Finally Read Ender's Game

[astridmyrna]

I knew I had to do this eventually, especially with the movie coming out. It seemed almost like fate. Hell, OSC was (I believe) one of the first authors to come and do a signing at my favorite bookstore in the universe, Mysterious Galaxy (Redondo). As someone who's self-studying science fiction and fantasy to make up for lost time during college, I

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Is Ender's Game a good read?

[t_rexan]

"Of course, the great thing about this book is that it encourages discussion and reveals what kind of horrible people we all are, including the author. It's sobering."

I saw this book in one of my teacher's classroom's and read the summary (I recognized the title from the talk of the movie or something) and it sounded only slightly interesting. I mean, especially with how you ended your thoughts, it sounds like almost any set of books. So many books criticize human nature 'cause it's so easy to; we're all here with these obvious imperfections that have been taken advantage of in the past, many times over.

Okay, so I can't think of any books like how you described Ender's Game off the top of my head, save Lord of the Flies and The Chocolate War. (Maybe I am the Cheese, too? Though that's more indirect and probably more about the human mind's frailty in the face of danger and uncertainty.) The terribleness of human nature seems like a common theme, though, and it more annoys me more than anything since it's so easy to write about. It'