July 02, 2025

Ender's Game

With quals done, I finally have some time to catch up on my reading. Ender's Game is a sci-fi classic by Orson Scott Card. The book is about a genius kid who is being trained to become the commander of Earth's fleet against alien (Buggers) invasion.

The story is fast paced and interesting. I particularly liked the Battle School training. And then there is a very interesting and thought provoking twist in the end. I am now trying to lay my hands on the other books of The Ender Series.

The most noble title any child can have is Third.

Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive.

Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing is the first thing we learned. And a good thing we did, or we'd be dead, and the tigers would rule the earth.

There is no teacher but the enemy.

Posted by ankit at July 2, 2025 09:03 PM | TrackBack
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The next one in the series - Speaker for the Dead - is even better. It does not have the pace and action
of Ender's Game but Im sure you'd like it.

~Rohit

Posted by: Rohit at July 5, 2025 12:40 AM

Rohit,
Yea, I've heard a lot about Speaker for the Dead. Cant find it in the library though :(

Posted by: ankit at July 5, 2025 01:34 PM

Rohit/Ankit,

Somehow didn't like the Speaker for the Dead. Loved Ender's Game. It is one of my favourites.

Have found a guy in Hyd who is big time into Sci-Fi. Will prolly exchange stuff with him.

BTW, either of you try Jason Cosmo?

Cheers,
Dhar

Posted by: Sumit Dhar at July 10, 2025 07:54 AM
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