Review
"A great read!"--"UPI Reviews"
"Less brash than "Ender's Game", "Speaker for the Dead "may be a much better book. Don't miss it!--Analog
"Told with compassion and keen insight, this powerful sequel to" Ender's Game "is highly recommended."--"Library Journal"
"Less brash than "Ender's Game", "Speaker for the Dead "may be a much better book. Don't miss it!--Analog
"Told with compassion and keen insight, this powerful sequel to" Ender's Game "is highly recommended."--"Library Journal"
NEW YORK TIMES
'Full of surprises...Intense is the word for Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME'
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INTERZONE
'Every volume of the Ender saga...comprises some of the most hauntingly brilliant writing of the decade'
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edition.
Book Description
The second book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction.
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edition.
Product Description
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.
Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth. "Speaker for the Dead" is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth. "Speaker for the Dead" is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
From the Publisher
SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD is the second book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction.
Praise for Orson Scott Card
‘Haunting, compulsive, urgently readable … Story-telling genius' INTERZONE
‘Full of surprises … Intense is the word for Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME' NEW YORK TIMES
‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars … enthralling … an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION
‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX
‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS
By Orson Scott Card
Ender --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US.
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