Well, Ender's Game, the Hugo winning, freakin' amazing book, is finally going to be made into a movie. Harrison Ford is going to play Colonel Graff, and Ben Kingsley is going to be Mazer Rackham.Scott Card has held firm when the folks in Hollywood kept wanting to up the ages and make it a teen movie. He also commented, at the end of the audiobook, that it's difficult to take a book where so much takes place inside the main character's head. It all came together when they realized they needed to have it be about Bean, too.
Since I love Bean--who got his own story in the Ender's Shadow series, that totally works for me. I recently finished Shadows in Flight. *sniff*
Ender's Game Book Description:
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers, Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If the world survives, that is.
Bear in mind that Ender is only 12 at the end of the book. What a world when a 12-year-old kid could be considered as a general. Kinda blows the mind, doesn't it?
Have you read Ender's Game? What did you think of it? If you haven't, why not?
Enders Game is a favorite of mine and my son's. Hope the movie is good!
ReplyDeleteI hope the movie is as good as the book sounds. Great E word.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Oh I loved Ender's game! The first time I read it, I stayed up until 3 am reading it even though I had to be at work at 4 am. I couldn't put it down. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteI have never read it, but I'm going to have to to see what all the fuss is about.
ReplyDeleteThis is terrible but I've never read The Ender's Game! And I like to read the book before I watch the movie! I wonder if I'll ever watch The Help? I really do want to read it.
ReplyDeleteRead the whole series. My introduction to Science Fiction. Probably the reason I've always been nervous about 'gaming'. Not so sure about the movie. Hollywood could really mess this one up without a whole lot of trying.
ReplyDeleteOrson Scott Card is one of my favorite authors in every genre he writes. His 'on writing' books are superb.
Haven't read this yet, but I really want to. And if Harrison Ford is going to be in the movie, then I'll definitely go see it, which means I have to make sure I read the book first.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the book yet though I want to. Awesome that it's going to be a movie.
ReplyDeleteI haven't sad to say. Why not? Errr, no good excuse. I solemnly swear to go and check it out.
ReplyDeleteFord hasn't made a good movie in years, here's hoping this one will do it for him and they don't screw it up.
ReplyDeleteI really REALLY need to read this book. It has sat on my "to-read" list for months waiting for me to decide it is time to purchase it. I clearly need to stop procrastinating and read it already!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Ender's Game. That's awesome that they're making it into a movie!
ReplyDeleteCan you believe I haven't read this yet? WHAT?!? It's absolute insanity and I don't really have an excuse.
ReplyDelete2nd post with this book. Guess I'm going to have to read it!
ReplyDeleteHeather
I used to read so many science fiction books that the titles all got jumbled in my mind. Of course, this was in the 70's--like before you were born--anyway, in the 80's I turned to romance and now I like adventure and mysteries. If this a newer book then I haven't read it. Sorry, but it does sound good.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know they were making a movie!!! What rock have I been living under? SO exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved this book, and I'm so glad it'll be a movie. I love a good science fiction flick.
ReplyDeleteI haven't although many have told me my first book reminds them of Ender's Game. (Does it?)
ReplyDeleteI really need to get round to reading this book!
ReplyDelete