Notes on 'Ender's Game' (1985) by Orson Scott Card (b. 1951)
Ender’s Game is the first work in Orson Scott Card’s Ender Wiggin series (1985-2021), itself part of his wider Ender’s Universe series. Ender’s Game follows young cadet Ender Wiggin as he is trained in virtual warfare with the one purpose of defeating an alien enemy. Part military sf and part a coming-of-age story, Ender’s Game is a hugely popular book which has achieved brand status. It won the SF Chronicle Novel award for Novel (1986), the Hugo award for Best Novel (1986) and the Nebula award for Novel (1986).