Enderjeva igra

Science Fiction, Novel by Orson Scott Card

Blurb

Enderjeva igra je znanstvenofantastični roman ameriškega pisatelja Orsona Scotta Carda, ki je prvič izšel leta 1985 pri založbi Tor Books. Gre za razširitev pisateljeve kratke zgodbe z istim naslovom, objavljene leta 1977 v reviji Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Protagonist zgodbe je Ender Wiggins, ki ga kot izredno nadarjenega otroka rekrutirajo vojaške oblasti za šolanje v vojaški taktiki. Človeštvo je v vojni z nezemeljsko raso žuželkam podobnih bitij, v kateri je bilo nekaj desetletji pred dogodki v romanu že skoraj uničeno, a je situacijo rešil poveljnik nižjega ranga z genialno taktično potezo. V programu treninga, ki je sestavljen za iskanje tovrstnih prirojenih talentov, Enderja povsem osamijo in ga podvržejo številnim psihičnim ter fizičnim izzivom, tako v učilnici kot tudi z manipulacijo njegovih odnosov s sošolci.
Za roman je Card prejel obe najpomembnejši nagradi na področju znanstvene fantastike, Huga in Nebulo. Delo je v slovenščino prevedel Matjaž Kotnik, prevod je izšel leta 2010 pri založbi KMŠ.

First Published

1985

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I rate this book as a 10; not because of the dialogue or the characters (who piss me off from time to time), or plot points or plot twists, but simply because it's one of the most unique stories I've ever read. I wanted to like it and it lived up to the hype. The story is not told how traditional stories are told. There is an exceedingly large exposition with lots of character development which you then have to have a firm understanding of in order to get the wrap up. The final parts are almost self told and filled in by what you know about the characters and only makes sense because of what we know. This in effect goes to shorten the whole novel by filling in the ending yourself and this approach did not really have any drawbacks and the story still felt full and fleshed out. As far as art styles go this was a 10/10. As far as complex ideas or new thoughts being brought to the table ... not so much // start for the adventure, stay for the art, and don't worry about the lack of narrator insight or commentary onto human relations or the nature of the universe state p

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