Howdy all!
I've read
Ender's Game three or four times, the first being in high school (thousands of years ago!). It is one of my very favorite sci-fi books. For those who are intersted, there are three direct sequals to
EG, plus a parallel storyline (concerning characters and events only briefly mentioned in
EG) often referred to as "the
Shadow books".
A note concerning the sequals, however: They
are not very similar to
EG. Whereas
EG is largely an adventure story laced with a bit of philosophy and mystery,
Speaker for the Dead,
Xenocide, and
Children of the Mind are instead philosophy and mystery stories laced with a bit of adventure. I loved all the books, but many people who liked
EG were dissapointed in its sequals because of the unexpected genre inversion.
Religious conflict (Agnosticism vs. Catholocism, to be specific) plays a significant role in
SftD. Governemntal accountability and the dangers of social engineering are central themes in
Xenocide, and the nature of the human soul is explored from a scientific perspective in
CotM. All are very interesting reads, but they are not the easy-to-digest adventure story that
EG is.
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"Dear Buddha: Please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket."
- Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity
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