Podcast #95 – Ender’s Game
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This week we have the second edition of the SciFiFX Book Club.  Last month we all read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.  This is the first book in the ever expanding Ender Universe.  Tune in to find out our likes and dislikes of this Science Fiction classic.  Also at the end of this podcast we allow our randomizer to choose our book for this month.
Ender’s Game Cover Blurb:
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.
For those of you  that have read Ender’s Game.  We would love to hear you opinions on it.  either reply to the post here, e-mail us at podcast@scififx.com, or leave use a voice mail at 313-437-2434.
