tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post1101760236432598075..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Book Review | Ender's Game by Orson Scott CardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-29473324104236871452012-03-23T19:38:19.149+00:002012-03-23T19:38:19.149+00:00A part of me is very glad that I'd gotten to r...A part of me is very glad that I'd gotten to read Ender's Game (and Ender's Shadow, which I have come to think of as a companion novel) long before the newer revelations of the author's character came to light. I feel like the experience I had with the books was pure, colored with the shades of youth and the identity issues that come along with it.<br /><br />Were I to have been presented with the book today, I'm almost certain I wouldn't have given it a chance to make such a profound impression on me, through either willful or subconscious influence of those aforementioned douchebag-author factors.<br /><br />As it stands, Ender's Game remains one of my favorite books of all time (tied with Pride and Prejudice, bizarrely enough. lol) Funny how that works.<br /><br />Glad you got the chance to read the book, Niall. You mentioned a willingness to perhaps pick up one of the other books in the series. So I've got to mention that the remaining books in the Ender's Game series take a drastically different turn in tone and focus (major emphasis on philosophical musings). I'd say the Ender's Shadow series is closer in nature to the original Ender's Game, in that war strategy figures heavily into the plot, and the unique abilities of the protagonist--Bean--are...well, still unique.Alisha (MyNeedToRead)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14185092893064416351noreply@blogger.com