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if you would like to discuss Ender's Game with other group members, please comment on this post.
Doug
Friday, July 26, 2013
August 20th Book Discussion
Are you a fan of Science Fiction? Are you familiar with the names of Clarke, Heinlein, and Asimov? If you had a space suit, would you travel? Do you dream of electric sheep? If so, this might be the book discussion group you've been waiting for.
We will be reading and discussing Orson Scot Card’s classic, “Ender’s Game”. Ender’s Game is the winner of both the 1985 Nebula Award and 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The write up at www.goodreads.com reads:
“In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives. “
The next meeting will be August 20th, at 5:30 pm. Each subsequent meeting will be on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm. The aim is to alternate between genre classics and titles hot off the shelves. Please contact Doug Kolpien (419-874-3135 x106) if you are interested in participating.
We will be reading and discussing Orson Scot Card’s classic, “Ender’s Game”. Ender’s Game is the winner of both the 1985 Nebula Award and 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The write up at www.goodreads.com reads:
“In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives. “
The next meeting will be August 20th, at 5:30 pm. Each subsequent meeting will be on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm. The aim is to alternate between genre classics and titles hot off the shelves. Please contact Doug Kolpien (419-874-3135 x106) if you are interested in participating.
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