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Ender's Saga short stories
The Gold Bug
Decades ago, the Formics - a bug-like alien species - attacked Earth in an attempt to eradicate humanity. The nations of our world united together and sent fleets of military spaceships into the heart of the galaxy, striking back against this enemy. Fleet after fleet of spaceships were sent to the far reaches of known space, traveling for years at light speed, attacking the different Formic worlds.
Their mission: defeat the Formics and establish human colonies on the former Formic worlds. These armies depended on the guidance and leadership of a child named Ender Wiggen. The hope of humanity was a twelve-year-old boy who, though a brilliant strategist, thought the war was a nothing more than an elaborate game. Yet the soldiers loyally followed Ender and his squadron of youthful friends, looking to save mankind from the Formics, and to settle new worlds throughout the galaxy...
Their mission: defeat the Formics and establish human colonies on the former Formic worlds. These armies depended on the guidance and leadership of a child named Ender Wiggen. The hope of humanity was a twelve-year-old boy who, though a brilliant strategist, thought the war was a nothing more than an elaborate game. Yet the soldiers loyally followed Ender and his squadron of youthful friends, looking to save mankind from the Formics, and to settle new worlds throughout the galaxy...
First published July 1, 2007
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Orson Scott Card
882 books20.8k followersOrson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is (as of 2023) the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.
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June 2, 2021
Šo biju lasījis vienā no Endera Trimdas sērijas grāmatām, bet bija interesanti atcerēties ar ko tad sākās tā attēlu ielikšana cita smadzenēs. Foršs stāsts par pirmajiem kolonizatoriem.
July 4, 2019
Short story set in his Ender's Game universe
It tells the story of how Sel Menach, a fighter pilot, a xenobiologist, and eventually the governor of the former Formics homeworld. I really enjoyed his outlook both as xenobiologist and as a governor. His unique take on birth control and reason to go on a wild west adventure is interesting.
My problem with the comic adaptation was the art, it was not sharp enough as the Shadow series from the same universe. As for the story itself, I really enjoyed it but felt it was too rushed.
It tells the story of how Sel Menach, a fighter pilot, a xenobiologist, and eventually the governor of the former Formics homeworld. I really enjoyed his outlook both as xenobiologist and as a governor. His unique take on birth control and reason to go on a wild west adventure is interesting.
My problem with the comic adaptation was the art, it was not sharp enough as the Shadow series from the same universe. As for the story itself, I really enjoyed it but felt it was too rushed.
June 11, 2017
This was nice and short and It made me want to know more about the bug
September 24, 2017
4 stars for half of the story, 2.5 stars for the end.
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May 21, 2020
April 25, 2012
Decent story...very lackluster and overly dialogue heavy for a comic.
April 24, 2014
This is a fun little story. It's basically an expert from Ender In Exile, so it's nothing new if you've read that, but it has some fun new creatures which is always good.
August 2, 2016
Good short story, very interesting idea, but tries a bit too hard to be hard-sci-fi after a somewhat silly premise. Glad that bits of it got into Ender in Exile.
June 22, 2023
Not my favorite short story in the Enderverse, but still very well done. I had to buy a hardbound version of Red Prophet Volume 1 to read this.
April 13, 2017
I like this story about bio engineering, terraforming, and planet exploration.
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