I had just read Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy, which was (more or less) an extrapolation of the ideas in Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, applied to a galaxy-wide empire in some far future time. It was based on an idea-the Battle Room-that came to me when I was sixteen years old. So be assured-the novel stands on its own, and if you skip this intro and go straight to the story, I not only won’t stand in your way, I’ll even agree with you! The novelet “Ender’s Game” was my first published science fiction. After all, the book has been in print for six years now, and in all that time, nobody has ever written to me to say, “You know, Ender’s Game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs? An introduction!” And yet when a novel goes back to print for a new hardcover edition, there ought to be something new in it to mark the occasion (something besides the minor changes as I fix the errors and internal contradictions and stylistic excesses that have bothered me ever since the novel first appeared).
It makes me a little uncomfortable, writing an introduction to Ender’s Game. I am grateful also to Barbara Bova, who has been my friend and agent through thin and, sometimes, thick and to Tom Doherty, my publisher, who let me talk him into doing this book at the ABA in Dallas, which shows either his superb judgment or how weary one can get at a convention. Harriet’s task was made more than a little easier, however, because of the excellent work of my resident editor, Kristine Card. Harriet M cDougal of Tor is that rarest of editors-one who understands a story and can help the author make it exactly what he meant it to be. Portions of this book were recounted in my first published science fiction story, “Ender’s Game,” in the August 1977 Analog, edited by Ben Bova his faith in me and this story are the foundation of my career. 54-dc20įor Geoffrey, who makes me remember how young and how old children can beĬover Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-P ublication Data Card, Orson Scott. Cover art by Sam Weber A Tor Book P ublished by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 49 West 24th Street New York, NY 10010 Tor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. ENDER’ S GAME Copyright © 1977, 1985, 1991 by Orson Scott Card Introduction copyright © 1991 by Orson Scott Card. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us./piracy. Copyright infringement is against the law. You may not copy, reproduce or upload this ebook, other than to read it on one of your personal devices. You may not print or post this ebook, or make this e-book publicly available in any way. This e-book is for your personal use only.
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