"He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after."

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nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a n introduction!".....so be assured the novel stands on its own, and if you skip this intro and go straight to the story, i not only won't stand in your way i'll even agree with you!

— Orson Scott Card