Ender

Ender is the butt of the worst of the training, but every boy and girl he fights beside and against is a victim of necessity.

Ender’s Game: Lost Childhood « A Working Title 2009

Although Ender is still very young when the story ends, he stops being a child very early on.

Ender’s Game: Lost Childhood « A Working Title 2009

Card manages to portray him as very human and very real, even as Ender is pushed above and beyond the edge of human endurance.

Ender’s Game: Lost Childhood « A Working Title 2009

And I'm glossing over the other unpleasantness in Ender's Game.

Mind Meld Make-Up Test: Orson Scott Card on Young Adult Fiction 2008

Violence is very important in Ender, and kids being violent can sometimes be corny (narnia).

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 23 (GUEST: Dan Trachtenberg) | /Film 2008

Ender is selected because he is gifted, and at Battleschool he quickly proves that he excels like no other before him has.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (and Margaret A. Edwards Challenge Wrap-Up) 2008

In a futuristic world where population laws limit the number of children a couple can have, where children are trained for war, and where humanity has twice been threatened by an alien species known as the buggers, Ender is selected for military training at Battleschool when he is only six years old.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (and Margaret A. Edwards Challenge Wrap-Up) 2008

By the way: although the writers were clearly spoofing off the name Ender's Game, the movie is not a parody.

Weekend Bender - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009

But Ender is just as lethal, in his own way, on his own turf, because Ender is a brilliant strategist and also knows how to organize teams to get the best out of his underlings.

Archive 2007-07-01 2007

But Ender is just as lethal, in his own way, on his own turf, because Ender is a brilliant strategist and also knows how to organize teams to get the best out of his underlings.

The Advanced Fiction Writing E-Zine Received 2007