"That Ender could be tricked into believing a real battle scenario was a game-like video simulation is one of the most believable post-modern twists in modern science fiction, particularly considering how often the difference between our digital and "real" lives is debated and conflated. Ender becomes a "hero" in a supposed video game, something that embodies and magnifies fears about video games, both in 1985 when the book was published and today."
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Science fiction booksAmerican novelsYoung adult fictionNuclear weapons in mediaWorks by Orson Scott Card
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Rachel Eddin, "Ender's Games: What Child Soldiers in Dystopian Fiction Teach Us About Ourselves", WIRED, (10/30/13).
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