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Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card · 1985

Science Fiction · ranked #29 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

A gifted child is trained through games to lead humanity's war against an alien threat; gripping and morally thorny.

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The verdict

Category
Science Fiction
First published
1985 · 1980s
Author
Orson Scott Card
Standing
Recommended

About Science Fiction

Science fiction is the literature of ideas — asking what human life looks like when technology, time or the laws of physics shift. At its best it uses speculation to say something precise and true about the present.

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