Lion’s Gate has just put out a timeline of humanity’s future history leading up to the events of Ender’s Game. It’s a very handy reference if you haven’t read the book. (Although a couple of things at the end are a bit spoilery so we’ve blotted those out.) Check it out below! Click the image to see the full-size (1 MB+) timeline.
The event of 2126 seems a bit of a spoiler, too.
Is there supposed to be a spoilers thing on it or is there a clean version somewhere? (read the book, don’t care to see the movie but curious about the rest of the timeline).
Gahhhh! Timeline changes bad. That and holy spoilers Batman!
OK, granted it’s been years since I read the novel. But is there an explanation for why so many nations impose population limits on their citizens three years after fighting an inconclusive war with an enemy capable of wiping out hundreds of thousands of people with a single ship’s action? Wouldn’t population control become far less important in that scenario?
@@.-@: I just finished reading it and beyond a generic overpopulation and lack of resources comment there didn’t seem to be any explanation. It was mentioned that humans had not bothered colonizing any other worlds, though.
I’m still waiting to find out whether the movie covers the whole book or just the first part.
Huh, I wonder why they switched Mazer from participating in the second invasion to the first.
Ender is the third Formaic war. It is basically explained in the book in the first 20 pages of the book. The only alteration is that the previous wars happened farther appart (off the top of my head 35 years, but it could easily be 25 or 75). It is assumed that is how long it takes to travel from one to the other, and it is 30 years or so later When the book begins, basically implying that war is impending, we barely held on twice and Earth is looking for a Savior.
@@.-@ and @5- while resources and population demands are the explination, It really is a plot devise to show the beggins of how special ENDER is. Nothing more to it really.
One possible reason for the populaton controls (though no guarantee that this is the one the movie uses) is that the early Formic invasions destroyed more resources than they destroyed population. So we suddenly had more population than we had resources to support.
I don’t think this are spoilers (it’s explained early in the book), but just in case, be aware of my following question:
Seeing how the Wiggins had the three kids in 2 years apart spans, does it mean that the tests they conducted on them were done so when they were… 1 and a half years old? Is it really possible to determine the traits and characteristics of a personality at that age? I thought the only reason they had to have each corresponding kid was because the last one was unfit for the Battle School.
I agree with Kasiki regarding the three-child limit: it’s just one of the first devices that Card uses to show what a Special Someone Ender is.
image with spoilers:
I think the spoilers could harm those who have not read the book, since in the book, it’s not clear what actually is happening until close to the end.
The two last post regarding Ender’s age, as he progresses to command school, are very much appreciated. (^_^) Time spans can be a bit jarrying, between trsnaportaion and monotanouis periods, and Ideas of character age of course help me envision the characters more accurately: and for those of you with overpopulation grudges, remeber chapter 15 “Speaker of the Dead”? It’s used as a plot device for planetery colonization and (spoilers) a means for Ender to discover the last Bugger Queen hatchling, learn of their misconceptions of human beings and provide a future for human/bugger coeistence. I’m also using this as a reference for a fan fiction I might make soon.