Audiobook Review: “Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic ‘Ender’s Game’” Edited by Orson Scott Card
“Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic ‘Ender’s Game’”
Edited by Orson Scott Card
Various Readers
Published by | Blackstone Audio, Inc |
Length: 7 hours and 46 minutes
Originally published as a novel in 1985 (before that, in 1977, it was a short story), Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi military novel has found a place in many sci-fi fans hearts. This novel has also found a place in military training. The U.S. Marine Corps Professional Reading List makes the novel recommended reading at several lower ranks, and again at Officer Candidate/Midshipman. The book provides useful allegories to explain why militaries do what they do in a particularly effective shorthand way.
This book, “Ender’s World..,” is a study into the world created by Card and how it has affected the many who have read it. This book contains essays from “Burn Notice” creator Matt Nix, “Ender’s Game” prequel series co-author Aaron Johnston, bestselling author Neal Shusterman and more. The entire book was edited by Orson Scott Card himself and contains sections between every essay that Card spends answering fan questions about the series in length and detail.
With many centers of education, from public schools to the Marine Corps, listing “Ender’s Game” as suggested reading one has to wonder why. I know I enjoyed the book immensely and especially with the somewhat surprise ending, but what makes this book a phenomenon? “Ender’s World…” takes the story and the author and places them both under a microscope to find out what went into the creation of Ender Wiggins and what the readers have taken out of the book.
This analysis presents a new view of the book from several different angles. It has even made it so that I will be reading the book or rather getting the audiobook this time and revisiting the Battle School and Ender Wiggins. The release of this analysis is timely in that the “Ender’s Game” movie will be coming out this year. It’ll be nice to revisit the book before the movie, but it was even nicer to hear the different points of view that were put into the book and taken from the book.
If you are a fan of “Ender’s Game,” then treat yourself to an education that is “Ender’s World.”
Violamom 10:59 AM on July 15, 2013 Permalink |
Um, the movie is “Ender’s Game” not “Ender’s World”… 😉 Good review. I’m thoroughly enjoying this book, being able to see Ender’s Game through different eyes. I especially recommend the two articles written from the military perspective. But all of them are interesting and even fun reading, and the format of OSC answering fan questions in between each essay keeps the pace moving forward very well. A must-have book for anyone who loves Ender’s Game.
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gilwilson 11:10 AM on July 15, 2013 Permalink |
Thanks…all the switching back and forth talking about this book and the original must have thrown me out of phase. but it is corrected now.
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