Ender's Game
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Re: Ender's Game
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Ender's real name was Andrew Wiggin. Ender was a nickname given to him by his sister Valentine. "Ender", in Turkish means extremely rare.
I happen to be reading it right now for the second time. Another interesting note - Card changed the name of the aliens from Formics to Buggers in this re-write for reasons I do not know. If anyone knows please tell me.
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Childhood is formative for everyone, so the childhood of someone who was educated at a boarding school is likely to have a marked impact on them for the rest of their lives.lady_charlie wrote: ↑12 Jun 2013, 10:32 I have been thinking about this, too, especially since I also recently read Beyond The Beautiful Forevers. Is childhood different when you are poor or well off? Does boarding school change a person forever?
One could say that the somewhat sheltered conditions of a boarding-school education are not necessarily a great preparation for dealing with the world at large. The current mess in the UK over Brexit, and the fact that most of the people involved in that mess have attended boarding schools such as Eton, could be seen as evidence of that assertion.
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I really liked it and intend to read the rest of the series soon. Though I liked the movie, the book tops it by far.
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As far as the movie goes, it is one of my favorite book to movie adaptions. It isn't perfect, but I still find it to be really good. (And I watch it at least once a year.)
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Yes, they were Formics initially then the children began calling them Buggers and the name stuck.DATo wrote: ↑18 Oct 2018, 01:06 A bit of trivia:
Ender's real name was Andrew Wiggin. Ender was a nickname given to him by his sister Valentine. "Ender", in Turkish means extremely rare.
I happen to be reading it right now for the second time. Another interesting note - Card changed the name of the aliens from Formics to Buggers in this re-write for reasons I do not know. If anyone knows please tell me.
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That bears a human soul!
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The book is not only science fiction but also has lots of history, philosophy, a good variety of languages and a great ending.
It indeed is the best science fiction novel there is out there.
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I hope nobody liked the fact that Ender was forced to be a child soldier. There's a tragic element in Ender's story, and that continues in its sequels. He's marked for life by what he was forced to do.Jacquelyn-63 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2019, 08:29 I really did not enjoy this book. While well written, morally I couldn’t get past the fact of Ender being a child soldier. I understand that this happens in real life, and I find it just as revolting as I did with this book.
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