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Is Enders Game a stand alone book, or the start of a series?
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:38 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:38 am
I know there are other books, but is it a complete story?
Or is it just the first book in a series like Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone?
Or is it just the first book in a series like Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone?
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Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:42 am to Tiger1242
there are others but its the only one worth reading IMO
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:04 am to Tiger1242
The original book can stand alone.
There are other books in the same universe but it isn't a situation where its a long story told in parts; some of the other books take place at the same time as Enders Game and just follow different characters, and even the "sequels" are completely different types of stories in different parts of the universe.
There are other books in the same universe but it isn't a situation where its a long story told in parts; some of the other books take place at the same time as Enders Game and just follow different characters, and even the "sequels" are completely different types of stories in different parts of the universe.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:06 am to Tiger1242
first book in the series. The series is kinda weird in that after the second book, it splits into two completely different series focusing on two different characters.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:07 am to deSandman
Yeah I liked the others but they're all kind of stand alone books in the same universe
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:48 am to deSandman
Okay that's good news that it stands alone. I'm about 3/4 through Enders Game, and while I really like it, I don't want to get tied up in a long series
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:58 am to Tiger1242
It's both. There wasn't a fully planned series, and it was meant to be a stand alone. But Orson Scott Card has been drawing as much blood from that stone as he can, and he's written approximately 5 billion sequels.
Some of 'em aren't bad, but none are essential.
Some of 'em aren't bad, but none are essential.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 10:02 am to REG861
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there are others but its the only one worth reading IMO
I really enjoyed speaker for the dead.
Enders game tells a complete story, you can stop there. But I'd recommend reading speaker for the dead just for entertainment purposes.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 10:11 am to REG861
quote:It's not so much a part of a series as a very good facet of a conglomeration of other loosely related books which could also stand alone. Or better yet, have their words returned to sender and pages left blank.
there are others but its the only one worth reading
Posted on 3/13/14 at 10:21 am to JawjaTigah
Its a complete book but the series also shows how he and otherseventually feel about his role in an entire species anniliation. What he does to revive it and political problems.
Also splits off and follows beans from his early childhood on.
Also splits off and follows beans from his early childhood on.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 10:47 am to Tiger1242
I found the immediate sequels much more interesting, though I did like ender's game. The developments also have a significant impact on how one sees the events of ender's game.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 11:46 am to Qwerty
i really liked ender's shadow.
other than that, the rest are kinda 'meh' in that they're ok but certainly not up to par with 'game'.
other than that, the rest are kinda 'meh' in that they're ok but certainly not up to par with 'game'.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 11:54 am to Tiger1242
Ender's Game can stand alone. I struggled through Speaker for the Dead and refused to finish Xenocide.
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