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Ender's Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition
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Orson Scott Card
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Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, and more
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11 hrs and 5 mins
Audible Release Date
08-23-02
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4.63 based on 5604 ratings
 

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Ender's Game is a science fiction classic that not only transcends its genre but also redefines it. This listen works especially well in this multi-voice, highly-dramatized reading. The story of Ender Wiggins' childhood in Battle School works beautifully as science fiction, full of thought-provoking ideas and interesting details as the world prepares itself for the looming invasion by an overpowering alien force. But it works even better as a human story, a childhood story, as Wiggins struggles with many of the personal internal issues that all maturing children face.

Orson Scott Card downplays the meticulous cataloging of technical details that are hallmarks of many science fiction novels in favor of spending more time inside Wiggins' absolutely captivating head. And the multi-reader enactment of this 20th Anniversary edition is among the best executions of an audiobook you''ll hear, on this world or any other.

Publisher's Summary

The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.

Is Ender the general Earth so desperately needs? The only way to find out is to throw him into ever-harsher training at Battle School, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when his training begins. He will grow up fast.

But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. His two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Among the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.

This Special 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic is now digitally remastered with a full cast production. It also contains an exclusive bonus: an original postscript written and recorded by the author himself, Orson Scott Card!

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What the Critics Say

  • Nebula Award Winner, Best Novel, 1985
  • Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1986

"'Intense' is the word for Ender's Game." (The New York Times)

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Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0 "A favorite, almost ruined by lousy narration"
By: Joshua (Denver, CO, USA)
January 11, 2010
This is an excellent book and this is the only Audible edition available. If you have to have it as an audiobook, this is your option.

However, as others have pointed out, the female reader, Gabrielle de Cuir, all but sobs her way through any section that involves Ender's sister Valentine. Worse, she's all over most of Card's other books as well. Be forewarned.
Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "A must buy for sci fi fans"
By: Jeffrey (USA)
December 23, 2009
Ender's Game was Card's breakthrough debut novel which put him on the map in a big way. The character development of Ender is deep and insightful. The voice acting was top notch. It is rare to have so many top voice talents merge on a single great project, in my opinion. I loved Card's design of the battle school.The comparisons between regular schools and the battle school were nicely done. A lot of the same problems existed in the not so distant future school in the novel.
When you learn about the buggers you might think that this enemy isn't unique, but remember that this novel was originally written in 1985 so many films and books since may have copied him. Either way the novel offers such thought provoking dilemmas and solutions that often the choices aren't black and white for the characters.
Overall it is smart, well written, well read, and lets not forget it won the 1985 Nebula Award for best novel, and his follow up novel in 1986 won the Hugo Award for best novel with Speaker for the dead. The man knows how to write science fiction. Get it, you'll like it.
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Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "Required Sci-Fi Reading"
By: Evan (USA)
December 22, 2009
Ender's Game is required reading for any sci-fi fan for a reason. Great science fiction takes a fun and futuristic approach when tackling complex relevant issues and this book is the epitome of great science fiction. Ender's Game does an excellent job of developing relatable characters, even though they are child geniuses, and Ender's inner dialogue is fascinating. In Card's post script, he says that he modeled the children's speech on his 5-year-old son so keep that in mind if the name calling seems childish at times. The narration did a great job of mirroring the character's attributes and the speech patterns sounded like that of a child, when appropriate. And even though the book is about children, the subject matter is enjoyable for everyone. I thought Ender's Game was a lot of fun and can't wait to listen to the rest of the series.
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Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "Required Reading"
By: Erica (Fort Worth, TX, USA)
December 14, 2009
It's not for nothing that this book is required reading in many schools now. Besides being a fantastic story, it's one that thinks deeply on the nature of leadership, morality, duty, honor, love, friendship, and power.

Many people will shy away from Ender's Game because they don't read sci-fi, but they shouldn't. I read it 5 years ago as a 20 year old woman who'd never picked up a sci-fi novel in her life, and loved it.

Not only was it the first sci-fi I'd ever read, it was the first audio book I'd ever listened to. It got me hooked and is still the gold standard. Rudnicki and the rest of the cast are pitch perfect all the way through.

Very highly recommended.
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Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0 "Great book iffy narration"
By: Elizabeth (ridgewood, NY, USA)
December 14, 2009
I love this story and was really looking forward to hearing it as an audiobook, but the female narrator's intonation, the way her pitch drooped for the last word of EVERY sentence just ruined it for me. Wish Audible would post her name so I could avoid her work in the future.
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