Ender'S Game (Book 1 Of The Ender Saga)

Description: Ender Wiggin is Battle School's latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. And they need one. A vast alien force is headed for Earth, its mission: the annihilation of all human life. Ender could be our only hope. But first he must survive the most brutal military training program in the galaxy... Review: Another outing for the classic legend of the boy who journeys to the stars to defeat an alien horde and save the human race. Ender Wiggin is Battle School's latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. And they need one. A vast alien force is headed for Earth: its mission, the annihilation of all human life. Ender could be our only hope. But first he must survive the most brutal military training programme in the galaxy... With its explosive storyline, pump-action excitement and hugely engaging central characters, Ender's Game is a sure-fire winner. Orson Scott Card is the multi-award winning and bestselling author of a host of groundbreaking SF novels, and his storytelling acumen is well to the fore here. Author Biography: Orson Scott Card is the multi-award winning and bestselling author of a number of ground-breaking adult SFF novels. Ender's Game is his first YA cross-over novel in the UK. From Wikipedia : Awards The ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contributions to young adult literature". Card won the annual award in 2008, citing Ender's Game (1985), which inaugurated the science fiction Ender Saga, and Ender's Shadow (1999), the so-called parallel novel featuring another boy in the Battle School. According to the citation, the two boys' "experiences echo those of teens, beginning as children navigating in an adult world and growing into a state of greater awareness of themselves, their communities and the larger universe."[28] In the same year, Card won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Mormon writers (Whitney Awards).[68] He has also won numerous awards for single works. 1978 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer from the World Science Fiction Convention, citing the "Ender's Game" novelette 1981 Songmaster: Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award, 1981 1984 Saints: Book of the Year by the Association for Mormon Letters[69] 1985 Ender's Game: Nebula Award, 1985;[8] Hugo Award, 1986;[6] Hamilton-Brackett Award, 1986; SF Chronicle Readers Poll, 1986 1986 Speaker for the Dead; Nebula Award, 1986,[6] Hugo Award, 1987;[7] Locus Award, 1987;[6] SF Chronicle Readers Poll Award 87 1987 "Eye for Eye": Hugo Award, 1988; "Japanese Hugo". 1989 1987 "Hatrack River": Nebula nominee, 1986, Hugo nominee, 1987, World Fantasy Award winner, 1987 1988 Seventh Son: Hugo and WFA nominee, 1988;[70] Mythopoeic Society Award 1988; Locus Award winner, 1988[70] 1989 Red Prophet: Hugo nominee, 1988;[70] Nebula Nominee, 1989;[71] Locus winner, 1989[71] 1991 How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (Writer's Digest Books, 90): Hugo Award 1995 Alvin Journeyman: Locus Award winner, 1996[72]