I personally like Enders Game.
2006-11-28 10:19:16 · 19 answers · asked by guildguy 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ender's Game. It both appeals to young readers and it has pretty deep philosophical issues, which get deeper as the series goes on. There is so much more depth and meaning than in Harry Potter: Peter and Valentine's political demagoguery, the Hive Queen, the psychological testing of the kids through the game with the Giant. That, and Battle School is so much cooler than Quidditch.
Harry Potter is just so much "Bubblegum Fantasy". It only exists to sell books and movies, which it does very well, but that doesn't make it better. There's no real world metaphors in it, like Narnia and Middle Earth have. It's just a group of kids at a Wizard School.
That this could even be an argument makes me shudder. I've been sort of been dreading it ever since the Harry Potter movement took off. A whole generation of readers is going to read the truly great works of science fiction and fantasy (and believe me, Ender's Game is one of those works), and some will think "It isn't as good as Harry Potter".
2006-11-28 13:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by H_A_V_0_C 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I haven't read Enders Game so I can't say Honestly but I do enjoy the Harry Potter books Immensly. Tell you what, I'm going to say Harry Potter for now but i'll let you know after I've read Ender's Game.
2006-11-28 10:56:18 · answer #2 · answered by ichigo_li2 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definitely Ender's Game.
2006-11-28 10:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by laney_po 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter
2006-11-28 10:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ender's Game was written ages ago, and hasn't even touched the edges of how popular Harry Potter has become, even with a head start.
2006-11-28 10:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by last_defender 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ender's Game. I think Orson Scott Card is a great writer and his broad range of imagination is shown in his other books as well. Rowling is good. In fact, I thought the first three Harry Potter books were great but after that, I lost interest. She has too many different (and important) themes in the latter ones and none are fully developed.
Orson Scott Card has a more mature and wider ranging voice.
Rowling's humor may be better but her motifs are found easily recognizable if one has taken a mythology class. She has reworked them in original ways but sometimes her smokescreen wears thin.
2006-11-28 10:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I never heard of ender's game but Ihave read Harry Potter and its good
2006-11-28 10:23:49 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph Z 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As much as I love ol' HP, Enders Game is a far better book !
2006-11-28 10:44:08 · answer #8 · answered by BrideofTyr 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thats a hard choice i think they are both great books.
But i think i am going to chose Enders game because the characters are so strong and made a big impression on me.
2006-11-28 10:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by Moanika 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh man thats tough. Both are great and have similar themes... Im gonna go with Enders Game, it is written better and is more intelligent, less errors in plot and characters
2006-11-28 10:24:21 · answer #10 · answered by Together 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋