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Back in my freshman year at Uni, during a free reading day in English class, I had forgotten to bring my own book. And so, I randomly picked Ender's Game from the bookshelf, and began to read. And hey, it was pretty good. (Spoilers below, in case you're also reading the book.) The novel tells the story of Ender Wiggin, in a world where humanity is recovering from two attacks by an alien race of "Formics". Earth's International Fleet (IF) is desperately seeking new leaders to attack and suppress the Formics before they launch a third invasion. Ender's two elder siblings have shown promise in the eyes of the IF, but have been rejected for their personality flaws: one is too ruthless and the other too compassionate to make a good leader. The IF allow Ender's parents an exception to the two-child policy, and Ender is born. Ender is accepted into a "Battle School" for similar children, where they compete in teams against each other in zero-gra...