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Consejera de Inversiones
Cuenta la historia de como Ender Wiggin conoce a la inteligencia artificial Jane y se convierte en Portavoz de los Muertos. Aparece por primera vez en la antología Horizontes lejanos publicada por Robert Silverberg y después en la colección de relatos cortos de Orson Scott Card Primeros encuentros .
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First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Orson Scott Card
883 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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September 22, 2020
Que no soy yo de relatos, leñe, y creía que esto era novela
Sin mayor interés que descubrir cómo conoció Ender a Jane, la IA Que, por cierto, es un muy buen personaje habida cuenta de que Ender se hizo bastante moñas/moralista (el alma mormona de Card se quedó a gustito). Menos mal que estaba Bean, mucho más atractivo de leer.
Bueno,, que me enrollo, que este relato no está mal para forofos que ya hayan leído los tres primeros dela saga de Ender. Pero qué no es necesario ni de lejos.
EDITO: Me ha encantado una reflexión de Card del prólogo acerca de por qué algunos relatos se meten en CF o en Fantasía (cuando van sobre sociedades atrasadas). Ahí va:
Luego me di cuenta de que la auténtica distinción comercial entre ciencia ficción y fantasía es:
¡La fantasía tiene árboles, la ciencia ficción remaches!
¡Si quería vender mis historias a las revistas de ciencia ficción, tenía que escribirlas con remaches en ellas!
Sin mayor interés que descubrir cómo conoció Ender a Jane, la IA Que, por cierto, es un muy buen personaje habida cuenta de que Ender se hizo bastante moñas/moralista (el alma mormona de Card se quedó a gustito). Menos mal que estaba Bean, mucho más atractivo de leer.
Bueno,, que me enrollo, que este relato no está mal para forofos que ya hayan leído los tres primeros dela saga de Ender. Pero qué no es necesario ni de lejos.
EDITO: Me ha encantado una reflexión de Card del prólogo acerca de por qué algunos relatos se meten en CF o en Fantasía (cuando van sobre sociedades atrasadas). Ahí va:
Luego me di cuenta de que la auténtica distinción comercial entre ciencia ficción y fantasía es:
¡La fantasía tiene árboles, la ciencia ficción remaches!
¡Si quería vender mis historias a las revistas de ciencia ficción, tenía que escribirlas con remaches en ellas!
July 11, 2016
Interesante cuento que relata cómo Ender conoce por primera vez a la inteligencia artificial Jane, un personaje que tiene mucha relevancia a partir de "La voz de los muertos" y cómo decide volverse portavoz de los muertos. Definitivamente este es mi autor de ciencia ficción favorito.
May 10, 2020
Re-leído muy corto, el inicio del segundo personaje favorito de la saga después de Bean.
Creo que hubo muchos puntos que no se vieron, por mantener el largo del relato, pero no deja de ser bueno.
Creo que hubo muchos puntos que no se vieron, por mantener el largo del relato, pero no deja de ser bueno.
May 28, 2023
Muy buen libro
September 27, 2014
Ender cumple 20 años y es obligado a pagar por primera vez impuestos por la fortuna que ha ido generando en más de 300 años de viajes (gracias a la relatividad), y Jane (una inteligencia artificial única que se representa con rosto de mujer) se le aparece y se ofrece a ayudarle desde ese momento con sus finanzas y con lo que necesite.
Interesante relato sobre como Jane y Ender se conocen (con alusiones a la Guerra, y a los personajes de la Saga). .. y en el que su hermana ya empieza a sentir “celos” de esta misteriosa “mujer”…
Interesante relato sobre como Jane y Ender se conocen (con alusiones a la Guerra, y a los personajes de la Saga). .. y en el que su hermana ya empieza a sentir “celos” de esta misteriosa “mujer”…
March 13, 2016
Reencontrarme con estos personajes ha sito todo una gozada.
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