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[edit] Vlad

Vlad in the article points to Vlad, which has nothing to do with Ender's Game. Thoughts on how to correct that?

Was the Ender's Game Vlad's full name given anywhere? If not, it should just be Vlad (Ender's Game). Ausir 21:19, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
If his full name is not given, then yes. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:48, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Some Text

I removed the following sentences from the article: " Ender is essentially a religious, quasi-Messianic character, and this quality is developed substantially in the sequels to Ender's Game. Moreover he is a Messiah who is manipulated by the military complex for the execution of their militaristic intentions. "

There is some substantiation to that, though. Especially since as Speaker of the Dead he has some literal religious significance, but just in the Xenocide he was considered to have saved mankind. --Kizor 14:31, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Substantiation or not, that would definitely go under the category of "original research" and thus outside the guidelines of Wikipedia. Unless, of course, that contributor cited a source for that assertion. Zaklog 05:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ender and Bean reunited?

I removed the following: "In it [the ninth novel], Ender and Bean, both preserved by relativistic travel, will reunite for a new adventure." I have never heard of this happening. It does not seem possible, as Ender has died by the end of Children of the Mind, and a previous meeting with Bean was never mentioned. Anyone know where this came from?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.21.38.99 (talk • contribs)

I must say it sounds a bit loopy to me, but I wouldn't rule anything out for sure. As for how it could happen, the only explanation I could offer would be through Ender's new incarnation in the Pseudo-Peter he created in the Outside.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Foot Dragoon (talk • contribs)
You forget; there's 3000 years or so between Ender's Game and Speaker where Ender's skipping through the stars with Valentine. As of the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean's doing the same thing. There's the whole 'space is vast and chances of running into each other are remote', but sci-fi authors have been getting around that for years. It probably shouldn't be in the article though, as it's only a speculative theme for one of Card's next novels.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaklog (talk • contribs)

[edit] Cameo Apperance

I haven't read the book in awhile but when does Ender appear in Shadow of the Giant? --Phoenix Hacker 00:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

When he talks to Peter on the ansible, I believe. --Foot Dragoon 01:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing from the timeline

Isn't the current formation of the article missing a big part of the story - how Ender leaves Earth/Command School and arrives on Lusitania? In it's current form, the article is complete incomprehensible. morphax 06:15, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Children of the Mind

This synopsis is much shorter than all the others. Does the story really have so little plot? or is more needed?

[edit] Spoiler Alert?

Shouldn't this article contain a nice big spoiler alert at the top? I came to this page to see if I could find a teaser or something which I could send to a friend, in order to encourage him to read Ender's Game, and instead found spoilers for all of the books. Luckily I had read them already, but had I pointed him here without checking first, the results could have been disastrous (relatively speaking). Mattihito 19:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Spoiler alerts have been nixed on Wikipedia. So expect to find spoilers on any article herein. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 18:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unnamed fifth book

I removed this section, because it is clearly talking about any one of the Shadow series books. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 18:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

It could have been about Shadows in Flight, which probably should be mentioned here. -Chunky Rice 19:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I kind of think it's best not to speculate in articles. You know, original research and all? If we can find another source that makes that speculation, fine. Otherwise, it's just original research. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 23:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Why would it be speculation to include a brief mention about Shadows in Flight or Ender in Exlie? -Chunky Rice 00:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter or Valentine

I don't know if anyone ever noticed, but in most, if not all, of the Shadow books, maybe even one of the later books in the Ender Quartet, if my memory serves, it says that Peter is the one that made it so that Ender could not have come back to Earth, even though in Ender's Game Valentine explains why she made it so and asked Ender to decide whether she hates him or not. Should this lapse be pointed out, or should it be changed to say Peter in the article, as later stories user it and it seems somewhat more important to their story.24.72.73.240 (talk) 23:08, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stilson and Bonzo

I didn't see any mention of Stilson and Bonzo in the synopsis of Ender's Game. Shouldn't they be in there? 71.145.166.101 (talk) 21:54, 23 February 2008 (UTC)