Ender’s Game
It’s a long time since I last read this book – nearly nine years ago.
With the upcoming release of a film of this and the subsequent furore over Card’s ridiculous homophobia I took a notion to read Ender’s Game again.
I picked it up in the afternoon and next thing I knew it was nearly three in the morning and the book was finished.
It’s a brilliant piece of science fiction with themes still relevant today, vivid world building and a compelling central character.
Despite loving this book I have very deliberately never read another Orson Scott Card book. I can ignore his views when caught up in the story but purchasing his books makes me feel complicit when he funds organizations that pursue an agenda I cannot support.
Having said all that I still thoroughly recommend reading Ender’s Game – it is genuinely great.