[Travis McGee]

I like this Card. Any best book recommendations?

[3niner]

“Ender’s Game”, “Speaker for the Dead”

[LexBaird]

“Ender’s Game”. It may appeal to you particularly since it is military oriented (children raised from toddlerhood to be military leaders). If you can, get a hold of the novellette that was the original story and read it too: he later expanded it to a full novel.

[FreedomPoster]

Third, fourth, and fifth on Ender’s Game.

You really need to read it. Trust me, you’ll see why.

Bump it towards the top of your reading stack.

[Tolik]

Here is the complete list of his works.

The Ender saga:	Ender's Game ♦ Speaker for the Dead ♦ Xenocide ♦ Children of the Mind ♦ A War of Gifts ♦ Ender in Exile: Ganges
The Shadow series:	Ender's Shadow ♦ Shadow of the Hegemon ♦ Shadow Puppets ♦ Shadow of the Giant ♦ Shadows in Flight
The Tales of Alvin Maker:	Seventh Son ♦ Red Prophet ♦ Prentice Alvin ♦ Alvin Journeyman ♦ Heartfire ♦ The Crystal City ♦ Master Alvin
Homecoming Saga:	The Memory of Earth ♦ The Call of Earth ♦ The Ships of Earth ♦ Earthfall ♦ Earthborn
Pastwatch series:	The Redemption of Christopher Columbus ♦ Pastwatch: The Flood
Women of Genesis series:	Sarah ♦ Rebekah ♦ Rachel and Leah ♦ The Wives of Israel
The Mayflower Trilogy:	Lovelock ♦ Rasputin
Standalone novels:	Hot Sleep ♦ A Planet Called Treason ♦ Songmaster ♦ Hart's Hope ♦ Saints ♦ The Worthing Chronicle ♦ Wyrms ♦ Treason ♦ Lost Boys ♦ Treasure Box ♦ Stone Tables ♦ Homebody ♦ Enchantment ♦ Magic Street ♦ Empire ♦ Invasive Procedures
Short Story Collections:	Capitol ♦ Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories ♦ Cardography ♦ The Folk of the Fringe ♦ Maps in a Mirror ♦ The Worthing Saga ♦ First Meetings

Ender's Game is an absolute gem - a classic of SciFi, a must read. The Ender's Saga continue from the point of the Ender's Game into the far future. Very interesting, but a bit too long. The Shadow series continue in real time right after the Ender's game and set in the near future. I liked it better, but the literature quality is a bit uneven - it suffered sometimes in favor of ideas.

Another must read is Lost Boys - great literature. Not a SciFi, but a normal literature with a touch of paranormal. A strong Mormon theme that did not bother me a bit (I am a non-religious Jew), even opposite - I respect them now more.

A planet called Treason was reworked a decade later into Treason - a fascinating read. Another great read is Wyrms. Both are very original.

The Worthing Saga stories are quite interesting too, looking into possible developments of human societies.

Magic Street is a contemporary fantasy. OK, but not great.

Empire (came out the last year) is OSC take on a possible upcoming civil war in America. I think The Right is not going to be quite satisfied with this book, but The Left should absolutely hate it.

 

 

[Still Thinking]

He’s done two groups of four with the first group being the story of Ender Wiggin and the second focusing on Bean, a genetically engineered battle-savant and protege of Ender’s.

Ender’s Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind

Ender’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant

I like the Ender series better. Card has done several other series and a number of standalone novels, and I think some non-fiction as well.

[redheadtoo]

Any best book recommendations?

Seventh Son