One of my favorite sci-fi books is "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card.
That does ring a bell but I can't remember why. What's it about?
It is about a war between humans and an alien species. Ender is a child who is being trained to lead the human military forces.
Wow, that sounds very interesting! I love sci-fi entertainment! What other books has Orson Scott written?
He wrote "Speaker for the Dead" in 1986. Both novels won Hugo and Nebula Awards.
Have there been any movie adaptations of any of his books?
where Ender's tactical genius is revealed.
The book originated as a short story of the same name, published in the August 1977 issue of "Analog Science Fiction and Fact". The novel was published on January 15, 1985. Later, by elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card was able to write additional books in the "Ender's Game" series. Card also released an updated version of "Ender's Game" in 1991, changing some political facts to reflect the times more
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Appearance in fiction 1980s.
- 1986: In "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card, the human xenobiologists and xenologers, biologists and anthropologists observing alien life, are forbidden from giving the native species, the Pequeninos, any technology or information. When one of the xenobiologists is killed in an alien ceremony, they are forbidden to mention it. This happens again until Ender Wiggin, the main character of "Ender's Game", explains to the Pequeninos that humans cannot partake in