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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/04/2026

My first brush with this kind of criticism came more than two decades ago, when I read John Kessel's classic "Creating the Innocent Killer," a critique of Orson Scott Card's *Ender's Game*, a book I'd read and enjoyed enough to re-read several times: johnjosephkessel.wixsite.com/kessel-websi... 3

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/04/2026

Kessel's argument is that Card used *Ender's Game* to smuggle in some very ugly ideas, wrapped in a story that was compelling, even exhilarating. 4/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/04/2026

In *Ender's Game*, we meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, a small, physically weak boy possessed of a prodigious intellect and a great deal of sensitivity and empathy. 5/

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