Monday, December 22, 2008

Ender's Game


I haven't read much Science Fiction (it's not really my thing), but a friend of Pete's suggested ENDER'S GAME and had great things to say about it, so I'm giving it a chance.

Essentially, it's about this 6 year old named Ender Wiggin who is chosen by the government to hopefully lead an army to kill the "Buggers" who have been attacking Earth.  In fact, all of the "soldiers" are children, but they think that Ender may be the "chosen one".

So far, I think I like it (I'm about half way through).  There aren't too many over the top, out of this world plots/dialog so it's pretty easy to follow and it's interesting that the characters are mostly children, but they are treated like adults.  

Has anyone else read this?  Do any of you have any Science Fiction novels that you really like?