Ender's game
Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel. In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers....
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tor,
1991.
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
| Series: | Card, Orson Scott. Ender saga ;
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| Summary: | Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel. In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew Ender Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives. |
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| Item Description: | The edition statement is not present in original printing of this 1991 edition. It appears in later printings. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." First book in the Ender series. Cover art by John Harris. |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 226 pages ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound. Yalsa Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults. Hugo Best Novel winner, 1986. Nebula award, novel, 1985. |
| ISBN: | 9781250773012 1250773016 9780312932084 0312932081 9780812550702 0812550706 9780808586166 0808586165 9780765338143 0765338149 9780765370624 076537062X 9780312853235 0312853238 9781435235007 1435235002 9780765378484 0765378485 9780765342294 0765342294 9780765337542 0765337541 9780765337320 0765337320 9780765338211 0765338211 9780765317384 0765317389 |
| Author Notes: | A Mormon, Scott served a two-year mission in Brazil before starting work as a journalist in Utah. He also designed games at Lucas Film Games, 1989-92. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including the popular Ender series. Well known titles include A Planet Called Treason (1979), Treasure Box (1996), and Heartfire (1998). He has also written the guide called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990). His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, both won Hugo and Nebula awards, making Card the only author to win both prizes in consecutive years. His titles Shadows in Flight, Ruins and Ender's Game made The New York Times Best Seller List. He is also the author of The First Formic War Series, which includes the titles Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens. (Bowker Author Biography) |
