First Meetings: In the Enderverse (Ender Wiggins Saga) by Orson Scott Card, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki, and Amanda Karr

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First Meetings: In the Enderverse (Ender Wiggins Saga)
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition (September 9, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1593974728

ISBN-13: 978-1593974725

Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5 x 0.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces ()

From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up-Andrew "Ender" Wiggins, a brilliant leader and tactician and destined to save Earth by destroying an entire alien civilization at the age of 12, was first introduced in Card's "Ender's Game" in Analog magazine (1977). That novella, plus three other stories (including one never before published) make up this appealing and entertaining collection of tales, all dealing with first meetings that played significant roles in the life of Ender Wiggins. "The Polish Boy" introduces his extraordinary father, John Paul, who manages at the age of six to trick the Hegemony into bringing his entire family from Poland to the United States. "Teacher's Pest" is the story of how John Paul meets and romances the equally brilliant graduate student Theresa Brown. Finally, in "The Investment Counselor," a mysterious accounting program named Jane appears just when 20-year-old Andrew Wiggins needs help figuring out both his taxes and what to do with the rest of his life. All four stories use the future setting as a framework to explore various issues of religion, government control, population limits, education, and moral responsibility. Character, setting, plot-Card does them all right, and makes it look effortless. The graphic novelesque illustrations will appeal to teens. For newcomers to Ender's universe and long-time fans, this book will hit the spot and whet the appetite for more.
Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From AudioFile
Featured in this collection are four novellas spun from the "Enderverse," the world created by Card beginning with ENDER'S GAME. Three of these stories are united by the theme of first meetings. THE POLISH BOY, read by Stefan Rudnicki, follows the boyhood travails of John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender. In TEACHER'S PEST, Gabrielle de Cuir reads a tale of college student John Paul Wiggin and how he meets his future wife, Theresa. The best story in the batch, INVESTMENT COUNSELOR, will especially appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the Ender novels. Beautifully read by Amanda Karr and set in the years between ENDER'S GAME and SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD, it describes the first meeting of Ender and his cybernetic companion, Jane. For the final gem in this boxed set, Stefan Rudnicki reads the 1977 novella ENDER'S GAME, which Card used as the basis for his 1994 novel of the same name. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Reader Reviews
This review is from: First Meetings: In the Enderverse (Hardcover) The `Ender's Saga' and its most famous beginning, "Ender's Game", are among the most revered science-fiction series of all-time. While Card did a marvelous job chronicling the life and times of Ender Wiggin in the first four novels of the `Ender's Saga', and richly enhanced that universe with his subsequent three-book "Ender's Shadow" series, one could not help but think that there might be more than need be told. Enter "First Meetings in the Enderverse", an anthology of four short stories that give even greater insight into Ender's world. One of the four short stories included in "First Meetings..." is the actual original "Ender's Game" short story. Card wrote this in the mid-1970's and expanded it into the award-winning novel everyone knows in the early to mid-1980's. Here, fans of "Ender's Game" can read Card's original vision and appreciate how the full novel came to be. The other three shorts tell some fascinating tales. The first one deals with the life of Ender's father, John Paul Wiggin, when he was a little kid, not much older than Ender at the time of "Ender's Game". Without revealing too much, here, it can be said that the events of young John Paul's life explain a great deal about what came to pass for Ender a generation later. The second tale advances John Paul to college age and reveals how John Paul and Ender's mother, Theresa, came to meet and fall in love. The final tale (after the original "Ender's Game") bridges a period of time between the ending of "Ender's Game" and its amazing sequel "Speaker for the Dead". The mystery of how Ender and his constant virtual companion, Jane, came into each other's lives is explained and it makes for an amusing anecdote. Once again, Card continues to show a brilliant grasp of human emotion and personal interactions in bringing these shorts to life. He doesn't get bogged down in the existentialism that plagued "Children of the Mind". He sticks with elements that make this saga great. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

First Meetings: In the Enderverse (Ender Wiggins Saga)
Available from Amazon
Price: $14.99
Updated on 6-30-2008.