Book Review: Ender’s Game
*I also posted this on my tumblr blog - it was just too good a book to just mention there 
I just finished ENDER’S GAME, by Orson Scott Card, and I was honestly
blown away. What a great read! While it is true I have been reading
more mundane, down-to-Earth literature of late [MAINSTREET, KIM, THE
RAINBOW], I found this novel to be so well written and well-paced - not
to mention downright fun to read - I found myself halfway through it
after the first day and finished with it in another day and a half.
The pacing reminds me of many of John Grisham novels, where some invisible
rope seems to pull the reader through the book. Part of that is the
cool-factor. The kind of cool found only in good science fiction - born
out of an interesting premise, laced with new ideas along the way, and
topped off with something of a twist at the end. This is the kind of
book that makes one sad to be through with - my only consolation is
that I also bought the sequel to ENDER’S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD.
[From what I’ve read, this one is good too, but entirely different]
I’m not going to go into what this book is about - there are many themes
and interesting aspects to it, but suffice it to say that this is a
MUST for any sci-fi fan and a strong recommendation for everyone else
(but be warned, this might get a person hooked on sci-fi).
My score: 5 out of 5
That’s right, we agreed to do something but did not agree on what that something was. [Insert comment here about hindsight being revelatory and all that.] And finally, there was never any mention of reward for achievement or punishment for utter failure (although, again, since there was no stated deadline . . .). Follow along at your own pace [if you dare] - updates of our own progress will be added to the blog.