I have finished a science-fiction book called “Ender’s Game”
by Orson Scott Card which has 396 pages.
As I was reading towards the end, Ender
was sent to a new planet to do simulation battles against the buggers. As he starts
to win these simulations, each battle he faces becomes more and more difficult
to win. He fortunately achieves victories even in those complicated battle simulations.
Finally, Ender has to do the final exam so that he is officially promoted to the
army commander and has the authority to lead
the human army against the buggers. This was the most difficult
simulation he had ever faced, but even though his army suffered terrible
losses, he managed to come out victorious even from that one.
After this last test, his superior,
colonel Graff, revealed to him that he wasn’t actually doing simulations, but
that he was actually fighting against the real bugger army. He explained that
he purposely mislead him so that Ender would not be worried about difficult
choices he would need to make. Had he
known the truth, he might not have sacrificed some of his troops. Ender was furious that the colonel had lied
to him, he was devastated from grief about the people that had died, and was also
sad due to the fact that he had exterminated a whole species.
I, just like Ender, was surprised that
Ender wasn’t doing simulations but was actually fighting a true war. I was just
not expecting it.
Here is the quote that shows how Ender’s
army destroys the enemy planet:
“Within
three seconds the entire planet burst apart.” (Scott Card page 333)
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