In general, Orson Scott Card is *not* an easy read and I agree with the earlier poster that the official sequels of this novel (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide) are not for the faint hearted.

I wanted to recommend Feed by MT Anderson which I read soon after finishing Ender’s Game. Feed was, for me, another SF type book that I normally would never have read except for as an assignment, but wow, great story.

I don’t really care that much for the remaining three books in the original series, liking them less as they go along, but the _Shadow_ series (of which _Ender’s_Shadow_ is but the first) I like almost as well as the original. They are much more in the same vein as _Ender’s_Game_ than its official sequels.

I’m glad that so many folks have enjoyed the review.

I may be alone in this, but I think Speaker for the Dead is an essential part of the Ender reading experience. The books after that in the timeline though are a waste.

This is not that sort of Sci-Fi, but rather focuses mainly on the story of Humanity as it interacts with technology, rather than the other way round.

I love this sentence! This is one of the reasons I mostly avoid SF – I’m not interested in reading about Tech as a main character. I’ve always meant to read Ender’s Game eventually because I know it’s an “important” novel, but this has convinced me to actually put it on my TBR list. Great review!