Ender's Game has arrived...

Back in May, I wrote this post to Ender’s Game, together with the trailer for the movie adaptation:

http://unknownworlds.blogspot.com/2013/05/enders-game-is-coming.html

I hope some of you would have found time to actually read the book, as this week the movie will finally be showing in cinemas. By now most fans of science fiction will be anticipating the big screen adaptation of this Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel eagerly. I admit to being somewhat sceptical myself, but I still have high hopes they can pull it off.

if I were ever to compile a Top Ten list of my favourite science fiction books, Ender’s Game would probably end up in the Top 3, if not number 1. However, there are certain key aspects of this 1985 book that are very controversial in this day and age. The level of violence (particularly involving children), the training methods employed and the psychological manipulations are all part of what makes this book a success so it will be interesting to see how they deal with each aspect.

This book provides yet another viewpoint to the question of “Do the Ends Justify the Means?” The intricate and complicated themes underlying the book have made it reading material for many psychological and literature courses in major universities and other education institutions throughout the world (okay, maybe not Malaysia).

I failed to win tickets to watch the preview screenings, so I’m gonna have to join the rest of the movie-watching crowd and get tickets for the opening weekend, if not the opening day.

Here's to what will hopefully be a great movie! See you there!


p.s: This post is dedicated to Andrew, Peter and Valentine...

Update: 29/10/2013. Turns out it's only released in Malaysia on the 8th November, but I've managed to secure preview tickets on the 6th thanks to Red FM! Yay!

Ender's Game is coming!

I'm not sure how I managed to miss this in my movie post a few days ago, but I did, and the fanboy in me is finding it hard to forgive this slight. Apologies regardless! Coming out November 1st 2013:

Ender's Game

Despite it being one of my favourite Sci-Fi books of all time, I must admit to being quite late to the party. I had read so many others, Silverberg, Gibson, Phillip K Dick, Niven, Clarke and Herbert before arriving at Orson Scott Card’s masterpiece. Better late than never, it was an amazing read.

This book is NOT easy to translate on to the big screen, and I’m sure many fans would agree with me. The main focus of the book is on children, and therein lies the risk, as the story is no more a children’s story than Dune is. And, of course, it is inevitable that parallel lines will be drawn with movies like the Harry Potter series. (God forbid!)  In fact, the way I look at it, Ender’s Game reads a lot more like a psychological thriller than a Sci-Fi book.  

I hope they translate it well. I recommend that those of you interested but have not read the book should read it first.

‘Till November 1^st !!!