Discussion Post: Ender's Game
1. Where would you classify this book, in terms of genre? Does it strike you more as science fiction or as dystopia?
2. Ender's Game was first published in 1986. Do you think it's aged well? Certain aspects, such as the Russians being the primary enemy, are certainly dated. Did that impact your enjoyment of the novel?
3. What did you think of the characterization? What did you think of the Wiggin children, of Ender's friends, and of the IF officials?
4. Did the book's structure - Ender's story interspersed with Graff's point of view - work for you?
5. What did you think of Battle School, of the training techniques, of Ender's isolation and distance? What did you think of the setup in Command School?
6. What did you think of the novel's conclusion?
[Spoiler (click to open)]
In the next novel in the series (which I, personally, disliked) enough people have read Ender's book The Hive Queen that they now consider the boy wonder to be a mass murderer, and he calls himself Andrew to protect himself. What do you think of that?