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I think it's important to note that Ender's Game was only written to provide the necessary backstory to Speaker for the Dead. With that in mind, when you take b
by avalaunch 13y ago
I think it's important to note that Ender's Game was only written to provide the necessary backstory to Speaker for the Dead. With that in mind, when you take both books as one, it becomes more a story about dealing with abuse than the abuse itself.
- StavrosK 13y agoWould you suggest reading SftD right after Ender's Game? The order is very confusing.
- humanrebar 13y agoYes. I consider it an equally good book, though it's an entirely different genre. The books in the Ender's Shadow series came much later and are more in the same vein as Ender's Game.
- avalaunch 13y agoDefinitely. Speaker is an amazing book. In my opinion, it's much better than Ender's Game but you need Ender's Game to understand it.
- humanrebar 13y agoI remember Orson Scott Card saying Ender's Game was originally written to provide structure around the idea of the battle room. Though Ender's Game was later revised. I'm not an expert on those revisions, so it's possible there were some retcons to support Speaker for the Dead.
- thedufer 13y agoThe short story was written to flesh out his battle room idea. It was turned into a novel (adding the final chapter as a segue and the first couple of chapters as background) to set up Speaker.