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Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

A second encounter with the unknown

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Awards & Recognition

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    1986 Nebula Award winner for Best Novel

    Winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel

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A second encounter with the unknown

Years after the war that made him known, Ender Wiggin has become the Speaker for the Dead, a figure who recounts the truth of human history. The discovery of another alien species brings him back into contact with the consequences of human-alien encounters, as deaths and unfamiliar customs renew the fear surrounding first contact. The novel pairs that mystery with questions of how people tell the truth about the past and understand those whose ways differ from their own. As the second book in The Ender Saga, it continues Ender’s story in a setting shaped by the legacy of the Bugger War and the arrival of a new species.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following The Ender Saga and Ender Wiggin’s story.
  • Readers interested in science-fiction encounters between humans and alien societies.
  • Readers who enjoy speculative fiction exploring history, truth, and cultural difference.

Themes

First contactTruth and historical memoryCultural differenceConsequences of conflict

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Book overview

Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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.

THE ENDER UNIVERSE

Ender series
Ender's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind

Ender's Shadow series
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight

Children of the Fleet

The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens

The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm /The Hive

Ender novellas
A War of Gifts /First Meetings

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