The Ender Quartet: Ender's Game/ Speaker for the Dead/ Xenocide/ Children of the Mind

I haven't found these books in Belgium so I went online and after a long search I found this book-set and after reading it 3 times already I can't get enough of it the first book is ok for teenagers but the other 3 maybe a little bit to deep for teens on the other hand if you love sci-fi and love some philosophy then this is an awesome read spoiler alert: the first book tells the story of ender as a kid and can be seen as a stand alone story the last 3 books are 1 story made in 3 books that tells the story of ender as an adult and about the other aliens

Arrived very quickly. Bought as a gift for my daughter who wanted to read the book of the film and didn't realise that there are 4 books in the series. I believe that some of the content is about the ethics of whether a whole nation should be destroyed so she is looking forward to reading the books as she has very strong ideas about what she believes is right and wrong.

This is one of my favourite series of novels from one of my most disliked authors but its always good to separate the art from the artist

The pack itself is really nice and arrived in perfect condition. The books are great too, of course! I think they're worth reading again every 5 years as our impression is likely to change depending on our mental state in life.

Perfect quality delivered in plenty of time for the missus to take away with her she seamed happy with them all round good buy

One of the best series I picked up in a long time. A friend of mine recommended the series and I was not disappointed. It is very well written and does raise some very interesting philosophical questions. Highly recommended to any fantasy fiction fan.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin kept his government-issued monitor on until the age of six. That was a year longer than most. Many of the other kids are jealous, especially his older brother, Peter. When the bad boys at school corner him, Ender does what he has to. Shortly thereafter, Colonel Graff arrives at the Wiggin home and offers Ender the chance to attend Battle School. It has been about eighty years since the last war with the buggers. The buggers almost managed to wipe humanity out of existence. Since then, the government has been trying to make officers for the next war; a war that could happen at any time. Battle School is where children are trained to become commanders. All the children are organized into armies and they compete in zero gravity war games. Unknown to Ender (but well known to readers), Graff intends to make six-year-old Ender into the best battle commander in history. The future of humanity could very well depend on Ender becoming a perfect killing machine. Ender is bright, in perfect health, highly intelligent, and imaginative. To Ender, winning is everything. (To quote part of the book: "Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins - thoroughly.") To some others in the military, Graff is often too cruel to the children, especially to Ender. But Graff is doing what he believes is necessary for the preservation of the human race. Ender realizes early on that Graff is isolating him from the kids by using every low-down trick in the book - and several NOT in the book. The mind games are nothing new to Ender. He was used to dealing with Peter, who is a master manipulator. As Ender thinks up more and more amazing strategies to win the war games, he is also shaping himself into the very weapon Graff wants so badly. ***** FIVE STARS! This is one of the most impressive novels of our time (imho). The author takes a nascent child (Ender) and places him in a military school to (basically) sink or swim. Due to the exigencies of an upcoming war, the person in charge of Battle School (Graff) is unstinting in his mistreatment of all the children. This story has already become required reading in some high schools. Teachers enjoy having their students debate on whether Graff is guilty of mistreatment of children or if his actions are justifiable. Another point of debate is the emotional and psychological toll on young Ender. Though the story mainly focuses on Ender, some time is given to his brother and sister who are still back at home. Those Wiggin siblings are as intelligent as Ender, but instead of strategy they have more manipulative and/or persuasive abilities. All-in-all, this is an excellent story for Science Fiction fans of any age. (Fans of Robert A. Heinlein will especially enjoy this tale. The meticulous thoughts and beyond-his-time-ideas can be found in this story too.) Un-Freaking-Believable! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

Bought as a present.

The love that you acquire for Ender throughout the whole series is seeing his balance of being compassionate and logical and setting emotions aside to do what is in the best interest of everyone. Ender shows and proves to be an amazing people person despite inwardly feeling disgust for himself and what he has done. His relationship with others is different from person to person depending on what they need but he is still himself throughout his conversations. He is strategic in knowing how peoples' emotions can interfere with rationality and talks to them in a way where they are forced to reason themselves into the truth instead of him just telling them, even though he does that too sometimes. It's like a constant therapy session with someone who understandingly loves you despite any flaws. Ultimately, this is a story that represents a collective universe through souls and the capability of them intertwining and everything being all connected, where understanding and compassion leads to peace and love.

Brilliant, well-written, engaging. Buy the box set, as the first book, Ender's Game, is really just the set-up novel for the other three. The books get better as you go along. Incredibly imaginative, modern classics.

This set contains 4 Ender books: Ender's Game, Speaker of the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind. Opinions vary widely about which of these books are great and which are just passable, but inevitably you will love at least one of them. Personally I liked Ender's Game and Speaker of the Dead, but never really got into Xenocide or Children of the Mind. Depending on your taste you might feel the same way. If you've seen the movie, don't worry - there's still a lot of depth to get out of the books. One word of warning though. Xenocide and Children of the Mind are somewhat parallel, and just reading the blurb for one might spoil the story of the other. Just pick one to read and don't even look at the other until you're finished.

I won't say much about the stories, because others have done this enough. But I do want to say, that these books were just great. To me books are really worth reading, if I come upon the last one and feel sorry, that it will be over. I lived there, and that is, what good books do to the reader. They take one into the story and make one forget all around. I stumbled across these books by accident, but I am sure glad, I did. Sent them on to my son-in-law, but rebought them for my kindle, because I sure will read them again after a while. So, if you enjoy a good read, these books are for you!

Yo vi la pelicula y luego me compre los libros de la sombra de ender que pense que eran la saga original y bueno creo que fuie el orden correcto leer sombra de ender y luego ya empezar con la saga de ender, llevo 2 libros de 4 + 4 de la sombra y bueno claro que estoy fascinado con esta saga porque siempre fui fan de mundos de estrategia y sci fi