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 Ender's Game (1985) is the best-known novel by Orson Scott Card. It originated as a science fiction short story in Analog magazine (1977) and is set in a future where mankind is facing annihilation by an aggressive alien society, an insect-like race known colloquially as "Buggers" but more formally as "Formics." Genius children are seen as the ultimate leaders of the protection of Earth and are recruited into training for an upcoming battle against the alien race. Card later expanded the novel into the Ender's Game series.
OverviewThe protagonist, Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin, is one of these child soldiers. Like the other child soldiers, he is recruited at a very young age and is sent for training at Battle School, where he learns to fight and to lead armies. Due to his extremely high aptitude for tactics and leadership, he is advanced through his training much faster than the other students. Meanwhile, his psychological development is revealed through a computer game embedded in the school's computer network, and manipulated to a large extent by the cynical Colonel Hyrum Graff, who runs the school. The original short story is merely a snapshot of Ender's experiences in Battle School; the full-length novel is a deeper and more complex work dealing with Ender's life before, during, and after Battle School, and the consequences of his final battle with the alien 'Buggers', in which he destroys the aliens' homeworld using a fearsome weapon nicknamed the Dr. Device. Ender's Game was the winner of the Hugo Award for best novel in 1986 and the Nebula Award for best novel in 1985, the two most prestigious awards in science fiction. It was reprinted in a slightly revised edition in 1991. Some military colleges have used Ender's Game as a textbook on leadership. Character listWiggin Family Battle School Characters
The seriesCard went back and expanded the short story into a novel after realizing that he wanted to use Ender as a main character in another novel, Speaker for the Dead. That novel takes place several thousand years later. Card has continued to write other sequels, so Ender's Game has spawned the Ender's Game series. Two series were spawned from the original book.
and soon to be released: Shadow of the Giant The movieAn Ender's Game movie is currently in preproduction. It is being produced by Fresco Pictures in conjunction with Warner Brothers; the director is to be Wolfgang Petersen. Currently there is no scheduled release date. The Fresco Pictures website estimated that the film will be released in two to four years as of November 2002, but this may be subject to change. The author-written screenplay was finished and submitted to Warner Brothers by Orson Scott Card in May 2003. The final film's story line will be a fusion between Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, focusing on the important elements of both. There may also be new elements and/or plots added to the film. ISBNs
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