Science-fiction and fantasy author. Best known for the Ender and Shadow series of science-fiction books and the Alvin Maker series of alternate history books.
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Do Aiuas in Enderverse have gender?
Looking at this SFF question: Jane's gender in Ender's Game series , the two answers seem to give contradictory statements:
they pulled a lady-aiua, as that's what all the Hive Queens are.
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How many children did Valentine have in “Speaker” trilogy?
From TVTropes for "Ender's Game":
... (Of course, this is the series that can't make up its mind how many children Valentine actually had.)
So, how many children DID Valentine have? If there are ...
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Is there any truth to the rumor that Speaker for the Dead was ghost-written by a committee of Mormons for theological purposes?
I've heard and read from more than one source that Speaker for the Dead is an allegory of Hitler and his crimes against humanity and the Mormon doctrine that claims even sins so great as those are, in ...
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Is there a reading order of the Enderverse books following Bean's story? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What’s the recommend reading order of the Ender Wiggin books?
I'm not new to the Enderverse, having read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and ...
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Did FPE accept subgroups that were NOT geographically compact?
Hegemon Peter Wiggin was (justifiably) proud in that 100% of nations/people that joined Free People of Earth (FPE) did so without any force by FPE, and only after a plebescit to vote in the joining.
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Could sub-groups opt OUT of Peter Wiggin's Free People of Earth?
Hegemon Peter Wiggin was (justifiably) proud in that 100% of nations/people that joined Free People of Earth (FPE) did so without any force by FPE, and only after a plebescit to vote in the joining.
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How do the two origins of Jane mesh?
There seem to be two independent origin stories of Jane in Enderverse:
in Xenocide, it is stated that she was created by the Hive Queens connecting to the Fantasy Game at Battle School.
Yet, in ...
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Why didn't Jane tell Ender that her origin was the Fantasy Game when they met?
We learn (in Xenocide and in Shadow of the Giant / First Meetings) that Jane's origins are the Fantasy Game that Ender played in Battle School.
Why doesn't Jane reveal that Fantasy Game origin to ...
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Why didn't the IF want Peter Wiggin?
Why didn't the IF want Peter Wiggin?
Ender's Game implies that they didn't want him for being too violent/aggressive (I believe the quote from Graff was something like "doesn't know half the time if ...
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Best Order to Read “Ender's Game” Series [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the recommend reading order of the Ender Wiggin books?
Having only read the first novel, I was about to read "Speaker for the Dead" but realized there were ...
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Was Zeck Morgan in Dragon Army?
In A War of Gifts we learn of a soldier named Zeck Morgan who refused to participate in the Battle Room games because he was a conscientious objector. From A War of Gifts:
He did nothing to cause ...
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Why was there no debugging output in the mind game that Ender played?
In Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Ender ends up playing a special computer game extensively and obsessively.
The stated purpose of the game is to analyze the students' mind.
Yet, the school ...
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What exactly are the proposed influences of “Starship Troopers” on “Ender's Game”?
From "Starship Troopers" Wiki:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is also thought by many to have been either a direct response to or influenced by Starship Troopers. Card has flatly denied this, ...
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What were the powers of Alvin as a seventh son of a seventh son?
It has been quite awhile since I've read those books, and I may not have even completed them. Lots of people seem to have a "knack" for special abilities in the series, but Alvin (and Calvin) as ...
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Are there any O.S.Card's works that follow what happens to Bean post-“Shadow of the Giant”?
At the end of Orson Scott Card's "Shadow of the Giant",
Are there any other works - "Children of the Mind" trilogy, some new books or short stories or Card's published future plans - that detail ...
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Why was the Bugger Queens of Second Invasion so close (in Solar System)?
According to Ender Canon, Mazer Rakham won a Second Formics Invasion by figuring out the pattern and finding and destroying the Bugger Queen's ship.
But as we find out later:
Formics Queens can ...
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Why didn't other Bugger Queens monitor/take over Second Invasion after Mazer Rakham destroyed the commanding Queen?
According to Ender Canon, Mazer Rakham won a Second Formics Invasion by figuring out the pattern and finding and destroying the Bugger Queen's ship.
But as we find out later:
There are OTHER Bugger ...
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In Ender's Game, why don't queen buggers need to communicate with one another?
My whole question is a spoiler, here.
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How does the 1991 edition of Ender's Game differ from the 1985 edition?
Can someone please summarize what changed in the 1991 edition of Ender's Game?
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Can I read Orson Scott Card's “Hidden Empire” before “Empire”?
I bought Orson Scott Card's Hidden Empire today at a second-hand store and I just realized that it's actually a sequel. I've read the Ender and Homecoming series by Card, and I know reading them out ...
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How did Ender kill this character?
In Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, one of the characters in the story is killed in a physical confrontation with another one of the characters. It's not clear to me what actually caused the ...
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Is Jane of the Ender series immortal?
In Orson Scott Card's Ender series (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind), is Jane immortal? Once she moves into her human body, does that mean she will be subject to aging as normal ...
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Is Ender genetically-engineered?
In Ender's Game, is Ender genetically engineered (along with Peter and Valentine) or are they just naturally gifted?
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What's happening with the Ender's Game movie? [closed]
I'm not asking for rumor here, but verifiable fact. Anyone know what the status of the Ender's Game movie is? Last I heard it was in something of development hell. But wikipedia suggests that ...
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Regional specialties in “Treason”
In Orson Scott Card's Treason, each area of the planet specialises in some sort of ability (e.g. the one where the protagonist is from is rapid healing).
What are all of the specialties/regions in ...
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What's the recommend reading order of the Ender Wiggin books?
The series that start's with Ender's Game has a parallel series that starts with Ender's Shadow. The graph of the timeline is... well... complicated.
Does it make more sense if you read them in ...
