Ender 's Game - wikipedia Ender 's Game This article is about the novel. For the series, see Ender 's Game ( series ). For the film adaptation, see Ender 's Game ( film ). For other uses, see Ender 's Game ( disambiguation ). Ender 's Game 1985 first edition ( hardcover ) Author Orson Scott Card Cover artist John Harris Country United States Language English Series Ender 's Game series Genre Science fiction Publisher Tor Books Publication date 15 January 1985 Media type Print ( Hardcover, Paperback & Ebook ) Pages 324 ISBN 0 - 312 - 93208 - 1 OCLC 23355613 Followed by Speaker for the Dead Ender 's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth 's future, the novel presents an imperiled mankind after two conflicts with the Formics, an insectoid alien species which they dub the `` buggers ''. In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, children, including the novel 's protagonist, Ender Wiggin, are trained from a very young age through increasingly difficult games including some in zero gravity, where Ender 's tactical genius is revealed. The book originated as the short story `` Ender 's Game '', published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card later wrote additional books to form the Ender 's Game series. Card released an updated version of Ender 's Game in 1991, changing some political facts to reflect the times more accurately ; e.g., to include the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Reception of the book has generally been positive. It has also become suggested reading for many military organizations, including the United States Marine Corps. Ender 's Game won the 1985 Nebula Award for best novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for best novel. Its sequels, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind and Ender in Exile, follow Ender 's subsequent travels to many different worlds in the galaxy. In addition, the later novella A War of Gifts and novel Ender 's Shadow take place during the same time period as the original. A film adaptation of the same name written for the screen and directed by Gavin Hood and starring Asa Butterfield as Ender was released in October 2013. Card co-produced the film. It has also been adapted into two comic series. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Creation and inspiration 3 Critical response 4 Accolades 5 Revisions 6 Adaptations 6.1 Film 6.2 Video game 6.3 Comics 6.4 Audioplay 7 Translations 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External links Synopsis Ender 's Game series Chronology In chronological order Earth Unaware Earth Afire Earth Awakens The Swarm The Hive The Queens `` Mazer in Prison '' `` The Polish Boy '' `` Teacher 's Pest '' `` Pretty Boy '' `` Cheater '' Ender 's Game ' Recruiting Valentine ' A War of Gifts Ender 's Shadow ' The League War ' Children of the Fleet Ender in Exile Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets Shadow of the Giant Shadows in Flight `` Investment Counselor '' Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Shadows Alive In publication order Ender 's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Ender 's Shadow Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets First Meetings Shadow of the Giant A War of Gifts : An Ender Story Ender in Exile Shadows in Flight Earth Unaware Earth Afire Earth Awakens The Swarm Children of the Fleet Shadows Alive The Hive The Queens Chart Short Stories Novels Comics Audioplay Film First Meetings ( in the Enderverse ) ( 2002 ( 2003 ) ) Ender 's Game Investment Counselor The Polish Boy Teacher 's Pest Formic Wars : Burning Earth ( 2011 ) Formic Wars : Silent Strike ( 2012 ) First Formic War Trilogy Earth Unaware ( 2012 ) Earth Afire ( 2013 ) Earth Awakens ( 2014 ) War of Gifts ( 2010 ) Mazer in Prison Recruiting Valentine The League War War of Gifts OSCs InterGalactic Medicine Show ( 2008 ) Mazer in Prison Cheater Pretty Boy A Young Man with Prospects Second Formic War Trilogy The Swarm ( 2016 ) The Hive ( TBA ) The Queens ( TBA ) Mazer in Prison ( 2005 ) Mazer in Prison ( 2010 ) The Polish Boy ( 2002 ) Cheater ( 2006 ) Pretty Boy ( 2006 ) Teacher 's Pest ( 2003 ) Ender 's Shadow ( 1999 ) Ender 's Shadow : Battle School ( 2009 ) Command School ( 2010 ) Ultimate collection ( 2012 ) Ender 's Game Alive ( 2013 ) Recruiting Valentine ( 2009 ) The League War ( 2010 ) Ender 's Game ( 1977 ) Ender 's Game ( 1985 ) Ender 's Game : Battle School ( 2009 ) Command School ( 2010 ) Ultimate collection ( 2012 ) Ender 's Game ( 2013 ) Ender 's Stocking ( 2007 ) A War of Gifts ( 2007 ) War of Gifts ( 2009 ) The Shadow Trilogy Shadow of the Hegemon ( 2001 ) Shadow Puppets ( 2002 ) Shadow of the Giant ( 2005 ) Ender 's Homecoming ( 2008 ) A Young Man with Prospects ( 2007 ) Ender in Flight ( 2008 ) The Gold Bug ( 2007 ) Ender in Exile ( 2008 ) Ender in Exile ( 2011 ) Gold Bug ( 2010 ) Fleet School Children of the Fleet ( 2017 )... ( TBC ) Investment Counselor ( 1999 ) Shadows in Flight ( 2012 ) Speaker for the Dead ( 2011 ) Gloriously Bright ( 1991 ) The Speaker Trilogy Speaker for the Dead ( 1986 ) Xenocide ( 1991 ) Children of the Mind ( 1996 ) Shadows Alive ( TBA ) ^ Jump up to : The events of Ender 's Game, Ender 's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period. The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School ). ^ Jump up to : The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period. - First part of Ender in Exile ( 2 / 3 ) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy. - Last part of Ender in Exile ( 1 / 3 ) takes places after Shadow of the Giant. ^ Jump up to : Note on the following ( maybe not yet so common ) Trilogies : `` Speaker Trilogy '' : Original set of sequels to Ender 's Game, also referred to as : - `` Ender Quartet '' ( Ender 's Game combined with `` Speaker Trilogy '' ), also referred to as : - `` Ender Quintet '' ( `` Ender Quartet '' combined with Ender in Exile ). `` Shadow Trilogy '' : Original set of sequels to Ender 's Shadow, also referred to as : - `` Bean Quartet '' / `` Shadow Quartet '' ( Ender 's Shadow combined with `` Shadow Trilogy '' ), also referred to as : - `` Bean Quintet '' / `` Shadow Quintet '' ( `` Bean Quartet '' combined with Shadows in Flight ), to be ( ? ) referred to as : - `` Bean Sextet '' / `` Shadow Sextet '' ( `` Bean Quintet '' combined with Shadows Alive ) Jump up ^ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film. In the future, humanity, having begun to explore the Universe and master interplanetary spaceflight, encounters an alien race called the Formics, commonly referred to in the series as the `` buggers ''. The discovery of a bugger forward base in the asteroid Eros leads to war between the species that the humans narrowly win, resulting in the discovery of advanced alien technology, including gravity manipulation. Ostensibly in preparation for another bugger invasion, an International Fleet ( I.F. ) is established on Earth, who create a Battle School in Earth 's orbit to develop gifted children into commanders capable of defeating the buggers in the next war. Protagonist Andrew `` Ender '' Wiggin is born a `` Third '' : a rare exception to Earth 's two - child policy, allowed by the government due to the promise shown by his two older siblings. The eldest, Peter, is a highly intelligent sociopath who sadistically bullies Ender, while Valentine is more sympathetic towards him. The I.F. remove Ender 's monitoring device at six years old, seemingly ending his chances of Battle School, and he gets teased by a fellow student, Stilson. Ender beats up Stilson before the fight is broken up ; unknown to Ender, Stilson dies from his injuries. When explaining his actions to I.F. Colonel Hyrum Graff, Ender states his belief that, by showing superiority now, he has prevented future struggle. Graff, on hearing of this, offers Ender a place in the Battle School. Graff and the other leaders of the school covertly work to isolate Ender from his fellow recruits and prevent him from growing too comfortable in his environment. The cadets participate in competitive war simulations in zero gravity, where Ender quickly masters the game and dominates his opponents. The school continually tries to break Ender down, first promoting him to command a new army composed of raw recruits, then pitting him against multiple armies at once, but Ender 's success continues. Ender 's jealous ex-commander, Bonzo Madrid, draws him into a fight outside the simulation, and Ender, once again seeking to preemptively stop all future conflicts with Bonzo, unintentionally kills him. On Earth, Peter Wiggin uses a global communication system to post political essays under the pseudonym `` Locke '', hoping to establish himself as a respected orator and thence as a powerful politician. Valentine, despite not trusting Peter, agrees to publish alongside him as `` Demosthenes ''. Their essays are soon taken seriously by the government. Though Graff is told their true identities, he recommends that it be kept a secret, because their writings are politically useful. Ender, now ten years old, is promoted to Command School on Eros after a brief respite on Earth. After some preliminary battles in the simulator, he is introduced to a former war hero, Mazer Rackham. From now on, Ender participates in simulations created and controlled by Mazer. As the skirmishes become harder, he is joined by some of his friends from the Battle School as sub-commanders. Despite this, Ender becomes depressed by the battles, his isolation, and by the way Mazer treats him. When told that he is facing his final test, Ender finds his fleet far outnumbered by the buggers surrounding their queens ' home world. Hoping to earn himself expulsion from the school for his ruthlessness, he sacrifices his entire fleet to fire a Molecular Detachment Device at the buggers ' home world. The Device destroys the planet and the surrounding bugger fleet. Mazer informs Ender that the `` simulations '' he has been fighting were real battles, directing human spacecraft against bugger fleets via an ansible, and that Ender has won the war. Ender becomes more depressed on learning this, realizing that he has unknowingly committed genocide. When he recovers, he learns that, at the end of the bugger war, Earth 's powers fought among themselves. He stays on Eros as his friends return home and colonists venture to other worlds, using Eros as a way station. Among the first colonists is Valentine, who apologizes that Ender can never return to Earth, where he would become dangerous as Peter and other politicians sought to exploit him for their own purposes. Instead, Ender joins the colony program to populate one of the buggers ' former worlds. There, he discovers the dormant egg of a bugger queen, who reveals that the buggers had initially assumed humans were a non-sentient race, for want of collective consciousness, but realized their mistake too late, and requests that Ender take the egg to a new planet to colonize. Ender takes the egg and, with information from the Queen, writes The Hive Queen under the alias `` Speaker for the Dead ''. Peter, now the leader of Earth and seventy - seven with a failing heart, recognises Ender as the author of The Hive Queen. He requests Ender to write a book about him, which Ender titles The Hegemon. The combined works create a new type of funeral, in which the Speaker for the Dead tells the whole and unapologetic story of the deceased, adopted by many on Earth and its colonies. In the end, Ender and Valentine board a series of near - lightspeed starships and visit many worlds, looking for a safe place to establish the unborn Hive Queen. Creation and inspiration The original novelette `` Ender 's Game '' provides a small snapshot of Ender 's experiences in Battle School and Command School ; the full - length novel encompasses more of Ender 's life before, during, and after the war, and also contains some chapters describing the political exploits of his older siblings back on Earth. In a commentary track for the 20th Anniversary audiobook edition of the novel, as well as in the 1991 Author 's Definitive Edition, Card stated that Ender 's Game was written specifically to establish the character of Ender for his role of the Speaker in Speaker for the Dead, the outline for which he had written before novelizing Ender 's Game. In his 1991 introduction to the novel, Card discussed the influence of Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series on the novelette and novel. Historian Bruce Catton 's work on the American Civil War also influenced Card heavily. Ender 's Game was the first science - fiction novel published entirely online, when it appeared on Delphi a year before print publication. Critical response Critics received Ender 's Game well. The novel won the Nebula Award for best novel in 1985, and the Hugo Award for best novel in 1986, considered the two most prestigious awards in science fiction. Ender 's Game was also nominated for a Locus Award in 1986. In 1999, it placed No. 59 on the reader 's list of Modern Library 100 Best Novels. It was also honored with a spot on American Library Association 's `` 100 Best Books for Teens. '' In 2008, the novel, along with Ender 's Shadow, won the Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors an author and specific works by that author for lifetime contribution to young adult literature. Ender 's Game was included in Damien Broderick 's book Science Fiction : The 101 Best Novels 1985 -- 2010. New York Times writer Gerald Jonas asserts that the novel 's plot summary resembles a `` grade Z, made - for - television, science - fiction rip - off movie '', but says that Card develops the elements well despite this `` unpromising material ''. Jonas further praises the development of the character Ender Wiggin : `` Alternately likable and insufferable, he is a convincing little Napoleon in short pants. '' The novel has received negative criticism for violence and its justification. Elaine Radford 's review, `` Ender and Hitler : Sympathy for the Superman '', posits that Ender Wiggin is an intentional reference by Card to Adolf Hitler and criticizes the violence in the novel, particularly at the hands of the protagonist. Card responded to Radford 's criticisms in Fantasy Review, the same publication. Radford 's criticisms are echoed in John Kessel 's essay `` Creating the Innocent Killer : Ender 's Game, Intention, and Morality '', wherein Kessel states : `` Ender gets to strike out at his enemies and still remain morally clean. Nothing is his fault. '' Noah Berlatsky makes similar claims in his analysis of the relationship between colonization and science fiction, where he describes Ender 's Game as in part a justification of `` Western expansion and genocide. '' The U.S. Marine Corps Professional Reading List makes the novel recommended reading at several lower ranks, and again at Officer Candidate / Midshipman. The book was placed on the reading list by Captain John F. Schmitt, author of FMFM - 1 ( Fleet Marine Fighting Manual, on maneuver doctrine ) for `` provid ( ing ) useful allegories to explain why militaries do what they do in a particularly effective shorthand way. '' In introducing the novel for use in leadership training, Marine Corps University 's Lejeune program opines that it offers `` lessons in training methodology, leadership, and ethics as well... Ender 's Game has been a stalwart item on the Marine Corps Reading List since its inception. '' Accolades Publication Country Accolade Year Rank Amazon.com United States Best of the Century : Best Books of the Millennium Poll 1999 32 Locus United States Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels : Reader 's Poll 2012 Modern Library United States Modern Library 100 Best Novels : Reader 's List 1999 59 NPR United States Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books : Readers ' Poll 2011 Publishers Weekly United States Bestselling Science Fiction Novels of 2012 2012 Science Channel United States Top 10 Sci - fi Books of All Time 2013 5 The weeks ending June 9, August 18, September 8, September 15, November 3, November 10, November 17, and November 24, 2013, the novel was No. 1 on the New York Times ' Best Sellers List of Paperback Mass - Market Fiction. Revisions In 1991, Card made several minor changes to reflect the political climates of the time, including the decline of the Soviet Union. In the afterword of Ender in Exile ( 2008 ), Card stated that many of the details in chapter 15 of Ender 's Game were modified for use in the subsequent novels and short stories. In order to more closely match the other material, Card has rewritten chapter 15, and plans to offer a revised edition of the book. Adaptations Film Main article : Ender 's Game ( film ) After several years of speculation on the possibility, Summit Entertainment financed and coordinated the development of a film in 2011, serving as its distributor. Gavin Hood directed the film, which lasts 1 hour and 54 minutes. Filming began in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 27, 2012, and was released on November 1, 2013 ( USA ). A movie preview trailer was released in May 2013 and a second trailer was released later that year. Card has called Ender 's Game `` unfilmable '', `` because everything takes place in Ender 's head '', and refused to sign a film deal unless he could ensure that the film was `` true to the story ''. Of the film that he eventually agreed to, Card said it was `` the best that good people could do with a story they really cared about and believed in '', and while warning fans not to expect a completely faithful adaptation, called the film `` damn good ''. The movie starred Asa Butterfield as Ender Wiggin and Harrison Ford as Colonel Hyrum Graff. It grossed nearly $62 million in box office sales and just over $63 million internationally. As for reviews, the movie received an IMDB score of 6.7 and on Rotten Tomatoes, a 61 % on the Tomotameter and a 65 % audience score. Video Game In 2008 it was announced an Ender 's Game video game was in the works. It was to be known as Ender 's Game : Battle Room and was a planned digitally distributed video game for all viable downloadable platforms. It was under development by Chair Entertainment, which also developed the Xbox Live Arcade games Undertow and Shadow Complex. Chair had sold the licensing of Empire to Card, which became a best - selling novel. Little was revealed about the game, save its setting in the Ender universe and that it would have focused on the Battle Room. In December, 2010, it was announced that the video game development had stopped and the project put on indefinite hold. Orson Scott Card and Amaze Entertainment also came to an agreement regarding a video game adaption of the novel but nothing ever materialised. Comics Main article : Ender 's Game ( comics ) Marvel Comics and Orson Scott Card announced on April 19, 2008, that they would be publishing a limited series adaptation of Ender 's Game as the first in a comic series that would adapt all of Card 's Ender 's Game novels. Card was quoted as saying that it is the first step in moving the story to a visual medium. The first five - issue series, titled Ender 's Game : Battle School, was written by Christopher Yost, while the second five - issue series, Ender 's Shadow : Battle School, was written by Mike Carey. Audioplay Ender 's Game Alive : The Full Cast Audioplay, is an audio drama written by Orson Scott Card, based on the Ender 's Game novel. At over seven hours in length, this retelling of Ender 's Game hints at story lines from `` Teacher 's Pest '', `` The Polish Boy '', `` The Gold Bug '', Ender 's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow of the Giant, Shadows in Flight, Earth Unaware, and Speaker for the Dead, and gives new insight into the beginnings of Ender 's philotic connection with the Hive Queen. Ender 's Game Alive is directed by Gabrielle de Cuir, produced by Stefan Rudnicki at Skyboat Media, published by Audible.com, and performed by a cast of over 30 voice actors playing over 100 roles. Translations Ender 's Game has been translated into 34 languages : Albanian : Loja e Enderit ( `` Ender 's Game '' ). Bulgarian : Играта на Ендър ( `` Ender 's Game '' ). Catalan : El joc de l'Ender ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2000. Chinese : 安 德 的 游戏 ( pinyin : Ān dé de yóu xì ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2003. Croatian : Enderova igra ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2007. Czech : Enderova hra ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1994. Danish : Ender 's strategi ( `` Ender 's Strategy '' ), 1990. Dutch : Ender Wint, De Tactiek van Ender ( `` Ender Wins '', `` The Tactics of Ender '' ), 1989, 1994 ( two editions ) Estonian : Enderi mäng ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2000. Finnish : Ender ( `` Ender '' ), 1990. French : La Stratégie Ender ( `` The Ender Strategy '' ), 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001. Galician : O xogo de Ender ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2011 Georgian : ენდერის თამაში ( enderis TamaSi ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2015. German : Das große Spiel ( `` The Great Game '' ), 1986, 2005. Greek : Το παιχνίδι του Έντερ ( Tǒ pehníthi too Ender ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1996. Hebrew : המשחק של אנדר ‎ ( Ha - Misḥaq šel Ender ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1994. Hungarian : Végjáték ( `` Endgame '' ), 1991. Italian : Il gioco di Ender ( `` Ender 's Game '' ). Japanese : エンダー の ゲーム ( Endā no Gēmu ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1987. Korean : 엔더 의 게임 ( Endaŭi Geim ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1992, 2000 ( two editions ). Latvian : Endera spēle ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2008. Lithuanian : Enderio Žaidimas ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2007 Norwegian : Enders spill ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1999. Persian : بازی اندر ‎ ( `` Bazi_ē_Ender '' ), 2011 Polish : Gra Endera ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1994. Portuguese : O jogo do exterminador ( `` The Game of the Exterminator '' ) ( Brazil ). Portuguese : O jogo final ( `` The Final Game '' ) ( Portugal ). Romanian : Jocul lui Ender ( `` Ender 's Game '' ). Russian : Игра Эндера ( Igra Endera ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003 ( two editions ). Slovene : Enderjeva igra ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2010. Serbian : Eндерова игра ( Enderova igra ) ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1988. Spanish : El juego de Ender ( `` Ender 's Game '' ). Swedish : Enders spel ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 1991, 1998. Thai : เกม พลิก โลก ( `` The Game that Changed the World '' ), 2007. Turkish : Ender'in Oyunu ( `` Ender 's Game '' ). Ukrainian : Гра Ендера ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2013. Vietnamese : Trò chơi của Ender ( `` Ender 's Game '' ), 2014. See also List of Ender 's Game characters List of Ender 's Game series planets Formics Notes Jump up ^ `` Short Stories by Orson Scott Card ''. Hatrack River Enterprises Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 03. Jump up ^ Radford, Elaine ( 2007 - 03 - 26 ). `` Ender and Hitler : Sympathy for the Superman ( 20 Years Later ) ''. Elaine Radford. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 28. 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Features a new Ender 's world story in every issue. hide Works by Orson Scott Card hide Ender 's Game series Books Ender Series Ender 's Game ( 1985 ) Speaker for the Dead ( 1986 ) Xenocide ( 1991 ) Children of the Mind ( 1996 ) Ender in Exile ( 2008 ) Shadow Saga Ender 's Shadow ( 1999 ) Shadow of the Hegemon ( 2001 ) Shadow Puppets ( 2002 ) Shadow of the Giant ( 2005 ) Shadows in Flight ( 2012 ) Shadows Alive ( TBA ) Formic Wars Earth Unaware ( 2012 ) Earth Afire ( 2013 ) Earth Awakens ( 2014 ) The Swarm ( 2016 ) The Hive ( TBA ) The Queens ( TBA ) First Meetings ( 2002 ) A War of Gifts : An Ender Story ( 2007 ) Children of the Fleet ( Fleet School ) ( 2017 ) Short stories `` Ender 's Game '' ( 1977 ) `` Gloriously Bright '' ( 1991 ) `` Investment Counselor '' `` The Polish Boy '' `` Teacher 's Pest '' `` Mazer in Prison '' `` Pretty Boy '' `` Cheater '' `` A Young Man with Prospects '' `` The Gold Bug '' `` Ender 's Stocking '' `` Ender 's Homecoming '' `` Ender in Flight '' `` Renegat '' `` Governor Wiggin '' Other media Comics Film Characters Ender Wiggin Formics Jane Concepts Organizations Planets The Tales of Alvin Maker Books Seventh Son ( 1987 ) Red Prophet ( 1988 ) Prentice Alvin ( 1989 ) Alvin Journeyman ( 1995 ) Heartfire ( 1998 ) The Crystal City ( 2003 ) Other media `` Prentice Alvin and the No - Good Plow '' ( poem, 1989 ) Red Prophet : The Tales of Alvin Maker ( comic book, 2006 ) The Worthing series Books Capitol ( 1979 ) Hot Sleep ( 1979 ) The Worthing Chronicle ( 1983 ) The Worthing Saga ( 1990 ) Short stories `` A Sleep and a Forgetting '' `` A Thousand Deaths '' `` Skipping Stones '' `` Second Chance '' `` Lifeloop '' `` Breaking the Game '' `` Burning '' `` Killing Children '' `` And What Will We Do Tomorrow ? '' `` When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire ? '' `` The Stars That Blink '' `` Worthing Farm '' `` Worthing Inn '' `` The Tinker '' Other works Homecoming Saga The Memory of Earth ( 1992 ) The Call of Earth ( 1992 ) The Ships of Earth ( 1994 ) Earthfall ( 1995 ) Earthborn ( 1995 ) Women of Genesis Sarah ( 2000 ) Rebekah ( 2001 ) Rachel and Leah ( 2004 ) The Wives of Israel ( TBA ) Mithermages series Sandmagic ( 1979 ) Stonefather ( 2008 ) The Lost Gate ( 2011 ) The Gate Thief ( 2013 ) Gatefather ( 2015 ) Mayflower series Lovelock ( 1994 ) Rasputin ( TBA ) The Empire duet Empire ( 2006 ) Hidden Empire ( 2009 ) The Pathfinder series Pathfinder ( 2010 ) Ruins ( 2012 ) Visitors ( 2014 ) Standalone novels A Planet Called Treason ( 1979 ) Songmaster ( 1980 ) Hart 's Hope ( 1983 ) Saints ( 1983 ) Wyrms ( 1987 ) Treason ( 1988 ) The Abyss ( 1989 ) Lost Boys ( 1992 ) Pastwatch : The Redemption of Christopher Columbus ( 1996 ) Treasure Box ( 1996 ) Stone Tables ( 1997 ) Homebody ( 1998 ) Enchantment ( 1999 ) Magic Street ( 2005 ) Invasive Procedures ( 2007 ) Bully and the Beast ( TBA ) Story collections Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories ( 1980 ) Cardography ( 1987 ) The Folk of the Fringe ( 1989 ) Maps in a Mirror ( 1990 ) Keeper of Dreams ( 2008 ) Other works Listen, Mom and Dad ( 1977 ) Ainge ( 1981 ) Saintspeak ( 1981 ) Eye for Eye ( 1990 ) Magic Mirror ( 1999 ) Robota ( 2003 ) An Open Book ( 2004 ) Ultimate Iron Man ( 2005 ) Hamlet 's Father ( 2011 ) Advent Rising ( 2005 ) The Secret of Monkey Island ( 1990 ) Loom ( 1990 ) The Dig ( 1995 ) Orson Scott Card 's Intergalactic Medicine Show Stories of Strength ( 2005 ) Hugo Award for Best Novel Retro The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White ( 1939 ) Slan by A.E. van Vogt ( 1941 ) Beyond This Horizon by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1943 ) The Mule by Isaac Asimov ( 1946 ) Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1951 ) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ( 1954 ) 1953 -- 1975 The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester ( 1953 ) They 'd Rather Be Right ( aka : The Forever Machine ) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley ( 1955 ) Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1956 ) The Big Time by Fritz Leiber ( 1958 ) A Case of Conscience by James Blish ( 1959 ) Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1960 ) A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. ( 1961 ) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1962 ) The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick ( 1963 ) Here Gather the Stars ( aka : Way Station ) by Clifford D. Simak ( 1964 ) The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber ( 1965 ) Dune by Frank Herbert /... And Call Me Conrad ( aka : This Immortal ) by Roger Zelazny ( 1966 ) The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1967 ) Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny ( 1968 ) Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner ( 1969 ) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1970 ) Ringworld by Larry Niven ( 1971 ) To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer ( 1972 ) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov ( 1973 ) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke ( 1974 ) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1975 ) 1976 -- 2000 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman ( 1976 ) Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm ( 1977 ) Gateway by Frederik Pohl ( 1978 ) Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre ( 1979 ) The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke ( 1980 ) The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge ( 1981 ) Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh ( 1982 ) Foundation 's Edge by Isaac Asimov ( 1983 ) Startide Rising by David Brin ( 1984 ) Neuromancer by William Gibson ( 1985 ) Ender 's Game by Orson Scott Card ( 1986 ) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card ( 1987 ) The Uplift War by David Brin ( 1988 ) Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh ( 1989 ) Hyperion by Dan Simmons ( 1990 ) The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold ( 1991 ) Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold ( 1992 ) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge / Doomsday Book by Connie Willis ( 1993 ) Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ( 1994 ) Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold ( 1995 ) The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson ( 1996 ) Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ( 1997 ) Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman ( 1998 ) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis ( 1999 ) A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling ( 2001 ) American Gods by Neil Gaiman ( 2002 ) Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer ( 2003 ) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold ( 2004 ) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke ( 2005 ) Spin by Robert Charles Wilson ( 2006 ) Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge ( 2007 ) The Yiddish Policemen 's Union by Michael Chabon ( 2008 ) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ( 2009 ) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi / The City & the City by China Miéville ( 2010 ) Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis ( 2011 ) Among Others by Jo Walton ( 2012 ) Redshirts by John Scalzi ( 2013 ) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie ( 2014 ) The Three - Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu ( 2015 ) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin ( 2016 ) The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin ( 2017 ) The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin ( 2018 ) Nebula Award for Best Novel Dune ( 1965 ) Babel - 17 and Flowers for Algernon ( 1966 ) The Einstein Intersection ( 1967 ) Rite of Passage ( 1968 ) The Left Hand of Darkness ( 1969 ) Ringworld ( 1970 ) A Time of Changes ( 1971 ) The Gods Themselves ( 1972 ) Rendezvous with Rama ( 1973 ) The Dispossessed ( 1974 ) The Forever War ( 1975 ) Man Plus ( 1976 ) Gateway ( 1977 ) Dreamsnake ( 1978 ) The Fountains of Paradise ( 1979 ) Timescape ( 1980 ) The Claw of the Conciliator ( 1981 ) No Enemy But Time ( 1982 ) Startide Rising ( 1983 ) Neuromancer ( 1984 ) Ender 's Game ( 1985 ) Speaker for the Dead ( 1986 ) The Falling Woman ( 1987 ) Falling Free ( 1988 ) The Healer 's War ( 1989 ) Tehanu : The Last Book of Earthsea ( 1990 ) Stations of the Tide ( 1991 ) Doomsday Book ( 1992 ) Red Mars ( 1993 ) Moving Mars ( 1994 ) The Terminal Experiment ( 1995 ) Slow River ( 1996 ) The Moon and the Sun ( 1997 ) Forever Peace ( 1998 ) Parable of the Talents ( 1999 ) Darwin 's Radio ( 2000 ) The Quantum Rose ( 2001 ) American Gods ( 2002 ) Speed of Dark ( 2003 ) Paladin of Souls ( 2004 ) Camouflage ( 2005 ) Seeker ( 2006 ) The Yiddish Policemen 's Union ( 2007 ) Powers ( 2008 ) The Windup Girl ( 2009 ) Blackout / All Clear ( 2010 ) Among Others ( 2011 ) 2312 ( 2012 ) Ancillary Justice ( 2013 ) Annihilation ( 2014 ) Uprooted ( 2015 ) All the Birds in the Sky ( 2016 ) The Stone Sky ( 2017 ) LCCN : nr95020869 VIAF : 178950173 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ender%27s_Game&oldid=855663483 '' Categories : 1985 science fiction novels American young adult novels 1985 American novels Novels set in the 22nd century 433 Eros American novels adapted into films Ender 's Game series books Hugo Award for Best Novel - winning works Military science fiction novels Near - Earth asteroids in fiction Nebula Award for Best Novel - winning works Tor Books books Works about child soldiers Hidden categories : Pages to import images to Wikidata All articles with vague or ambiguous time Vague or ambiguous time from June 2017 Articles containing Albanian - language text Articles containing Bulgarian - language text Articles containing Catalan - language text Articles containing Chinese - language text Articles containing Croatian - language text Articles containing Czech - language text Articles containing Danish - language text Articles containing Dutch - language text Articles containing Estonian - language text Articles containing Finnish - language text Articles containing French - language text Articles containing Galician - language text Articles containing Georgian - language text Articles containing German - language text Articles containing Greek - language text Articles containing Hebrew - language text Articles containing Hungarian - language text Articles containing Italian - language text Articles containing Japanese - language text Articles containing Korean - language text Articles containing Latvian - language text Articles containing Lithuanian - language text Articles containing Norwegian - language text Articles containing Persian - language text Articles containing Polish - language text Articles containing Portuguese - language text Articles containing Romanian - language text Articles containing Russian - language text Articles containing Slovene - language text Articles containing Serbian - language text Articles containing Spanish - language text Articles containing Swedish - language text Articles containing Thai - language text Articles containing Turkish - language text Articles containing Ukrainian - language text Articles containing Vietnamese - language text Good articles Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español Euskara Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Кыргызча Latviešu Magyar 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina ไทย Türkçe Українська 中文 19 more Edit links This page was last edited on 19 August 2018, at 23 : 49 ( UTC ). 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Question: when does ender's game take place book
Answer: an unspecified date in Earth's future