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Long answer to bonus question has already been written and published. "Speaker for the dead" by Orson Scott Card. I am restraining myself from giving a summary
by bluishgreen 19y ago
Long answer to bonus question has already been written and published. "Speaker for the dead" by Orson Scott Card. I am restraining myself from giving a summary here. I don't want to spoil your couple of weekends spent well. Be sure to read the introduction as well.
- plusbryan 19y agohttp://xkcd.com/304/ http://xkcd.com/304/
- DanielBMarkham 19y agoThanks. It's in my stack. I gave up sometime during the second Ender book, but I'll give this one a read.
- akkartik 19y agoSpeaker for the dead is the second ender book. No?
- DanielBMarkham 19y agoGee yep. Sure enough (sheepish grin) I must have stopped reading it fairly early, because looking at the cover I don't remember any of it. I remember the first book, however -- that super guy they brought back for Ender's training and the planet and all. It's been a few years, though. Good thing I kept all the books. Apologies for the poor memory.
- DocSavage 19y agoI think Orson Scott Card wrote "Speaker for the Dead" first and decided he needed another book just to set up the backstory. That book became Ender's Game, and he found it a bit ironic that he's remembered more for the prequel than the book he really felt compelled to write.