Author Topic: Is Ender's Game actually a good book? (Read 1254 times)

bagofeyes · « **on:** August 07, 2007, 10:41:35 PM »

It won awards and shit, but the plot sounds childish and boring. I've had a copy of it for years but have never tried to start it.

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2007, 10:42:41 PM »

It has naked boys wrestling in the shower - yes!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2007, 10:43:55 PM »

it's shit. it's like Left Behind: The Kids only instead of fundamentalist Christianity it's Objectivism

demi · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2007, 10:45:03 PM »

n a k e d

b o y s

bagofeyes · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2007, 10:46:03 PM »

Isn't Card a mormon too?

tiesto · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2007, 10:47:15 PM »

Didn't Card write the plot to Advent Rising?

Candyflip · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2007, 10:59:18 PM »

I liked it.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:15:53 PM »

you know, i hated ender's game as a teen, and everyone gave me shit for not liking it and told me i was a snotty asshole nitpicker fuck. now i realize two things from this: i should have stuck to my guns and continued to berate them for their shit taste, and that i am in fact a snotty asshole nitpicker fuck so why not embrace it. fucking teenagers! where were you, patel, when i wanted to be right!

bagofeyes · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:21:22 PM »

Teenage years

I got given shit for ages cause my super-christian mum wouldn't let me go to a Slayer concert.

Ichirou · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:27:35 PM »

I read Ender's Game and thought it was pretty decent as a kid. Later on, I read the conspiracy theory of Card having written it as an apologia for Hitler and LOL'd.

bagofeyes · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:28:33 PM »

Quote from: Ichirou on August 07, 2007, 11:27:35 PM

I read Ender's Game and thought it was pretty decent as a kid. Later on, I read the conspiracy theory as Card having written it as an apologia for Hitler and LOL'd.

I gotta check out this theory

Candyflip · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:49:41 PM »

Quote from: Ichirou on August 07, 2007, 11:27:35 PM

I read Ender's Game and thought it was pretty decent as a kid. Later on, I read the conspiracy theory of Card having written it as an apologia for Hitler and LOL'd.

That was such complete horseshit it was laughable.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2007, 12:14:44 AM »

Ender's Game is well worth reading, that's really the only answer you need.

I loved it, but I could give two shits about some theory about shoehorning christianity into a book. I just loved the ride for what it was. It was a really cool idea that lent itself to a novel format, they have been talking about a movie adaptation for years but I just don't see how it's possible. I'd love to see one if they could somehow pull it off, but I'm nearly convinced if they did make it into a flick that it would have to suck.

Just read the book.

Ecrofirt · « **Reply #13 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:46:07 AM »

First off, I'm a little bit drunk, so I'm sorry if this message is shitty.

I loved Ender's Game. It's my favorite book. The companion piece, Ender's Shadow is pretty fucking awesome too. I enjoyed the rest of the books in both the Ender and Bean series, but I don't think many people did. Fuck 'em though. Fuck 'em hard. I liked the books. Fuckers.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #14 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:47:06 AM »

there are so many good books you haven't read yet, why read Ender's Game

Ecrofirt · « **Reply #15 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:48:24 AM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 08, 2007, 01:47:06 AM

there are so many good books you haven't read yet, why read Ender's Game

Fuck you, that's why.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:06:21 AM »

Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt your feelings?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #17 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:26:31 AM »

Actual conversation I had at work a few weeks ago. Boss A has excellent taste in books. Boss B is a great guy but not as widely read within the genre:

Me: I'm looking for some new SF authors, can you recommend anything?
Boss A: You've read Zelazny, right?
Me: *disparaging look*
Boss A: Haha, of course. Okay, check out Clark Ashton Smith. He's like proto-Lovecraft.
Me: Sounds cool.
Boss B: Have you read Ender's Game?
Boss A: Shut up, men are talking.

bagofeyes · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:33:30 AM »

Did you bust a cap in his ass?

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #19 on:** August 08, 2007, 07:13:38 AM »

sorta OT, but Get Your War On is so great. I had a chance to hear David Rees, the creator, give a talk, and he is this super-meek guy who was worried that his parent's wouldn't like his comics!

Ichirou · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2007, 05:16:31 AM »

One of my friends and I were chatting and he recommended a book to me, Ender's Shadow, which is supposedly like a sidestory to Ender's Game that takes place around the same time as the original novel. Talk about getting desperate and going back to the same well for ideas, lol.

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Author Topic: Is Ender's Game actually a good book? (Read 1254 times)