card, orson scott

A collection of essays that explore philosophical questions raised by the premise of the Orson Scott Card novel, "Ender's Game," in which highly trained child geniuses fight a race of invading aliens.

Nine-year-old Ender Wiggin has been given his own army of forty soldiers in a series of war games in preparation for an invasion from the deadly alien race that threatens to destroy Earth.

Once called a hero for practically single-handedly bringing an end to the Formics War, Ender Wiggins has lived a long life by travelling the stars as a Speaker for the Dead. When Ender is called to the planet Lusitania, where the human colonists are having trouble with the first sentient species encountered since the Formics, he must find a way to bridge the communication and cultural gaps between the two species to avert disaster.

Presents a comprehensive overview of the places, characters, and events described in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game," and also covers Battle School slang, a brief history of descolada, and additional backstory not included in the original novel.

Six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin may be humanity's only chance of defeating the Formics, a deadly alien race determined to destroy Earth, but before Ender can face his ultimate challenge, he must survive Battle School and Command.

Twelve-year-old Ender Wiggins, having been exiled to space after killing an entire alien race and being recruited by every army on Earth, finds his life in danger while on board the colony transport vessel "Shakespeare" and in the company of the jealous Admiral Morgan, the gold digger Dorabella Toscano, and Dorabella's beautiful daughter, Alessandra.

Fifty-five years after the second Formic War, a small and mysterious orphan named Bean struggles to survive on the streets of Rotterdam with other vagabonds while using his tactical talents to stay alive.

Contains fourteen essays discussing the complexities of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game.

Profiles the life and works of author Orson Scott Card, discussing his precocious childhood, his early works, his experiences in a mission field in Brazil, and the central themes of his work.