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This book provides a basis for school discussions of Ender's Game. It contains four stories. Two focus on Ender's parents, the first on his father in Poland and the second on the meeting of his father and mother. If one starts with Ender's Game and then later reads these background stories, appreciation grows for the talent and brilliance of Ender's parents. It becomes clear how these two provided the exceptional genes for three brilliant children: Peter, Valentine and Andrew (Ender). In fact, these stories lead the reader to want even more information about the early years of the father and mother. Perhaps Orson Scott Card can oblige with a full novel about the two. Another of the stories tells how Ender first "met" Jane, the sentient entity living in the electronic world of computers. Jane first appears out of nowhere and helps Ender with his finances. In the process, she provides him power and begins to influence his fate. Later, of course, Jane is a pivotal figure in the survival of Ender and other sentient beings found in the human occupation of the hundred worlds. It is not until much later in the Ender series that Jane's origins become apparent. The book's fourth novella is a reprint of the original abbreviated version of Ender's Game. The addition of this story is valuable for class discussion, should this little book be the SOLE Ender resource used in school. However, it is much more satisfying to be introduced to Ender's world by starting with the full novel of Ender's Game rather than this abbreviated version. The full story of a small boy learning to handle and finally master the challenges of Battle School is worth every word of the longer novel. It provides an even broader basis for class discussion in school classes. In summary, this little book is essential reading for those who become caught up in Ender's saga and want to know every aspect of the environment that shaped him and his siblings. After all, those three kids influenced and shaped the very future of humanity.Read full review
These are soem of the most touching, sensitive, honest and philosophical fictional books I have ever read. Also packed with adventure and military and political strategy as well.
This collection reveals the nature & relationship of the future Mr & Mrs Wiggins & their relationship to the Battle School.
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