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A sci-fi classic. Starts with Ender Wiggins (a child genius basically) being taken into the military and trained to become the ultimate leader in the fight against an invading force. Ender's also has a brother and sister, who speak in online political forums and plot to unite the world. That's just the basics; it's a captivating read. Hey, it doesn't win the Hugo and Nebula awards for nothing... But for me, I think you read this just so you have the backgroud for the second and third novels, Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide respectively, in the saga.
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This is the real goods here. It's so deep and insightful that it *can* change your life. It relates so well to ordinary life and all sorts of relationships. The book follows up with Ender trying to redeem himself for the xenocide he committed in Ender's Game by helping to save a new alien race from human colonists. The book actually takes place generations later, but Ender's alive due wandering the worlds by space-travel (traveling at just under light speed prolongs his life).
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Children of the Mind, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book, Xenocide. The author unravels Ender's life and reweaves the threads into unexpected new patterns, including an apparent reincarnation of his threatening older brother, Peter, not to mention another "sister" Valentine. Multiple storylines entwine, as the threat of the Lusitania-bound fleet looms ever nearer. The self-aware computer, Jane, who has always been more than she seemed, faces death at human hands even as she approaches godhood. At the same time, the characters hurry to investigate the origins of the descol... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Neverwhere's protagonist, Richard Mayhew, learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished. He ceases to exist in the ordinary world of London Above, and joins a quest through the dark and dangerous London Below, a shadow city of lost and forgotten people, places, and times. His companions are Door, who is trying to find out who hired the assassins who murdered her family and why; the Marquis of Carabas, a trickster who trades services for very big favors; and Hunter, a mysterious lady who guards bodies and hunts only the biggest game. London Below is a wonderfully realized shadow world, and the story plunges through it l... Rest of this review on the detail page
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The basis of Brave new World is pure and utter genius. It is a quick and easy read and you get a lot out of it at the same time. Huxley's science backround really helps set the tone to this irely perfect society where sex and the drug soma are greatly encouraged.this is one of the books you should really read to get you thinking about life. It helps you ponder certian questions like our modern day censorship and all our ideals. What it really did for me was make me think about what thoughts in our life our are truley ours. If you really want to get the full effect of that book you really need to read the giver, brave new world, and 1984 in that order it will really make you think about what our society may turn into.
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