Summaries of the books are on the linked page.
Ender's Game is a book written by Orson Scott Card (1985), based on a
short story that he wrote in 1976. (He wrote it at the circus.) It's in the science fiction genre.
Ender's Game and its sequels (
Ender in Exile,
Speaker for the Dead,
Xenocide, and
Children of the Mind), plus its companion novel
Ender's Shadow and its sequels (
Shadow of the Hegemon,
Shadow Puppets, and
Shadow of the Giant) have spawned a culture. People find a comfort in the characters who are ostracized for being intelligent and having that intelligence singled out by the teachers. Also, many times, teenagers who have never enjoyed reading read
Ender's Game and then proceed to read the rest of Card's novels.
As long as I'm here, though:
Wikipedia
In other fandoms and American culture, references to Card's work can be found. The Futurama movie
Bender's Game shares a title, but not the plot, for example.
I don't want to push people to read it, so if you want to, go right ahead. If not, no big loss. I love them, of course. Since, you know...I worship Andrew Wiggin, and have done so for the past six years.
Yes, POB. It was a joke. I have many friends who wonder why the hell I wander around with the same book in my pocket all the time. So...perhaps I should have added a ":D" to my post?
Edit:
Astinus: you have me twice on the orgy post.
It's because you changed your name and I completely forgot you used to be kc.
(Ugh. Do you know how difficult it is for me to edit posts? Darn you, Internet Explorer. D: )