Ender's Game
A child prodigy leads Earth's defense against alien invaders.
The initial version of the story was a short piece that first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact during August 1977.[1] Military groups, including the United States Marine Corps, have placed this book on their recommended reading lists.[2] In 1985, the Nebula Award for best novel went to this book, and the following year it received the Hugo Award for best novel.[2]
Quick Facts
- Author
- Orson Scott Card
- Cover artist
- John Harris
- Country
- United States/Canada
- Language
- English
- Series
- Ender's Game series
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Format
- Print (Hardcover, Paperback & Ebook)
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
At age 16, Card conceived the 'Battle Room' for zero gravity war game training.[3] Card stated that Ender's Game was written to establish the character of Ender for his role in Speaker for the Dead.[3] Card named Ender so that his name sounded like "endgame" from chess.[3] Card drew inspiration from Bruce Catton's historical writings about the American Civil War.[4]
January 15, 1985 was the publication date for the novel.[1] Before its print release by a full year, Ender's Game became available on Delphi, making it the first science-fiction novel to be published solely online.[4] Minor alterations were made by Card in 1991 to account for the Soviet Union having broken apart.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Ender's Game" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Short Stories by Orson Scott Card", Hatrack River Enterprises Inc., 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ender's Game" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Commandant's Professional Reading List - Primary Level Enlisted", Library of the Marine Corps; "1985 Award Winners & Nominees", Worlds Without End; "1986 Award Winners & Nominees", Worlds Without End (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ender's Game" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A Brief Interview with Orson Scott Card (extended answers)", YouTube.com, 12 June 2014; "Orson Scott Card The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 96", YouTube.com, 24 May 2020; Card, "Ender's Game", Tor Books, 1991; Card, "Ender's Game Unabridged ed.", Macmillan Audio, 2004, p. Author's Postscript (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ender's Game" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Card, "Ender's Game", Tor Books, 1991; D'Ignazio, Fred, "What Is Compute! Doing Here?", Compute!, December 1986, p. 90 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ender's Game" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ender in Exile" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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