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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (showard)
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Subject: Re: Ender's Game (book)
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 17:32:50 EDT
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> Does anyone have thoughts about Orson Scott Card's new book, a novel
> length version of "Ender's Game"?  I saw it in a bookstore..
> 
> 	Steven
> (.signature?!?  We don't need no steenking .signature!!)

   I read the novel, not having read the short story.  It seemed fairly obvious
what additions had been made and my roommate confirmed my suspicions.  There is
a great deal of information about Ender's early training, from his kindergarten
level military academy to the elite training school at the end.  Also, there is
a totally unnecessary subplot concerning Ender's brother and sister and a com-
puter news network.  If you really, really liked the short story, pick up the
novel at your nearest library.  If you've never read either one, go for the 
short story.

--Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die
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