Title: Ender's Game
Description: 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 humankind after two conflicts with the Formics, an insectoid alien species they dub the "buggers". In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, children, including the novel's protagonist, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, are trained from a very young age by putting them through increasingly difficult games, including some in zero gravity, 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 plotlines 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 accurately (e.g., to include the recent collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War). The novel has been translated into 34 languages.

Reception of the book has been mostly positive. It has become suggested reading for many military organizations, including the United States Marine Corps. Ender's Game was recognized as "best novel" by the 1985 Nebula Award[3] and the 1986 Hugo Award[4] in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Its four sequels—Speaker for the Dead (1986), Xenocide (1991), Children of the Mind (1996), and Ender in Exile (2008)—follow Ender's subsequent travels to many different worlds in the galaxy. In addition, the later novella A War of Gifts (2007) and novel Ender's Shadow (1999), plus other novels in the Shadow saga, take place during the same time period as the original.


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Contained in:
[Ender's War](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL49619W)
See also:

 - [Ender's Game: 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19647657W/Ender's_Game._1_2)

  [1]: http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/endersgame/
Subjects: New York Times bestseller, nyt:mass_market_paperback=2011-07-30, military education, end of the world, prize:nebula, hegemony, space warfare, child soldiers, The Ender Quintet, science fiction, automation, data processing, aliens, Military art and science, Hermanos, Maniobras de guerra, Brothers and sisters, Open Library Staff Picks, Genetic engineering, Fiction, Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=novel, Ficción, Ciencia-ficción, award:hugo_award=1986, War games, Long Now Manual for Civilization, American Science fiction, Children's stories, American, Artificial intelligence, Ender Wiggin (Fictitious character), Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Wiggin, ender (fictitious character), fiction, Battle school (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Science-Fiction-Literatur, Krieg, Amerikanisches Englisch, Außerirdische Intelligenz, award:nebula_award=novel, Peter Wiggin (Fictitious character), Siblings, fiction, Bean (Fictitious character : Card)
Places: Terre, Earth, Battle School
People: Peter Wiggin, Valentine Wiggin, Ender Wiggin, Andrew Wiggin, Hyrum Graff, Bean, Julian Delphiki, buggers, Ender Wiggin (Fictitious character)