a quickie book review, as i continue to delay my debut Pie post on Pie n' Burger

Ender's Game. I was introduced to this book by my friend Joe Drew. I only got around to reading it a few days ago. I finished it in more or less 24 hours, though not continuously. I never sit down and just read - and even then usually only on the john.

The military side of the book naturally took my fancy. However, I was most fascinated with the idea of displacement which permeated the work; Ender's relationship with others, the emotional and physical distance between the Earth population and the Battle School cadets, the weightless battles between the armies.

The most random surprise was Mazer Rackham, a half-Maori New Zealander, a hero who saved humanity from the alien invasion by destroying their queen during the Second Invasion.