Ender's Shadow
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Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender's Game , a book that expands and compliments the first, enhancing its power,
… More »Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender's Game , a book that expands and compliments the first, enhancing its power, illuminating its events and its powerful conclusion.The human race is at War with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race. The first battles went badly, and now as Earth prepares to defend itself against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable alien enemy, all focus is on the development and training of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win.The long distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of Earth - they have time to train these future commanders up from childhood, forging then into an irresisible force in the high orbital facility called the Battle School.Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this new book, card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean - the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers.Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else's. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older.Bean's desperate struggle to live, and his success, brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to save Earth from the threat of alien invasion. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And there he met Ender#133; .
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Add a CommentUtter Brilliance.I read this book after I read Ender's Shadow and although I do admit that after reading this, I already knew what was gonna happen, this book did a total 360. Having bean as the main character totally added another dimension to the already awesome Ender's game and all the little details in the first book appeared as beautifully fabricated nuances in Ender's Shadow like Demontheus and Locke's news circulating on the net. It's as good as the first and the ending is kinda left on a cliff hanger. I desperately want to see what happens next!
I really enjoyed this book, a shadow story of the original charachter, Ender, and the life of the children conscripted into military life as told by one of his classmates. A clever device by the author which really challenges his readers to think about the Ender story from a different perspective.
I'm in love with this series. Sure, maybe Bean's story isn't as awesome as Ender's, but it was still moving and kept me hooked to the last page. Next book, please!
There are a few minor contradictions between the Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow novels in comparing the two. However, in my opinion it isn't nearly as good as Ender's Game. I found the side-story a little dull.
Bean series, book 1, good
Great book, I'm inspired to be a little bit like Bean from hereon.
rereading it once again. even though it is a rewrite of events that happened in ender's game from bean's perspective, it is just as thrilling. actually, after reading this, I like bean better than ender; bean less alone and aloof compared to ender in a way. ender seems to be too "perfect".
This parallel novel retells the events of Ender’s Game from the perspective of another character. Ender’s Game was a gripping thrillride, and Ender’s Shadow is too. But since it’s the same thrillride, it’s just not quite as good the second time around.
A fun and easy read. Good compliment to Ender's Game.
Some obvious problems with this book around the extensive retcon Card has to employ, but an enjoyable read (if you're read Ender's Game) regardless