Mark endorses Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game.

We also mention

• Data-driven literary criticism
• Spoilers Don’t Spoil Anything by Jonah Lehrer (Wired Science)
• The Mechanic Muse Column in the New York Times
• War Horse entry at Wikipedia
• Toronto scientists determine that fiction can change personalities in Quill and Quire
• Ender’s Game covers over time. 1, 2, 3, 4.
• “The Starship Trooper’s version of Harry Potter.” ~ Jon.
• Heinlein’s Starship Troopers
• Neal Stephenson’s Snowcrash
• Orson Scott Card’s Wikipedia entry
• Asimov
• The Hunger Games
• Hat Rack River — Orson Scott Card’s official site