Pretty Boy (short story)

There are various sources for short stories set in the Ender's Game series. One is the short story collection '' First Meetings'' by Orson Scott Card. This collection contains the original novelette '' Ender's Game'' plus three other stories. Another source is Card’s webzine ''InterGalactic Medicine Show''. The first four stories from Card's webzine: "Mazer in Prison," "Pretty Boy," "Cheater," and "A Young Man with Prospects," also appear in the paperback anthology ''Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show''. Reprints of short stories in the Ender's Game series can be found in other science fiction anthologies.

''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''

*" Ender's Game"
This story is the original Ender's Game novelette which Card published in the August 1977 issue of '' Analog Science Fiction and Fact''.

*" Gloriously Bright"
This story introduces the characters of Han Fei-tzu, Han Qing-jao, and Si Wang-mu and was published in the January 1991 issue of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''.

First Meetings

*"Investment Counselor"
This is the story of how Ender Wiggin first meets the AI Jane and decides to become a speaker for the dead.

*"The Polish Boy"
This is the story of how John Paul Wiggin (Ender's father) comes to the attention of the International Fleet as a child.

*"Teacher's Pest"
This is the story of how John Paul Wiggin first meets and falls in love with his future wife Theresa Brown.

InterGalactic Medicine Show

*" Mazer in Prison"
This story centers around Mazer Rackham, a young Hyrum Graff, and the creation of Battle School.

*"Pretty Boy"
This is the story of Bonito "Bonzo" Madrid as a child. Bonito was born in Toledo, Spain and given a name that means "pretty boy". His father Amaro was a lawyer and Spanish patriot who adored his son. As he grew older Bonito started to observe his family and discovered that they needed him to be happy so he decided not to go to Battle School. However while studying his parents to find out how to make them happier, he discovered that his father kept a second apartment in the city and told his mother. When he and his mother went to see his grandmother Bonito learned that his father was having an affair with another woman and had broken his mother's heart. Because Bonito did not want to be like his father, he changed his mind and went to Battle School.
First published in the March 2006 issue of ''InterGalactic Medcicine Show'', the story also appears in the anthology ''Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show''.

*"Cheater"
This story tells how Han Tzu (Hot Soup) ends up getting selected to go to Battle School.

*" A Young Man with Prospects"
This story tells how Alessandra and her mother become colonists on a new planet after the Formic War.

*" The Gold Bug"
This story tells the story of how a former soldier steps aside to allow Ender to become the governor of his planet.

*" Ender's Stocking"
This story is about Peter Wiggin and his family at Christmas time, while Ender is still in Battle School.

*" Ender's Homecoming"
This story is about how Ender's parents and sister conspire to keep him from returning to Earth so he will be safe.

*" Ender in Flight"
This story is about a power struggle between Ender and Admiral Morgan on the way to the colony where Ender is to become governor.

Other

*"The War of Gifts"
In 2016, Card released this version of the story '' A War of Gifts: An Ender Story'', which excludes the "Ender's Stocking" chapter, for inclusion in the anthology ''Decision Points''.

*"Renegat"
Originally posted to Orson Scott Card's Uncle Orson on the Fly subscribers' area on February 2, 2017, this short story was first published in the space opera anthology, ''Infinite Stars'', on October 17, 2017. The story is told from Dabeet Ochoa's point of view as he, Ender, and Valentine work to solve a murder mystery on the planet Catalunya.

*"Governor Wiggin"
Originally posted to Orson Scott Card's Uncle Orson on the Fly subscribers' area on June 10, 2017, this short story has been published in ''Ender's Way'', a large collection of Ender-related short stories, on April 12, 2021. The story is about Ender solving problems in his colony during his time as governor.

*"Messenger"
Originally posted to Orson Scott Card's Uncle Orson on the Fly subscribers' area on September 10, 2018, this short story will first be published in the space opera anthology, ''Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers'', scheduled for release on November 5, 2019. This story focuses on Hyrum Graff, and may be the first few chapters of ''The Last Shadow''

Chronological order of stories

* " Mazer in Prison"
* "The Polish Boy"
* "Teacher's Pest"
* "Pretty Boy"
* "Cheater"
* "The War of Gifts"
* "Ender's Stocking"
* " Ender's Game"
* "Ender's Homecoming"
* " A Young Man with Prospects"
* "Ender in Flight"
* " The Gold Bug"
* "Governor Wiggin"
* "Investment Counselor"
* "Renegat"
* " Gloriously Bright"
* "Messenger"

Chronology chart

See also

*List of Ender's Game characters
*List of works by Orson Scott Card
*'' First Meetings'' by Orson Scott Card
*''InterGalactic Medicine Show'': Card's webzine

External links

The official Orson Scott Card website

Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show

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Short stories by Orson Scott Card

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