Ender's Game

Over the last two nights I read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. I am not normally a fan of science fiction, but once in awhile something comes along with the right recommendation that I will pick it up and read it, as did this book. I also came to it knowing full well that Orson Scott Card is a member of a demon cult, and that he is a smart fellow, one who would probably try to insert demon cult stuff into his book.

He doesn't, for the most part (there are a couple of things that look Deseretean, but he keeps pretty clean of Smithite/Youngite nonsense here), and the book is worth reading, although there is something just a little syrupy about parts of it, and the ending just plunges into it.

Overall, however, I would recommend this for a last summer read. It is not a great book, but it is a good story, well told.