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Author: Orson Scott Card Title: Ender’s Game Place Published: New York Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Year Published: 1991 No. of Pages: 324 Price: Php315 Place Bought: Fully Booked Rockwell Ender’s Game, as far as I can remember, is the first science fiction (sci-fi) book I’ve ever finished reading. It only took me half a day to read Orson Scott Card’s book, and I'm glad that many first-time sci-fi readers found it just as accessible. More than being an easy read this novel also won the prestigious Hugo Award (1985) and Nebula Award (1986), both annually given to outstanding literature. Synopsis The earth is recovering from a second alien attack. In response, world governments unify. They begin training military geniuses in the art of war at a very young age. Six-year-old Andrew “Ender” Wiggin is one of the trainees recruited and transported to Battle School in outer space. There is only one ‘game’ in Battle School: non-lethal anti-gravity battles between two te...

Author: Marisha Pessl Title: Night Film Place Published:  New York Publisher: Random House Year Published: 2013 No. of Pages: 587 Price:  Php799 Place Bought: Fully Booked Rockwell Buy From Amazon: Night Film: A Novel Opening Credits IT’S been a seven-year-long wait for Marisha Pessl ’s second novel, but was Night Film worth it? Her debut novel Special Topics in Calamity Physics won the Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize (known then as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize). The New York Times Book Review also named it one of the 10 Best Books of 2006. Expectations were building for Pessl, and she would ultimately deliver, proving she was more than just a one-hit wonder. Introduction Night Film follows the narrative of disgraced investigate reporter Scott McGrath , whose career and marriage were ruined after a failed investigation on occult filmmaker Stanislas Cordova . “There is something he does to the children,” ...