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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ender's Game
Meanwhile, his psychological development is monitored by the "mind game", a computer game embedded in the school's computer network, and manipulated to a large extent by the cynical Colonel Hyrum Graff, who runs the school.
Ender's Game is widely regarded as the inspiration for the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, although anime otaku and purists tend to react violently to any comparisons.
Elaine Radford makes her case in the article Ender and Hitler: sympathy for the superman, published from Fantasy Review in 1987, that the character of Ender is based on Hitler, and the novel paralells the genocide of the Jews during World War II.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Enders_Game   (528 words)

  
 Ender's Game - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Meanwhile, his psychological development is revealed through a computer game embedded in the school's computer network, and manipulated to a large extent by the cynical Colonel Hyrum Graff, who runs the school.
The original short story is merely a snapshot of Ender's experiences in Battle School; the full-length novel is a deeper and more complex work dealing with Ender's life before, during and after Battle School, and the consequences of his final battle with the alien 'Buggers'.
Ender's Game was the winner of the Hugo Award for best novel in 1986 and the Nebula Award for best novel in 1985, the two most prestigious awards in science fiction.
www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Ender's_Game   (488 words)

  
 Ender Wiggin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is a fictional character from Orson Scott Card 's science fiction story Ender's Game and its sequels (Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind) as well as in the first of the spin-off series Ender's Shadow.
As a young child Ender is sent a school that orbited the Earth called Battle School and was trained to be a powerful and intelligent commander of armies.
Ender is essentially a religious quasi- Messianic character and this quality is developed in the sequels to Ender's Game.
www.freeglossary.com /Ender   (708 words)

  
 Ender Wiggin: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a young child, Ender was sent to a school that orbits the Earth (Earth: The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live), called Battle School (Battle School: in the science fiction novel enders game, by orson scott card, battle school...
Ender is essentially a religious, quasi-Messia (Messia: in judaism, the messiah (...
Despite leaving Earth on a colonization ship after the Formics are destroyed, Ender's legacy lives strongly in both Bean (Bean: Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods) and Peter Wiggin (Peter Wiggin: in the science fiction story enders game and its sequels, peter wiggin is enders...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/ender_wiggin   (1032 words)

  
 Ender's Game Reviews at Shopping.com
Ender's Game is one of those books which is considered a must-read for any fan of science fiction.
Ender is expected to become the commander of the Earth's starship fleet.
Ender's fellow students at Battle School are also interesting, from the frustrated Bonzo, to the fellow child genius Bean, to Alai, who defies the majority of the students to befriend Ender.
www.shopping.com /xPR-Enders_Game_by_Orson_Scott_Card~RD-52325944964   (643 words)

  
 Enders Game Book at Shop Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ender is a compelling character and you can empathise with him and the terrible situations that he is placed in, and what he is forced to do in those situations.
Ender comes to realise that there will never be anyone to help him in any situation he finds himself in; that he can only rely on himself.
Ender Wiggin is the genius among the youngsters.
www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/0812589041/2   (1725 words)

  
 Ender's Game - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
the first one is Ender's Game, the second one is Speaker for the Dead, the third one is Xenocide, and the fourth one is Children of the Mind.
The director of Ender's Game is Wolfgang Petersen.
Ender is right in one sense that it SHOULDN'T be, but in another sense, you could just as easily argue that that is the way life is: kill or be killed, though that's a rather cynical way of putting it.
www.bautforum.com /showthread.php?t=21218   (2772 words)

  
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Ender is standing in front of a mirror, clippers in hand, staring at his reflection.
Alai turns them on and cups Ender's skull in one hand, runs the clippers over it with the other.
Alai knows this and Ender knows that Alai knows and Alai knows that Ender knows that he knows, and so on, back and forth forever, like they are standing between two mirrors.
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 Shadow of the Giant (Ender) (ISBN 0312857586):   Very Well Said   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ender's Game will- of course- always remain a classic, but subsequent books in the series seemed like a fading shadow of the original masterpiece, so I suppose Shadow of the Giant is an appropriate title.
Alai thought that he should be the one that led the world to a single government not Peter.
Peter, Ender's brother, continues to be ambitious, find it hard to listen, and caught up in his own plans, but even he has been able to grow--and firmly resists the temptation of power and conquest that has overcome so many of the others from Ender's group in Battle School.
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 List of characters in the Ender's Game series: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Peter Wiggin (Peter Wiggin: in the science fiction story enders game and its sequels, peter wiggin is enders...
Alai (Alai: alai is a character in orson scott cards best-known novel, enders game....
Mazer Rackham (Mazer Rackham: mazer rackham is a fictional character in the novel enders game by orson...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_characters_in_the_enders_game_series   (311 words)

  
 Chronology of Video Game Systems
The game consists of two small spaceships flying around a screen, shooting at each other, and avoiding the gravitational pull of the central star.
Enders arranges for a demonstration of the video game system of Sanders Associates.
The game was supposed to be a throw-away learning experience, but it is considered good enough that Bushnell decides to market it.
www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/vidgame   (3143 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Shadow Puppets (Shadow Saga S.): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ender's greatest friend, Bean, might tip that balance, but he refuses to ally his tactical genius to either side.
I'm a big fan of the Ender books, "Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead" are both in my top 10 reads ever, but it is with increasing disappointment that I continue to follow the saga.
I first got Enders game as a Christmas present from my parents back when I was 14, and was hooked on it from beginning to end.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1841490989   (1259 words)

  
 The Philotic Web: The Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Ender's Game movie is the most exciting bit of anticipation that most fans of the book have had in the last few years.
We are releasing the Official Ender`s Game Cereal on October 1st for we feel that sales will be a rough indicator of how much anticipation there currently is for the upcoming film.
The "Ender`s Game" series begins as two alien attacks have nearly wiped out the human race and a frantic world government trains children for war by teach-ing them a competitive game that`s a cross between "Harry Potter`s" quidditch matches and "Star Wars" Jedi lightsaber battles.
www.philoticweb.net /movie   (6103 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Ender's Game (The Ender Saga): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Andrew Wiggin, also known as Ender due to his sister's inability for voicing his real name, is a very special little kid.
As a result Ender has worn a monitor since his birth and every one of his actions has been analyzed in extreme detail.
Of course it does not stop there, and when the offer from Colonel Graff for joining the Battle school is presented to Ender, he has to go fulfill his duty and leave behind his family and the human being he cares about the most, his sister Valentine.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/185723720X   (1281 words)

  
 moviefans.de !!! Ender's Game...
Benioff will work with his writing partner, Dan Weiss, in close cooperation with Petersen, who is developing Ender's Game with the intent of directing it himself.
This creates a conflict/camaraderie between Ender and Bean that easily parallels the manipulations and conflicts of the adults that pushing for one or the other to be the final commander.
Hearing Scott discuss this is a real treat, he is very passionate about the project, and there was no question in anyone's (at the con at least) mind that it would not be extraordinarily faithful to the spirit of the novels, although it will not be faithful to the exact text of the books.
www.moviefans.de /a-z/e/ender   (2169 words)

  
 SFBookcase.com - Author Orson Scott Card's Biography,Bibliography,Novels,Short Stories,Related Websites - Reference of ...
Ender deals with complex situations beyond his years and he's pretty much stretched to(or past) the limit for a boy of only five years old(even if he is a genius).
Enders Game is one of my all time faves.
Yes it may be slower compared to Enders game but it is close to twice as big.
www.sfbookcase.com /author.asp?author=Orson+Scott+Card   (1094 words)

  
 Ender's Game - Fresco Pictures Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I'm working on spreading around Ender's Game in Australia, and the ACT territory seems to be trying to get a few sets in for the public schools.
I know Enders Game is taught in the military (at least a required reading), and in several schools around the nation but as for specifics I'm sorry.
As for Ender's Game in schools, it is not required in most Michigan schools but it is definitly suggested.
www.frescopictures.com /forums/mainforum/forum/Forum2/HTML/000124.html   (2058 words)

  
 sciforums.com - Ender's Game Movie
I remember him saying that they wanted to change Ender to a teenager, instead of a kid, because it would appeal to a larger audience.
Also, Ender's Game is probably the only book in that series that could be made into a movie, because the others have much less action, and more theory, discussion and thought in them.
Not that the others are better than Ender's Game.
www.sciforums.com /printthread.php?t=20571   (512 words)

  
 Ender's Game Message Board
Graff says Ender must volunteer to go to Battle School, and he personally tells Ender many reasons which might convince Ender not to go.
Describe where Ender is in the computer game.
Ender's Game is the best book I've ever read.
mb.sparknotes.com /mb.epl?b=1655&m=998009&t=131707&w=1   (1648 words)

  
 News about Ender's Game: The Movie
David Benioff, the writer of the screenplay for Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 epic Troy, has been signed by Warner Bros. to pen the script for the movie Ender's Game.
Benioff will work with his writing partner, DB Weiss, in close cooperation with Petersen, who is developing Ender's Game with the intent of directing it himself.
Any film of Ender's Game will be heavily dependent on special effects, says Card, "but it's the characters that the audience must care about for the film to succeed."
www.frescopictures.com /movies/ender/endersgame_update.html   (1338 words)

  
 Chalk Game Zone - Games RU
Deals and steals on games for children ages 3 and up.
That is, game is reachable, so the 'factor' is activated.
Game plan busters: no matter how much scheming is done to stop them, there are a few special players who can break down the best strategies—and the
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 Square Forums - Enders Game- enemy's gate is down-> quiz @_@
In Ender's Shadow he strung him up in a cooling shaft, and made him confess his murders.
01-26-2004, 06:00 PM well he was the the old husband of enders wife, he had a desies that was slowly killing him, he beat his famly mostly because he new that the children wernt his.
And when ender told the story everyone new it to be true.
www.ffx2.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-35592.html   (2121 words)

  
 Ender's Game Other Characters
A member of Ender's Launchy group, Alai is originally Bernard's best friend.
Alai comes to appredate Ender's many talents and becomes leader of a group that includes both Bernard's m-group and Ender's outcasts.
Tell a friend about Ender's Game at eNotes.
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 the enemy's gate is down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Bean guy has the right kind of attitude, but Sister Carlotta speaks very slowly, announcing each word as if she was doing a documentary on the majesty of blowfish - in other words, she is continuously trying to cast a spell -she's trying to place importance in the wrong spots, it seems like.
Hi, i have to finish ender's game by tommorow for my english class, i was wondring what happens after ender joins the school after he sees valentine at the lake.
It was an effort to capture the emptiness of space, the serenity of anti-gravity, and, most of all, the desperation Ender feels as he is pushed to his limits.
community.livejournal.com /enderish   (1788 words)

  
 sciforums.com - Ender's Game Movie
Jake Lloyd (is that the damn kid's name?) will hopefully be too old to play Ender by the time the movie is actually made.
First off if a moive does come out, then I am definitely not seeing it, movies always or worse then the book, and no movie can protray such a great writing as Enders Game...
I have a How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy book written by Orson Scott Card, where he talks about an offer for a movie to be made on Ender's Game.
www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=20571   (498 words)

  
 BZP Forums -> Lewa's Game : Bionicle™ - BZPower News, Reference and Discussion
Lewa went first, Followed by Alai, Then A Onu-Koren matoren named Onupu, Another ga-koren matoren named Naparu, A Ta-koren matoren named Boris, which was the one whose arm Lewa had broken, A Le-koren Matoren named Teakie, and then a Ko-Koren matoren named Nuperi.
It was a odd little game- At the begaining you chose a figure, Lewa had chosen a Cat, And set out on his 'Adventure'.
The thing that he wondered about the most was what Alai had said to him.
www.bzpower.com /forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=40646   (5372 words)

  
 sffworld.com - Ender's Game Movie Update
I just don't want him to slaughter Ender's Game like he did Star wars.
Now that I'm finished with Ender's Game I realize that Jake Lloyd wont fit in the role as Ender.
An Enders game movie has been in planning for some years, both Loyd and Osment were conidered at times, and both were declared as too old by now by OSC.
www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=930   (468 words)

  
 wotmania: feed your wheel of time addiction
All references to The Wheel of Time are copyrighted by Tor Books and Robert Jordan.
All pictures from the collectible card game are copyrighted by Precedence Entertainment and their respective creators.
All pictures from the RPG are copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast and their respective creators.
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 Ender's Game Message Board
Why does Ender practice with his original Launchie group?
Why did Graff give Ender all new soldiers he had not worked with before?
How does Ender"'"s discussion with Bean show what he has learned from Graff?
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