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| Title | : | Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series #1) |
| Author | : | Orson Scott Card |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 469 pages |
| Published | : | May 19th 2002 by Starscape (first published October 1st 1999) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Audiobook. Adventure |
Orson Scott Card
Paperback | Pages: 469 pages Rating: 4.31 | 146216 Users | 5096 Reviews
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Welcome to Battleschool. Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to pound your skull into pulp for a scrap of apple. If Bean has learned anything on the streets, it's how to survive. And not with fists. He is way too small for that. But with brains. Bean is a genius with a magician's ability to zero in on his enemy and exploit his weakness. What better quality for a future general to lead the Earth in a final climactic battle against a hostile alien race, known as Buggers. At Battleschool Bean meets and befriends another future commander - Ender Wiggins - perhaps his only true rival. Only one problem: for Bean and Ender, the future is now. Ender's Shadow is the book that launched The Shadow Series, and the parallel novel to Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic, Ender's Game.
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| Original Title: | Ender's Shadow |
| ISBN: | 0765342405 (ISBN13: 9780765342409) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Shadow |
| Series: | #1, Enderverse: Publication Order #5, The Enderverse #7 , more |
| Characters: | Achilles (Greek hero), Andrew Wiggin, "Bean", Nikolai Delphiki, Volescu, Sister Carlotta, Poke |
| Setting: | Rotterdam,2170(Netherlands) Battle School,2170 |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2000), ALA Alex Award (2000), Lincoln Award Nominee (2005), Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Foreign Novel (2001) |
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Ratings: 4.31 From 146216 Users | 5096 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series #1)
This book was definitely not as good as Ender's Game. The best parts of Ender's Game were the action parts, and also the parts where Ender would be faced with a problem and he had to come up with a clever way to fix it. But in Ender's Shadow, Bean is the main character and he tends to be much less subtle than Ender. He also spends an absurd amount of time thinking, just thinking and thinking. It's like... dude. STFU! Maybe if he thought about interesting stuff, but he spends most of his timeWhen I read a description of a book summing it up as a retelling of a story from a different perspective, I groan internally and my interest wanes slightly.Ender's Shadow follows those exact lines. We switch from Ender's perspective to Bean's, the brilliant dwarf child who serves under his command.What shocked me the most was how much more I preferred Bean's perspective. Ender grew up with a loving family and had a generally conventional outlook for a genius. Bean functions as a direct
March 2010Previously: Ender's GameEnder Wiggin, hero of Earth, did not defeat the Buggers Formics single-handedly. He had help. Soldiers, followers, people in the background, unimportant characters whose own stories didn't really need to be told, you know where I'm going with this, etc. etc. One of these soldiers, Bean, was smaller than Ender, younger than Ender, infinitely smarter than Ender......and not nearly as interesting.But that didnt stop Orson Scott Card, so here we go: Bean, an orphan
I am ashamed to admit that I've never finished the Ender's Game original set. But I did read Ender's Shadow, which I think most people really liked. I didn't mind it, but I have some serious reservations.First, the original story is better. This re-telling isn't near as fun. It takes longer to get to the GOOD story, though it is interesting to see the background on this kid.Most of what I disliked, though, is that this re-interpretation is NOT what Card originally had in mind when he wrote
I was blown away by Ender's Shadow. I was surprised that a re-telling of Ender's Game from Bean's perspective could be so enjoyable. I loved Ender's Game more after reading Ender's Shadow as it added a depth and new level of understanding to circumstances I thought I already fully grasped. I tip my hat to Orson Scott Card for this brilliant display of story telling. Love it!
Almost everyone I talked to about Ender's Game, told me I should read Ender's Shadow, it's just as good, if not better. So naturally, I was super pumped to get my hands on Card's retelling of one of my favorite tales. Instead, however, I found that after the first couple chapters, it was getting harder and harder to read the book without wanting to chuck it out the window. Here are the main reasons why this book drove me completely bananas and caused me to finally abandon it 200 pages in:1. The
Not sure if this was my third or fourth read of Ender's Shadow. Couldn't believe I had never reviewed it (or some of the other Ender books I reread this year). So I really enjoyed this book, which is a parallel novel of Ender's Game. And if you're wondering, I would be on Team Bean. I prefer the Ender sequels, but Bean's story of Battleschool and the war with the Formics is more compelling than Ender's version (in my opinion). That said, Ender's Shadow, Ender's Game (and the Ender's Game Series)
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