by Orson Scott Card · Orbit · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781841493114
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«First Meetings: In the Enderverse» is a collection of science fiction stories by Orson Scott Card, published by Orbit in paperback (240 pages, in English).
The book brings together four stories set in the Ender universe, including the original version of «Ender's Game» as a novella: the childhood of John Paul Wiggin, the relationship between Ender's parents, and an episode in which Ender, years after the war, discovers that someone knows his secret identity.
It belongs to the Ender's Saga, where it sits at position 0.5 in the chronology, before the main novel.
Gateway to the Ender's Saga for science fiction readers who want to start with the origins of Card's universe.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
