Ender's Game

Special 20th Anniversary Edition

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut - young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.

Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs?

But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. 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. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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©1977, 1985, 1991 Orson Scott Card (P)2002 Fantastic Audio, an imprint of Audio Literature

Critic reviews

• Nebula Award Winner, Best Novel, 1985

• Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1986

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

Great story

I would recommend this book. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Ender, they throw on an extra helping. However, he keeps getting up, and getting even...for good.

One of my favorite books

I've loved this book since I first read it decades ago. The emotions Card creates makes his characters come to life. They feel real and you can't help but love them.

One I can listen to over and over

Love this book. It is a go to when I need something to listen to. The writer and reader make it easy for me to Imagine this world and the struggle these kids are going through. Great for teens and up.

Very Interesting

I am an adult,who as of late has gotten into fantasy novels. Like Outer Limits and other Science Fiction venues, Fantasy can express ideas of mind and morality in a way that is “Beyond”. I enjoyed the theme, which was also prevalent for me in “Goldfinch”, that none of us are all good or all bad, but that it is important HOW WE PLAY THE GAME, and what choices we make as to who we are striving to become along the way, and the acceptances of the dichotomies.

While listening bought book for my son

Where does Ender's Game rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top ten

What did you like best about this story?

The journey Ender takes through the book.

Which scene was your favorite?

The battles that Ender fights in the battle room and how he masters the skills he needs to run his own army.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Could not wait to get to the next part of the book to see what was going to happen.

Ender Wiggins supreme commander. And he's only 11!

This my first OSC book. Apparently this is an old story, OSC first wrote a short story in 1977, and developed it into a novel in 1985. And in November of 2013 it's being released in theaters.

This book reminds me of a movie starring Kurt Russell, "Soldier" released in 1998. A soldier raised from birth to follow orders. In Russell's movie, he becomes obsolete after serving his planet and is replaced by a newer and better model.

In Ender's Game, Andrew "Ender" Wiggins, is recruited at an early age of 5 years old to learn the ways of war. Similar to the way Roman boys where trained to serve Rome. Considering that OSC, Enders Game pre-dates Solider. The guy who wrote that movie must have read Enders Game when he was a kid and the movie had to inspired in spirit by OSC.

I love the fact that each character is well developed, there are so many of them that its easy enough to relate to one or two of them. Some of the other reviews said that this was a great series and as successful as Harry Potter. I just downloaded the Second book in the series. But if OSC is able to do repeat what he did in Enders Game then, expect to see a 4-5 movie series.

If your thinking of getting this book, you won't be disappointed.

one of the best audiobooks available!

what can I say? this is easily one of the best books available in audible form. the book itself is fantastic and the audio production is outstanding. skip the movie and use this as the go to edition.

I started on part 2 :O

I exedently started on part 2...
And I loved the story :D
So now i'm racking my head, Because the story was fantastic!
Seeing as how this book is great even with 6 hours missing, Says allot!

wonderful story and flawless performance.

this story is amazing and the performance is the best I have ever heard. Stefan Rudnicki is amazing.

Excellent read (listen)

The multiple voices made it a joy to listen to. The book was better than the movie. I liked the authors words at the end.