''Ender's Game'' is a 1985

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novel by American author

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. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an

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they dub "the buggers". In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, Earth's international military force recruits young children, including the novel's protagonist,

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, to be trained as elite officers. The children learn military strategy and leadership by playing increasingly difficult

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, including some in

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, where Ender's

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is revealed. The book originated as a short story of the same name, published in the August 1977 issue of ''

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''. The novel was published on January 15, 1985. Later, by elaborating on characters and plotlines depicted in the novel, Card wrote additional books in the ''Ender's Game'' series. Card released an updated version of ''Ender's Game'' in 1991, changing some political facts to account for the then-recent

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and the end of the

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. 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

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. ''Ender's Game'' was recognized as "best novel" by the 1985

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and the 1986

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in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Its four sequels—''

Speaker for the Dead ''Speaker for the Dead'' is a 1986 science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, an indirect sequel to the 1985 novel ''Ender's Game''. The book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in ''Ender's Game' ...

'' (1986), ''

Xenocide ''Xenocide'' (1991) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the third book in the Ender's Game series. It was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards for Best Novel in 1992. The title is a combination of ' xeno-', me ...

'' (1991), ''

Children of the Mind ''Children of the Mind'' (1996) is a novel by American author Orson Scott Card, the fourth in his successful ''Ender's Game'' series of science fiction novels that focus on the character Ender Wiggin. This book was originally the second half of ...

'' (1996)'','' and ''

Ender in Exile ''Ender in Exile'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, part of the ''Ender's Game'' series, published on November 11, 2008. It takes place between the two award-winning novels ''Ender's Game'' and ''Speaker for the ...

'' (2008)''—''follow Ender's subsequent travels to many different worlds in the galaxy. In addition, the later novella ''

A War of Gifts ''A War of Gifts: An Ender Story'' is a 2007 science fiction novella by American writer Orson Scott Card. This book is set in Card's ''Ender's Game'' series and takes place during Ender Wiggin's time at Battle School as described in Card's nove ...

'' (2007) and novel ''

Ender's Shadow ''Ender's Shadow'' (1999) is a parallel science fiction novel by the American author Orson Scott Card, taking place at the same time as the novel ''Ender's Game'' and depicting some of the same events from the point of view of Bean, a supporting ...

'' (1999), plus other novels in the ''Shadow'' saga, take place during the same time period as the original. A film adaptation of the same name, written for the screen and directed by

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, and starring

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as Ender, was released in October 2013. Card co-produced the film. The novel has also been adapted into two comic book series.

Synopsis

Humanity has mastered

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and they encounter an insect-like alien race called the Formics, and war breaks out. The humans achieve a narrow victory, but fearing future threats of a Formic invasion, create the International Fleet (I.F.) and train gifted children to become commanders at their orbiting Battle School.

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,

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, is a highly intelligent

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who sadistically bullies Ender. His sister, Valentine, is more sympathetic towards him. The I.F. remove Ender's monitoring device when he is six years old, seemingly ending his chances of Battle School. He is bullied by a fellow student, Stilson, but Ender turns violent and attacks him. Unknown to Ender, Stilson later dies from his wounds. I.F. Colonel

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visits Ender after hearing about the fight. Ender attests that by showing superiority now, he has prevented future struggle. Graff offers him a place in the Battle School. Once at Battle School, Graff and the other leaders covertly work to keep Ender isolated from the other cadets. Ender finds solace in playing a simulated adventure game that involves killing a giant. The cadets participate in competitive war simulations in zero gravity, where Ender quickly masters the game with novel tactics. To further wear Ender down, he is promoted to command a new army composed of raw recruits, then pitted 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 once again seeking to preemptively stop future conflicts Ender uses excessive force, and like Stilson before him Bonzo dies from his injuries. Meanwhile 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 then as a powerful politician. Valentine, despite not trusting Peter, agrees to publish alongside him as "

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". 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. After some preliminary battles in the simulator, he is introduced to

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, a hero from the Formic war who saw key patterns in the Formic behavior. Ender participates in space combat 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. For his final test, under observation by I.F.'s commanders, Ender finds his fleet far outnumbered by Formic ships surrounding their homeworld. Hoping to earn himself expulsion from the school for his ruthlessness, he sacrifices his entire fleet to fire a Molecular Disruption Device at the planet. The Device destroys the planet and the surrounding Formic fleet. He is shocked to hear the I.F. commanders cheering in celebration. Mazer informs Ender that the "simulations" he has been fighting were real battles, directing human spacecraft against Formic fleets via an

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, and that Ender has won the war. Despite Graff congratulating him, Ender becomes more depressed, realizing that he has committed

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and become just like his brother. Ender spends several weeks isolated before recovering. He learns that war has broken out on Earth. Ender and Valentine join a group of space colonists. On their new planet, Ender becomes the colony's governor. He discovers a structure that matches the simulation of the giant game from Battle School, and inside finds the dormant egg of a Formic queen. The queen telepathically communicates to Ender that before the first Formic war, they had assumed humans were a non-sentient race, for want of

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, but realized their mistake too late. Instead, she had reached out to Ender to draw him here and requests that he take the egg to a new planet for the Formics to colonize. Ender takes the egg and, with information from the queen, writes ''

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'' under the alias "Speaker for the Dead". Peter, now the leader of Earth and age 77 with a failing heart, recognizes Ender as the author of ''The Hive Queen''. He asks 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. Ender and Valentine leave the colony and travel to many other worlds, looking for a safe place to establish the unborn Hive Queen.

Creation and inspiration

The original "

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" is a

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that 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

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of Ender for his role of the Speaker in ''

'', the outline for which he had written before novelizing ''Ender's Game''. In his 1991 introduction to the novel, Card discussed the influence of

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on the novelette and novel. Historian

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's work on the

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also influenced Card. ''Ender's Game'' was the first science-fiction novel published entirely online, when it appeared on

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a year before print publication.

Critical response

''Ender's Game'' won the

for best novel in 1985, and the

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

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. It was also honored with a spot on

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's "100 Best Books for Teens". In 2008, the novel, along with ''

'', won the

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, which honors an author and specific works by that author for lifetime contribution to young adult literature. ''Ender's Game'' was included in

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's book ''Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985–2010''. It ranked number nine on Locus's top SF novels published before 1990. ''

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'' 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

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: "Alternately likable and insufferable, he is a convincing little

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in short pants." The novel has received criticism for its realistic portrayal of violence and its justification.

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's review, "Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman", posits that Ender Wiggin is an intentional reference by Card to

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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

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'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 Force Manual, on maneuver doctrine) for "provid nguseful 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". It is also used as an early fictional example of

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Accolades

The weeks ending June 9, August 11, September 1, September 8, October 27, November 3, November 10, 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

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. In the afterword of ''

'' (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

After several years of speculation on the possibility,

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financed and coordinated the development of a film in 2011, serving as its distributor.

directed the film, which lasts 1 hour and 54 minutes. Filming began in

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, 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'' "

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", "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

and

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as Colonel Hyrum Graff. It grossed $125 million worldwide, and received mixed reviews from critics.

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

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for all viable downloadable platforms. It was under development by

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, which also developed the Xbox Live Arcade games '' Undertow'' and ''

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''. Chair had sold the licensing of ''Empire'' to Card, which became a bestselling 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

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also came to an agreement regarding a video game adaption of the novel but nothing ever materialized.

Comics

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and

announced on April 19, 2008, that they would be publishing a

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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

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, 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

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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 storylines from " Teacher's Pest", "

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", "

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", ''Ender's Shadow'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', 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

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, and performed by a cast of over 30 voice actors playing over 100 roles. Audible also commissioned a German-language adaptation of the same script. Titled ''Ender's Game - Das ungekürzte Hörspiel'' ("The unabridged audio drama"), this adaptation was produced by "Lauscherlounge", directed by Balthasar von Weymarn and performed by a cast of 100 different voice actors including children.

Translations

''Ender's Game'' has been translated into 34 languages: * sq, Loja e Enderit ("Ender's Game"). * bg, Играта на Ендър ("Ender's Game"). * ca, El joc de l'Ender ("Ender's Game"), 2000. * (pinyin：''Ān dé de yóu xì'') ("Ender's Game"), 2003. * hr, Enderova igra ("Ender's Game"), 2007. * cs, Enderova hra ("Ender's Game"), 1994. * da, Ender's strategi ("Ender's Strategy"), 1990. * nl, Ender Wint, De Tactiek van Ender ("Ender Wins", "The Tactics of Ender"), 1989, 1994 (two editions) * et, Enderi mäng ("Ender's Game"), 2000. * fi, Ender ("Ender"), 1990. * french: La Stratégie Ender ("The Ender Strategy"), 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001. * gl, O xogo de Ender ("Ender's Game"), 2011 * ka, ენდერის თამაში (''enderis TamaSi'') ("Ender's Game"), 2015. * german: Das große Spiel ("The Great Game"), 1986, 2005. * el, Το παιχνίδι του Έντερ (''Tǒ pehníthi too Ender'') ("Ender's Game"), 1996. * he, המשחק של אנדר (''Ha-Misḥaq šel Ender'') ("Ender's Game"), 1994. * hu, Végjáték ("Endgame"), 1991. * it, Il gioco di Ender ("Ender's Game"). * ja, エンダーのゲーム (''Endā no Gēmu'') ("Ender's Game"), 1987. * ko, 엔더의 게임 (''Endaŭi Geim'') ("Ender's Game"), 1992, 2000 (two editions). * lv, Endera spēle ("Ender's Game"), 2008. * lt, Enderio Žaidimas ("Ender's Game"), 2007 * no, Enders spill ("Ender's Game"), 1999. * fa, بازی اندر (''Bazi ē Ender''), 2011 * pl, Gra Endera ("Ender's Game"), 1994. * pt, O Jogo do Exterminador ("The Game of the Exterminator") (

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). * pt, O jogo final ("The Final Game") (

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). * ro, Jocul lui Ender ("Ender's Game"). * russian: Игра Эндера (''Igra Endera'') ("Ender's Game"), 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003 (two editions). * sl, Enderjeva igra ("Ender's Game"), 2010. * sr, Eндерова игра (''Enderova igra'') ("Ender's Game"), 1988. * es, El juego de Ender ("Ender's Game"). * sv, Enders spel ("Ender's Game"), 1991, 1998. * th, เกมพลิกโลก ("The Game that Changed the World"), 2007. * tr, Ender'in Oyunu ("Ender's Game"). * ua, Гра Ендера ("Ender's Game"), 2013. * vi, Trò chơi của Ender ("Ender's Game"), 2014.

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