I can't really explain the book here, because I think it sounds silly when people try to explain it! I'm hoping that someone around here has read it though...

Also! If you HAVE (or even haven't), you should know they are thinking about making it into a MOVIE!

I really dont want that because the main characters are from the ages of like.. 4years old - 12(The MAIN Character, Ender, starts off 4 in the beginning and by the end I believe he is only 12) .. So I dont know how on earth they would pull that one off.. Seeing as they are SUPER SMART kids. =x

Anyways! Please someone say theyve read it! :3

I've read it. I adored it. It's on my list of top 50 best books ever. I don't think it would make a good movie - I think the way the book is structured, it works well as a book. I think trying to make it into a movie plot would either cheapen the emotion of the story or reveal it far too quickly, as watching kids play war games would be difficult to show and could get boring rather quickly. Either way would be a disappointment.

I sincerely hope it stays just a book, and I do recommend the book to others. It's a very powerful read.

Originally Posted by Lachesia

I've read it. I adored it. It's on my list of top 50 best books ever. I don't think it would make a good movie - I think the way the book is structured, it works well as a book. I think trying to make it into a movie plot would either cheapen the emotion of the story or reveal it far too quickly, as watching kids play war games would be difficult to show and could get boring rather quickly. Either way would be a disappointment.

I sincerely hope it stays just a book, and I do recommend the book to others. It's a very powerful read.

I agree 100% about the movie factor. I heard about it a couple years ago, so hopefully the idea has died away (haven't heard anything recently.)

This is definately in my top book reads, infact I would say its #1 on -my- list, but I really dont read all that often, so its not from a very large list of books. I've actually gone and bought a spare copy to lend out to my friends because I enjoyed it so much and I want everyone that I know to read it! So far, from all the people I've leant it to, I've only gotten good reviews!

Ender's Game is a great book. As I mentioned on another thread, some schools here are making it required reading, which I think is a good choice. As much as I love the book, I actually feel that the sequel, Speaker of the Dead, while a wholly different book, surpassed Ender's Game in its scope. Xenophobe was good, but all talk and no resolution and Children of the Mind was too drawn out, but overall the series is fantastic.

I wouldn't mind a movie, so long as its faithful. In no way could it measure up to the book, but so long as it captures the essense of the book, I'm fine with it. For instance, there are a lot of fans that hated the movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, but I think it was probably the best adaptation -- even though the screenwriter left out several crucial plot points -- because the tone and look of the film was perfect. (Additionally, what is the freakin' problem with doing a LotR style theatrical release and then a 3-1/2 hour Extended Edition of the Potter series? Seriously, they KNOW they'll make the extra money they spend on filming back ...). The only problem you'd run into would be casting. Finding a 4-year old that can play someone you would stand-up and follow into battle is a tough sell. The only way they could do it is if they advanced Ender's age a bit, and even then it wouldn't be a sure thing.

Even so. The worst thing the movie would do is make people want to read the book, and there's nothing bad about that.

Ive read it. It's by Orson Scott Card? (Or something like that).
I read it two summers ago. It was really cute. <33
The surprise ending was cool. 8)

I really do enjoy Orson Scott Card's series with Ender but I prefer Bean's story so much more to Ender's. I have read all the Shadow series and most of the Ender Wiggin series but I've always preferred Bean. I can't really explain it...

Definitely still one of my favorite books.

I read it in high school, to be honest, and only because a friend told me to read it, and that it was something I would probably enjoy. I read it in two days, solely in my spare time at school, and I went out and bought the second book a week later.

Now, unfortunately, I'm not too sure where any of my books from that collection are, so they've become library fodder, for the time being.

Originally Posted by secretdae007

I really do enjoy Orson Scott Card's series with Ender but I prefer Bean's story so much more to Ender's. I have read all the Shadow series and most of the Ender Wiggin series but I've always preferred Bean. I can't really explain it...

I enjoy Bean's character too, I just didn't like where the story went with Shadow of the Hegemon. Petra and Bean went from being well-rounded characters to crude placeholders to advance the plot. "I want to have your babies Bean." Ugh. Petra said that a billion times over the course of the book and it never sounded sincere. I haven't read the last book yet ... Shadow of the Giant I think it is. Maybe it's improved, but like I said, Card's been hit and miss with what I've read of him.

Ender's game was a great book. I loved Ender and I really felt for him the entire time reading it. He reminded me of my husband actually so it was kind of interesting because Ender is exactly how my husband acted when he was a kid.

Originally Posted by Victor Von Doom

I enjoy Bean's character too, I just didn't like where the story went with Shadow of the Hegemon. Petra and Bean went from being well-rounded characters to crude placeholders to advance the plot. "I want to have your babies Bean." Ugh. Petra said that a billion times over the course of the book and it never sounded sincere. I haven't read the last book yet ... Shadow of the Giant I think it is. Maybe it's improved, but like I said, Card's been hit and miss with what I've read of him.

yeah, that did annoy me too but Petra has never really been a favorite character of mine anyway. I tended to ignore her when I could and that's probably why she didn't bother me too much.

The whole series was really good, though my favs were definitely Ender's Game and the last book of the quartet, Children of the Mind.

If you like Ender's Game, you might consider trying Ender's Shadow, which is a parallel book telling the story from Bean's POV...really good too.

@Victor: Well, Petra basically want to have bean's babies, because she wanted to have the smartest babies...and the smartest guy around was bean, so in her mind, it made sense....but in another sense, she also loved bean, and I guess she knew bean wasn't going to stick around forever, so she wanted a piece of him to hold onto even after he's gone.

Originally Posted by ProdigyBombay

@Victor: Well, Petra basically want to have bean's babies, because she wanted to have the smartest babies...and the smartest guy around was bean, so in her mind, it made sense....but in another sense, she also loved bean, and I guess she knew bean wasn't going to stick around forever, so she wanted a piece of him to hold onto even after he's gone.

I know what the reasoning behind it was, it was just awkwardly interjected into the conversation and those parts sounded very much out of character for Petra. Plus I thought the whole plot was underdeveloped and concentrated on too few elements.

I looooove Ender's game! I've been meaning to pick up the rest of what Orson Scott Card has written in the series, but I'm a procrastinator by nature. :P

I'm very excited about the movie, since the book is absolutely brilliant and Wolfgang Petersen has got to be one of my top 3 favourite directors of all time. This is mainly due to Neverending Story being my favourite childhood movie.

I'm such a total geek, but I'm so happy! :D

OOh, just began reading this book. So far it's interesting.
Normally, I don't read this genre but many friends reccomended it. owo;

I read the short story, which was amazing, but whenever I read summaries of the actual novel it feels like there's so much more added that doesn't need to be there. The short story ends in a mysterious chilling way, but the book continues and kind of wreaks the shock factor it seems. As I said, I've only read summaries. But the fact that certain events exist means that I partially know what I'm talking about.

Anyways, fantastic story and highly recommended.

I absolutely loved "Ender's Game" and I was really glad that it was included in my required texts for high school. I recommend it to almost everyone I meet. I started on "Ender's Shadow" but unfortunately I borrowed it from someone and couldn't finish it before I returned it. I really wish that I could have. Anyways, I agree with the movie thing, the book is so intricate, and it's kind of nice imagining everything for yourself.

If they do a movie it would have to change the ages from 4-12 to like 12-20

Originally Posted by AngelLink

If they do a movie it would have to change the ages from 4-12 to like 12-20

Yeah, pretty much. I can't think of any child actor/actress being able to handle any of the roles of the kids in a movie. It would be way too much pressure and possibly too much of an emotional role to do.

I love Uncle Orson, truly I do, and Ender's Game is one of my favorite books, but... he does get a bit hit and miss in the series because I think he ends up trying to write author fantasies that don't necessarily mesh with the readers' notions of the characters. He does things that seem like what he wanted to do rather than a logical progression of events and character interaction, and it feels a bit like deus ex machina at times.

That said, I have greatly enjoyed reading the series, I loved Speaker and for the most part I like the other books, too. It's just that every once in a while there's a twist that doesn't quite settle. Like any good writer, Card can find ways to justify those twists, I'm just not convinced he should.

I think it partly has to do with having trouble letting go of the characters, and I totally sympathize because I never want to let go of his characters, either. :)

EDIT: Except for Novinha! AGH I can't stand her! I wanted to stab that woman with a spoon she was so frustrating sometimes!

Read all the books, admired them, and then promptly forgot most of it. I believe OSC is one of the cyberpunk writers and the Ender series is possibly on a par with the Dune series...no? Oh well...and yet, sillier stuff than his has lasted longer. Chacun son gout.

I'm wondering, who else has read my favorite book- Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card?
I've probably read it through about twice now, although I've yet to read any sequels yet. Are they any good, too?

The Ender series ranks among my favorite books. And I've read a lot of them! lol.

The sequel Speaker for the Dead is actually my absolute fave so I highly recommend reading it. It goes a lot farther into Ender's story and what he does with himself long after the war has passed. The last 2 books are... a bit harder to get through. And you lose the focus on Ender himself as the books move on beyond him, but they are also quite good.

The newest book takes place chronologically between Game and Speaker, but I would suggest waiting to read that AFTER reading Speaker. (if that makes sense). It's quite good and I loved it, but I think it changes some of your perspective.

I had to read it for an english class back in grade 11... Didn't hate the book, didn't love it either. Enders Game was alright... But that's just my opinion.

Ender's Game! We had to read that for our Creative Writing class and I loved it! The only other one I've read is, I think it's called Ender's Shadow? The one about Bean, anyway. Also very good. Woohoo!

I liked it enough to read it again. I don't usually read things more then once unless I really like it or another one in the series comes out after a while.