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There's a war coming. The same aliens who almost destroyed Earth once are coming back to get the whole job done this time. But we aren't going to just sit and die. The international military is taking our best and brightest to mold them into the finest military minds ever - and they're taking them young.
Author Notes
Orson Scott Byron Walley Card, was born in 1951 and studied theater at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. in 1975 and his M.A. in English in 1981. He wrote plays during that time, including Stone Tables (1973) and the musical, Father, Mother, Mother and Mom (1974).
A Mormon, Scott served a two-year mission in Brazil before starting work as a journalist in Utah. He also designed games at Lucas Film Games, 1989-92. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including the popular Ender series. Well known titles include A Planet Called Treason (1979), Treasure Box (1996), and Heartfire (1998). He has also written the guide called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990).
His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, both won Hugo and Nebula awards, making Card the only author to win both prizes in consecutive years. His titles Shadows in Flight, Ruins and Ender's Game made The New York Times Best Seller List. He is also the author of The First Formic War Series, which includes the titles Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens.
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Reviews (3)
Guardian Review
Everybody can fall in love with the little boy who is the hero of this story and then enjoy his ascent to the leadership of the space navy. This book is enjoyable without its three sequels, and I recommend it to those who may not normally read science fiction. Nicolas Pelletier, Montreal, Canada Caption: article-readers1000books.60 Everybody can fall in love with the little boy who is the hero of this story and then enjoy his ascent to the leadership... - Nicolas Pelletier.
Booklist Review
Marvel begins its serial adaptation of Card's epoch-defining science-fiction neo-classic in this first volume, which takes six-year-old prodigy Ender from his home, where he is the target of his brother's relentless psychological torment, and through the grueling Battle School, where he is trained as Earth's potential savior against a shadowy force of aliens. Yost skillfully captures the intense moral complexity of Card's original by delineating both Ender's iron resolution and his struggle with his own tortured psyche. Ferry's art is an ideal complement, supporting the nuance with articulate facial expressions that hint at the depth beneath Ender's placid surface, though the gravity-defying action is never short-changed. This first installment is tied up neatly with Ender's triumph over his psychological burden, while the machinations of the surprisingly sympathetic military puppet-masters assure interest in future volumes. Ultimately, this graphic novel's power is an ode to the success of the original work, and even though this will easily capture the imagination of the initiated, all readers should be steered toward Card's novels as well.--Karp, Jesse Copyright 2009 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Based on Orson Scott Card's excellent novel Ender's Game, this acts as a visual representation of six-year-old tactical genius Ender Wiggin's first days at Battle School. The original work lends itself to the graphic novel format, with guest writer Yost (X-Force) smoothly emphasizing action over psychological aspects. Whereas in the source material the story slowly develops, here readers will find a relentless pace. Ender's future is depicted through a dark, almost rendered vision that highlights the tense atmosphere of Battle School and his conflicted inner psyche. Verdict A fine companion piece to the original with a focus on action that makes for quick reading. Longtime Card fans will wish for more emphasis on Ender's psyche and the politics as depicted in the original, however. Readers new to the story will have difficulty picking it up since many details have been left out here. Hopefully, this will be remedied in the upcoming Ender's Game: Command School.-Justin Hoenke, Cape May Cty. Lib., NJ? (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
