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Ender's Game

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
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Publisher's Summary

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut - young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. 

Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs? 

But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers 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 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. 

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel. 

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©1977, 1985, 1991 Orson Scott Card (P)2002 Fantastic Audio, an imprint of Audio Literature

Critic Reviews

  • Nebula Award Winner, Best Novel, 1985
  • Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1986

"'Intense' is the word for Ender's Game." (The New York Times)

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Brilliant cast brings the story to life

All of the actors have their own segments.

None of them copy the other's performances.

Makes it like a story told by different people's point of view.

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Enthralling.

I was sceptical at first. I mean the movie was ok and I like science fiction stories but I wondered if this book was worth it. Turns out...it totally IS!!! This book is awesome and is very detailed and goes into what people think about and worry about in small school like environments. This was really well narrated too. I highly recommend.

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Great book with a great story. However, the in my opinion the voices given to some of the characters don't match the, but this is easily overlooked. Overall I highly recommend this audiobook as well as also reading 'Ender's Game' if you prefer.

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One if the most gripping audio books ever

I came from the movie and found that every moment I got, I was playing Enders game. Highly recommended and the movie does not do it justice.

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half good

the woman that reads this constantly does this breathy, very drawn out voice when ever she is narrating. It's excruciating to listen to

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Way better than the movie

Wanted to get this after watching the movie, and glad did. Awesome story and great narration. Highly recommended

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a book I will remember, but not in love with

compared to some other recent sci fi classics I have read recently, Ender's game did not grab me like those. I did not feel emotionally connected to Ender and I felt bored at times with the storyline. I don't want to give away any plot, but there were no major shocks, twists or turns me for a long the way. I found myself at the end wanting the story to be wrapped up so I could move on

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The movie does not live up to the book.

Only reason I found this book was from watching the film back as a teenager. It really leaves out so much of the story when focusing entirely on ender for the film, but the book spreads out to not just ender, but the siblings on Earth & the planet itself being affected by said siblings. Really makes you have more empathy for the Formics & Humanity.

As a teenager, I never understood why Ender's game never had a sequel. I understand now, because the amount of information is just impossible to put in a film. You would need mountains of information from all sides. This amount of building blocks of story is just baffling and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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amazing

loved and amazing by the whole family. ❤️ ♥️ and nice adventure book!!!really good

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All round excellence

I enjoyed the story much more than the movie. As is usually the case (and Orson would be happy about that).

The narration was great too. I chose this version over the theatrical one because that other one said the performance detracted from the story. I see other books in this series have more theatrical performances, so I'll see how I go with them.

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