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Just for the strategy nerds, sharing a free preview of the Bang-Bang Podcast episode covering Ender’s Game, the 2013 film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name. Neither achieving box office nor critical success, the movie still evokes a wide range of reactions. Especially when it comes to its ambiguous relationship to the original text. Van and Lyle have fellow vet and strategist Alexander McCoy on the show to debate their competing reads. Along the way, they come to agree that certain insights gleaned from the cinematic rendering might be at odds with Card’s politics. Ranging from the ultimate lovelessness of war to the emptiness of any strategy unharnessed from justice and peace.
Subscribe to the Bang-Bang Podcast for the full episode and more: https://www.bangbangpod.com
Alex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexandermccoy.bsky.social
Further Reading“A Primer on Orson Scott Card and the Ender’s Game Controversy,” by Anna Silman
The Internationalists, by Alexander Ward
“The Great Humbling,” by David Klion
“Four Futures,” By Peter Frase
Strategy and Conscience, by Anatol Rapaport
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Just for the strategy nerds, sharing a free preview of the Bang-Bang Podcast episode covering Ender’s Game, the 2013 film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name. Neither achieving box office nor critical success, the movie still evokes a wide range of reactions. Especially when it comes to its ambiguous relationship to the original text. Van and Lyle have fellow vet and strategist Alexander McCoy on the show to debate their competing reads. Along the way, they come to agree that certain insights gleaned from the cinematic rendering might be at odds with Card’s politics. Ranging from the ultimate lovelessness of war to the emptiness of any strategy unharnessed from justice and peace.
Subscribe to the Bang-Bang Podcast for the full episode and more: https://www.bangbangpod.com
Alex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexandermccoy.bsky.social
Further Reading“A Primer on Orson Scott Card and the Ender’s Game Controversy,” by Anna Silman
The Internationalists, by Alexander Ward
“The Great Humbling,” by David Klion
“Four Futures,” By Peter Frase
Strategy and Conscience, by Anatol Rapaport

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