The novel has also been adapted into two comic book series. In addition, the later novella A War of Gifts (2007) and novel Ender's Shadow (1999), plus other novels in the Shadow saga, take place during the same time period as the original.Ī film adaptation of the same name, written for the screen and directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Asa Butterfield as Ender, was released in October 2013. Its four sequels- Speaker for the Dead (1986), Xenocide (1991), Children of the Mind (1996), and Ender in Exile (2008) -follow Ender's subsequent travels to many different worlds in the galaxy. Ender's Game was recognized as 'best novel' by the 1985 Nebula Award and the 1986 Hugo Award in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. It has become suggested reading for many military organizations, including the United States Marine Corps. Reception of the book has been mostly positive. The novel has been translated into 34 languages. Card released an updated version of Ender's Game in 1991, changing some political facts to account for the then-recent dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Later, by elaborating on characters and plotlines depicted in the novel, Card wrote additional books in the Ender's Game series. The novel was published on January 15, 1985. The book originated as a short story of the same name, published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. The children learn military strategy and leadership by playing increasingly difficult war games, including some in zero gravity, where Ender's tactical genius is revealed.

In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, Earth's international military force recruits young children, including the novel's protagonist, Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin, to be trained as elite officers. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they dub 'the buggers'. Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card