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Ender’s Sequel (for real, this time) Posted at 9:28 PM by Rico Simpkins

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Ender in ExileYeah, Orson Scott Card has written plenty of follow-up books to his 1985 classic, Ender’s Game.  None of them, however, satisfied the reader’s question about what happened next.  The events of Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide happen thousands of years later, Ender’s Shadow was a retelling of the original novel, and Shadow of the Hegemon jumps back to the 22nd, century, but nowhere near the events of the Formics war.  Then there were all those prequel short stories, and then….well, you get the point.

Orson is a tease.

Well, it seems he has finally taken pity on us.  Finally, Mr. Card aims to satisfy with a direct sequel to Ender’s Game, depicting Ender as a teenager, unable to return to Earth.  This novel promises to fill in the gaps between Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead, and presumably results in Ender deciding to board the interstellar ship that push him forward in time.  Look for this book to get a nomination or two.  You can find a press release here.

 

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