Thursday, December 8, 2011

Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card




The tale of two young geniuses are brought to bear here, complete with inter-galactic warfare, mind games, social adeptness (and in-adeptness), political masterminding, and the stories of their heart-wrenching backgrounds.

Ethical problems are presented and discussed from multiple viewpoints. The science of God and man are brought to highs and lows. The plot and main characters are a pleasant puzzle that is placed piece by intriguing piece into view.

These two novels are partners - parallel to each other but told from the viewpoints of different characters - the tactical genius and the social genius.

These are excellent reads and would be great for discussing the concepts while reading along with a child.

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