were great on several levels, which is amazing, since they are very different books. But not...
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When I heard of the idea of a "parallel novel" I was suspicious. The idea of retelling Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic from another character's point of view struck me as suspicious at best. Nonetheless, I loved Ender's Game so much...
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Frankly, Ender's Shadow isn't worth reading. Not only does it fail to provide the excitement and innovation of Ender's Game, but also it actually UNDERMINES the value of Ender as a character. I slogged through this book only to discover that...
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This is one of the most OK books I've ever read. While it's not bad, I didn't really find it all that good either. Keep in mind that I'm a long way from Jr. High/High school, which is the age range this book is intended for. If that's your age...
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This is the only book that has made me cry. I cried when Ender died, (although he didn't die his aiua passed on to Peter) the character of Ender died. Through the series I have gotten so attatched to his character unlike any other character in...
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...and the thread of the story seems to just run further away from the original concepts. Wasn't thrilled with the new ideas expressed in it and wouldn't recommend it as a good read.
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In Children of the Mind, Orson Scott Card wraps up the Ender's Gamer series. That's what this book is basically for. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead can stand on their own but Xenocide (the third book) and Children are for those who...
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One of the best pieces of advice I received in my undergraduate writing course was that with respect to fiction writing, it is better to show than to tell. This means that if the character takes an action, the writer should describe the action...
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I'm a Card fan, so I was eager to read this book. Talk about disappointed. I'm honestly baffled by all these good reviews. "Treason" is every bit as ridiculous as Marian Zimmer Bradley on a bad day (I'm thinking specifically of MZB's story in...
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Lanik Mueller, a man born of a people that have genetically altered themselves to quickly heal travels across the world names Treason. His genetics allow his people to quickly heal injuries and even regrow severed body parts. Though his journey of...
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Is there anyone out there with a more creative mind than OSC? Can't imagine it. After reading Treasure Box (disappointing), this completely restores my faith in OSC as one of our nation's true literary gifts. He has such a unique ability to...
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While the cassette version of Maps in a Mirror is worthwhile for a completist or fanatic, it's not quite what most people would imagine it to be. The tree pulp version of Maps in a Mirror is a fairly large tome, and if I remember correctly it has...
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Shadow of the Giant was extremely interesting. Bean never fails to amaze me through his impossibly genius mind. We also get to see new sides to Petra and Peter, as well as Bean, as they all face the new and improved challenges of the world and...
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I'm struggling through Shadow of the Giant. Normally when I read a book, I read the entire thing in as close to one sitting as possible. Giant is taking me a while - a chapter at a time, and I'm only halfway through after several months, and have...
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I loved the Ender's Series and also the Shadow series, Giant was stronger than Hegemon in my opinion but it wasn't nearly as good as Ender's Shadow. This book is a must for the collection if you're a fan though. It has a few twists that really...
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