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Have any of you read the actual sequel, Ender in Exile? It's actually pretty good.

Jack Reickel "Actual sequel" is definitely the wrong title for it, as it's more of a market-driven bridge between Ender's Game and its actual sequel Speaker for th…more"Actual sequel" is definitely the wrong title for it, as it's more of a market-driven bridge between Ender's Game and its actual sequel Speaker for the Dead. In fact, Card said that he felt Ender's Game as the necessary prequel for the much stronger story of Speaker.

Ender in Exile came much later, from the demands of consumers more than the desire of the author.

That said, it has a couple of decent Ender moments. I certainly prefer it to Xenocide, but I prefer eating broken shards of glass to Xenocide as well, so that doesn't say much.(less)

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Do you have to read the first two in the series to read this one?

Kayla If you read the author notes, he specifically says that Speaker for the Dead was the original story but then he wanted to write some back story to tha…moreIf you read the author notes, he specifically says that Speaker for the Dead was the original story but then he wanted to write some back story to that and he ended up with Ender's Game.

Thus, you don't "need" to read Ender's Game first but you will need to read Xenocide since Speaker for the Dead ends on a cliff-hanger.

I notice that on here it gets confusing as to which book is #1.

I got a boxed set and this is the order:
1. Ender's Game
2. Speaker for the Dead
3. Xenocide
4. Children of the Mind
5. Ender in Exile [although it is set before Speaker it was written after and I guess therefore if you want to read all in chronological order you could move this to between Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, but it's not necessary](less)

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What is the best order to read all of these books? The chronological written order or read the "bridge books" as I've seen them called, in between the originals?

Ricia Personally I prefer to read things chronologically as events in the storyline occur. Goodreads has a list for that. I'm about 2/3 of the way through t…morePersonally I prefer to read things chronologically as events in the storyline occur. Goodreads has a list for that. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the list and so far everything is making sense in the story line.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1192...(less)

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I am going to ask the obvious question now but I read the series "in order", going from Ender's game to Ender in exile so I am a little dizzy with all those years that passed while Ender was the same, But 3 000 years ago??? And Ender still lives???? Like REALLY???

Jason Relativity is a hell of a drug my friend. Imagine if you will traveling lightspeed, while the universe continues at its normal speed. The times go out…moreRelativity is a hell of a drug my friend. Imagine if you will traveling lightspeed, while the universe continues at its normal speed. The times go out of sync. Outside that bubble of extreme time, the world passes much slower. Going by the suggestion that one week on board is 22 years in relative time, which means our time is, to round up to the second decimal, 114714.29 times that of the speed they are traveling. So every second is 31.87 or so hours. Having been jumping from plant to planet and never spending more than a year anywhere since Ender was 11/12, he's spent, let's say, half that time at lightspeed. So about 12 years at lightspeed is actually more like 1376571.48 years. I'm going to guess 3k years is nothing to what he could have sincerely aged if he had pushed himself to travel more often given he is 35 years old in his own relative experienced time. Even if my math is horribly horribly painfully wrong and full of guesswork, 3k years is a mere hardware with relativity to play with. (less)

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