Ender's Game

Synopsis

Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with the Formics, an insectoid alien species they dub the "buggers". In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, children, including the novel's protagonist, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, are trained from a very young age by putting them through increasingly difficult games, including some in zero gravity, where Ender's tactical genius is revealed. The book originated as a short story of the same name, published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

Ideas Explored

• Alien Communication Impossibility
• Child Combatant with Advanced Technology
• Child Soldier Exploitation
• First Contact Protocols
• Orbital Education Institution
• Understanding Alien Intelligence Through Combat

Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: New York Times bestsellerThe Ender Quintetchild soldiersend of the worldhegemonyhugo-winnermilitary educationnyt:mass_market_paperback=2011-07-30prize:nebulascience fictionspace warfare

isfdb_id: 2004

openlibrary_id: OL49488W

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