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Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggins Saga #2)

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In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.

Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.

About the Author

Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church and received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). The author of numerous books, Card was the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, first for Ender's Game and then for the sequel Speaker for the Dead. He lives with his wife and children in North Carolina.

His works have been translated into many languages, including Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, and Swedish.

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This is one of those books packed with a complex story and thought-provoking ideas. Fraught with moral and religious dilemmas, especially showing how vast misunderstandings can be, not only between the obvious alien races, but between people of the same community and family.
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ISBN:
9780812550757
Author:
Card, Orson Scott
Publisher:
Tor Books
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
High tech
Subject:
Ender (fictitious character)
Subject:
Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character)
Subject:
Wiggin, Ender
Subject:
Science / General
Edition Description:
REV Paperback
Series:
Ender Wiggin Saga
Series Volume:
99
Publication Date:
August 1994
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
382
Dimensions:
6.78x4.28x1.15 in. .44 lbs.

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