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I recently picked this book up after hearing great things about it for so long. I'm not surprised that much of the information is relevant from a strategic sense. The book is really written in a thoughtful and careful manner.

Side note: I really hope the movie coming out later this year does the book justice.

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I had the exact opposite experience. After everyone gushing about it, I finally grabbed it a couple of years ago. I would've loved this in my teen years, but as a 30something, it felt like a rather mediocre military sci-fi book with a huge Mary Sue protagonist and dubious moral conclusions. Well, at least it wasn't as long as Atlas Shrugged.

I couldn't agree more. Ender's game is pretty much Atlas Shrugged in space, written in a slightly less abysmal style. Same complexity in characters, same vindication of the megalomania/resentment of the introvert male teenager reader, same cult following.

If they got Haley Joel Osment to play the lead back in the day, it would have had a shot. I can't think of anyone young enough that can actually act these days.

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