General Information
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 Title:                  First Meetings: In the Enderverse
 Author:                 Orson Scott Card
 Read By:                Gabrielle De Cuir, Amanda Karr, Stefan Rudnicki
 Copyright:              2003
 Audiobook Copyright:    2003
 Genre:                  Sci-Fi
 Publisher:              Macmillan Audio
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Media:                  CD
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              Good

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Book Description
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Publisher's Summary

First Meetings is a collection of three novellas (plus the original 
"Ender's Game") that journey into the origins and the destiny of one 
Ender Wiggin.
"The Polish Boy", a novella written especially for this collection, 
begins in the years between the first two Bugger Wars when the Hegemony 
is desperate to recruit brilliant military commanders to repel the alien 
invasion. In John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender, they believe 
they may have found their man. Or boy.

In "Teacher's Pest", also written especially for this collection, a 
brilliant but insufferably arrogant John Paul Wiggin, now an American 
university student, matches wits with an equally brilliant graduate 
student named Theresa Brown.

It is many years since the end of the Bugger Wars in "The Investment 
Counselor". Ender's reputation as a hero and savior has suffered a horrible 
reversal. Banished from Earth and slandered as a mass murderer, 20-year-old 
Ender Wiggin wanders incognito form planet to planet as a fugitive, 
until a blackmailing tax inspector compromises his identity and threatens 
to expose Ender the Xenocide.

Also here is the original landmark "Ender's Game", which first appeared 
in 1977.

First Meetings is Orson Scott Card at the height of his considerable 
powers, featuring his most compelling character.

©2003 Orson Scott Card; (P) 2003, 2004 Audio Renaissance, a division 
of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC



What the Critics Say


"Character, setting, plot: Card does them all right, and makes it look 
effortless....For newcomers to Ender's universe and long-time fans, 
this book will hit the spot and whet the appetite for more." (School 
Library Journal)
 "Even those who are intimately familiar with the concepts of the Game 
from later Ender books will be struck anew by Card's virtuosity. His 
powerful voice and startlingly clear vision will draw many new readers 
into a lifelong love of science fiction. This accessible collection 
will impress even non-sci-fi buffs, besides being a must-have for Ender 
saga devotees." (Publishers Weekly) "These stories demonstrate the assured 
scene setting, apparently effortlessly sustained suspense, and moral 
preoccupation with the responsibilities of kinship and friendship that 
distinguishes Ender's entire saga." (Booklist)

