Ender's Game

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Author(s):

Orson Scott Card

First Pub:

1977

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

Word Count:

100,609

First Read:

2006

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Subject(s):

Brothers and sisters - Fiction
Genetic engineering - Fiction
Imaginary wars and battles - Fiction
Science Fiction
Soldiers - Fiction
War games - Fiction
Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character) - Fiction
Wiggin, Peter (Fictitious character) - Fiction
Young adult fiction

Chapters:

See 15

1 - Third

2 - Peter

3 - Graff

4 - Launch

5 - Games

6 - The Giant's Drink

7 - Salamander

8 - Rat

9 - Locke and Demonsthenes

10 - Dragon

11 - Veni Vidi Vici

12 - Bonzo

13 - Valentine

14 - Ender's Teacher

15 - Speaker for the Dead

Internal ID:

1482

Series:

Speaker for the Dead

Ender's Game Series*

#1 of 17

Ender's Game Series*

The complete series of science fiction books set in the Ender Wiggin's / Formics / Bean universe written by Orson Scott Card.

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1) Ender's Game
2) Speaker for the Dead
3) Xenocide
4) Children of the Mind
5) Ender's Shadow
6) Shadow of the Hegemon
7) Shadow Puppets
9) Shadow of the Giant
10) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story
11) Ender in Exile
12) Shadows in Flight
13) Earth Unaware
14) Earth Afire
15) Earth Awakens
16) The Swarm
17) The Hive

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Geoffrey,
who makes me remember
how young and how old
children can be

First Sentence:

"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one."

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

He looked a long time.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

I'd heard a lot about this book for a long time. I'd read a book by Orson Scott Card in the 80s that made me not want to read any more books by him but I finally picked up a copy of this book. It was great. After reading this book, I've been reading pretty much everything Card has written. This edition has an added chapter to it from the original.

Extract not on file

Added: 31-Jan-2015

Last Updated: 16-Mar-2023

05-Jul-1994

Tor Books

Paperback

Date Issued:

05-Jul-1994

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$6.99

Pages*:

324

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 2006 - 1 Jan 2006

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1569

Publisher:

Tor Books

ISBN:

0-812-55070-6

ISBN-13:

978-0-812-55070-2

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Harris - Cover Artist

Superb." - Booklist

ENDER'S GAME

"Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses - and then training them in the arts of war.... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games.'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses, he wins all the games.... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?" - The New York Times

"Now, in this novel, Card fulfills his early promise... and more." - Ben Bova

"Ender's Game is a guaranteed crowd pleaser." - The Globe and Mail

WINNER OF BOTH HUGO
AND NEBULA WARDS!

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: January 1985
Revised Edition: August 1991
Revised Trade Paperback Edition: September 1992
Revised Mass Market Edition: July 1994
Twenty-fifth printing based on the number line

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05-Jul-1994
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Paperback

Author(s)

Orson Scott Card
Birth: 24 Aug 1951 Richland, Washington, USA

Awards

1986	Locus Magazine	Best SF Novel	Nominee
1986	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America	Nebula Award - Best Novel	Winner
1986	World Science Fiction Society	Hugo Award - Best Novel	Winner

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