Ender's Game

Card, Orson Scott

ISBN 10: 0613824229 ISBN 13: 9780613824224

Synopsis

The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all.

Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who?

Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child.

Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. Isn't it?

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Review

"Read Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1." --"Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13"

"Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard." --"Booklist"

"An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero." --"The New York Times Book Review"

Read Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1. "Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13"

Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard. "Booklist"

An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero. "The New York Times Book Review""

Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1. Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13

Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard. Booklist

An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero. The New York Times Book Review

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"Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1." --Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13

"Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard." --Booklist

"An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero." --The New York Times Book Review

-Read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game before the big-screen adaptation, starring Harrison Ford and Hugo's Asa Butterfield, hits theaters Nov. 1.- --Entertainment Weekly, 13 Ways to Get Ready for '13

-Superb! This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard.- --Booklist

-An affecting novel full of surprises. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero.- --The New York Times Book Review

From the Publisher

ENDER’S GAME is the first book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction.

Praise for Orson Scott Card

‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars ... enthralling ... an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION

‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX

‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS

By Orson Scott Card

Ender

Edition details

• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0613824229
• ISBN 13: 9780613824224
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Language: English