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Did you read the sequel? He literally spends the rest of his life making up for that mistake as speaker for the dead.
by Gollapalli 7y ago
Did you read the sequel?
He literally spends the rest of his life making up for that mistake as speaker for the dead.
- p_l 7y agoAnd he literally does the final genocide in hope that it would grant him expulsion on medical grounds - because he didn't know the battles were real.
- newen 7y agoSpeaker for the Dead is the book that the author originally wanted to write. Ender's Game was written as a prequel for it.
- gatorek 7y agoSeriously? I have read them in exactly that order. In comparison with Speaker for the Dead, the Ender's Game seems little childish...
- teekert 7y agoMaye because Ender is a child there and the other books are him growing up and being wise.
- Zanni 7y agoTo clarify, yes, Speaker for the Dead is the book Card wanted to write, but he found he had to write Ender's Game first to lay the groundwork. And he did. He wrote them in that order (Ender, Speaker). A prequel usually refers to a work produced later that comes chronologically before.
- newen 7y agoI see, thanks for clarifying.