The never-before-told prequel to ENDER'S GAME! An unidentified ship is rocketing toward Earth with tech far beyond anything we've ever seen, and the only people who can give warning are a small band of asteroid miners millions of miles from home. The clock is ticking, and it doesn't look good for the human race. From New York Times-bestselling author Orson Scott Card comes the tale of humanity's first contact with the Formics - and the horrible toll it took on mankind. Collecting FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1-7.
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Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.
Aaron Johnston is the coauthor of the novel Invasive Procedures and the comic book series Dragon Age, both with Orson Scott Card. Additional comic credits include Ender in Exile, League War, and Mazer in Prison, all for Marvel. His screenplay adaptations include Sarah: Woman of Genesis, The Multiple Man, Feed the Baby of Love, and others.
Aaron Johnston is the coauthor of the novel Invasive Procedures and the comic book series Dragon Age, both with Orson Scott Card. Additional comic credits include Ender in Exile, League War, and Mazer in Prison, all for Marvel. His screenplay adaptations include Sarah: Woman of Genesis, The Multiple Man, Feed the Baby of Love, and others.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Was Great! Don't listen to reviewers who did not bother to read before they clicked buy
Sep 15 2011
By Josh
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I thought this graphic novel was excellent. Full color all the way though. It goes though the start of the first encounter with the Formics (same guys from the Ender's Game novel). Unfortunately, there are some reviewers who did not bother to read what they were getting before clicking by, and then have the nerve to give it one star for their own mistake. I would not pay any attention to them, they are not reviewing anything. I would highly recommend this if you like graphic novels and want to see what the first battles with the Formics were like.
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read, even for a graphic novel
Sep 24 2011
By Hannah Smith Walker
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I also ordered this book thinking it was a regular book, not a graphic novel. I was equally as frustrated as the people who bought this thinking it was a regular book. But I went ahead and read it anyway, and really enjoyed it. The story was great and it was a different reading experience. This is the first comic or graphic novel I've ever been able to read all the way through. Even if you don't like graphic novels, give this one a try!
26 of 32 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing to say the least...
Dec 26 2011
By SchiBri
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This review is meant to warn fans of the books by Orson Scott Card. Unlike some of the other reviewers I purchased this item with full knowledge that it was a graphic novel. I will admit that I am not an avid fan of graphic novels, but my problem with "Formic Wars" wasn't the format, it was the content.
It is hard to believe that Card had anything to do with the story being told here. Fans of Card know that his stories are always wonderfully woven around three dimensional characters facing a moral dilemma. All of the characters in this graphic novel are embarrassingly shallow and the dialogue is one cliche after another. What's worse, the story actually contradicts much of what we learn about the First Invasion from the original novel. While I am not against an author doing this (OSC has done this before), in 'Formic Wars' it is done only as a device to forcibly drive forward a tasteless plot. The introduction of a character from Ender's Game is likewise done without skill or merit and in my opinion ruins the character Card built. For the sake of my love for the original novel, I will just pretend that it is some totally unrelated character of the same name.
As I said, I am not an avid reader of graphic novels. Perhaps this is how they have to be written. Perhaps it is an excellent graphic novel and I just cannot appreciate the artwork. But for those of you hoping to see Card's usual brilliance in depicting the discovery of the Buggers, I warn you to stay away and settle for pre-ordering "Shadows in Flight" instead.
It is hard to believe that Card had anything to do with the story being told here. Fans of Card know that his stories are always wonderfully woven around three dimensional characters facing a moral dilemma. All of the characters in this graphic novel are embarrassingly shallow and the dialogue is one cliche after another. What's worse, the story actually contradicts much of what we learn about the First Invasion from the original novel. While I am not against an author doing this (OSC has done this before), in 'Formic Wars' it is done only as a device to forcibly drive forward a tasteless plot. The introduction of a character from Ender's Game is likewise done without skill or merit and in my opinion ruins the character Card built. For the sake of my love for the original novel, I will just pretend that it is some totally unrelated character of the same name.
As I said, I am not an avid reader of graphic novels. Perhaps this is how they have to be written. Perhaps it is an excellent graphic novel and I just cannot appreciate the artwork. But for those of you hoping to see Card's usual brilliance in depicting the discovery of the Buggers, I warn you to stay away and settle for pre-ordering "Shadows in Flight" instead.
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