- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (Dec 6 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765320630
- ISBN-13: 978-0765320636
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #490,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
The Authorized Ender Companion is a complete and in-depth encyclopedia of all the persons, places, things, and events in Orson Scott Card’s Ender Universe. Written by Jake Black under the editorial supervision of Card himself, The Authorized Ender Companion will be an invaluable resource for readers of the series.
If you ever wondered where Ender went after he left Earth, before he arrived at Lusitania, you’ll find the answer here. If you ever wanted to know how the battle room worked, you’ll find the answer here. If you forgot the names of the people who discovered the descolada, the answer is here. The history of Gloriously Bright’s world? Here.
The Authorized Ender Companion contains all this and more. There are character biographies, time lines, colony histories, family trees, and numerous black and white illustrations.
About the Author
ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead. Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win these two top prizes in consecutive years. There are seven other novels to date in The Ender Universe series. Card has also written fantasy: The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of fantasy novels set in frontier America; his most recent novel, The Lost Gate, is a contemporary magical fantasy. Card has written many other stand-alone SF and fantasy novels, as well as movie tie-ins and games, and publishes an internet-based science fiction and fantasy magazine, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, Card directs plays and teaches writing and literature at Southern Virginia University. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and youngest daughter, Zina Margaret.
JAKE BLACK has written for several popular franchises and characters including Smallville, Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Twilight, Star Trek, and many others. He is also the author of Marvel Comics’ Ender series comic books “Gold Bug,” “Cheater,” and “Recruiting Valentine.” He lives in a quiet Utah town with his wife and son.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Awesome, Feb 16 2010
By Leslie "That Chick That Reads" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Authorized Ender Companion (Hardcover)
I'm a fan of Orson Scott Card's Ender series and was delighted to find this companion! I'm slowly re-reading the series and it's opened up my eyes as well as refreshed my memory on some of the characters and events! The pictures that are included in The Technology of Ender's Game, were very detailed and made the picture that was in my mind clear up. Black went into exclusive detail of every event, character, giving us a useful encyclopedia that needed to be created. This book provided a great insight to the Ender's Game. If you are just beginning to read the series, this is definitely a must have! & If you have already read the series than you should def get your hands on a copy because the detail and insight will def blow your mind! This companion NEEDED to be written and thanks to Jake Black it has! I give this novel 4 out of 5 paws!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-have for Ender's fans!, Dec 20 2009
By S. Sywak "ssywak" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Authorized Ender Companion (Hardcover)
I love this book, and it's not just because I happen to have written a chapter in it.Well, maybe that has a little to do with it.
No, let's be honest, it probably has a lot to do with it.
But seriously, not only is the chapter on the "Technology of Ender's Game" fascinating, enlightening, beautifully and concisely written, wonderfully illustrated, etc., etc., etc. but I understand there are other chapters in the book as well.
For instance, there's a great chapter on the history of the movie-to-be, and all the trials and tribulations it's gone through and will probably still be going through as the screenplay is developed.
The first part of the book is the "encyclopedia" part, with details on what is probably all the characters, planets, etc., from most or all of the Ender's and Ender's Shadow books (who knows how many more will be written by the time you find this review?)
Fascinating stuff. Fun book. If you're reading this review, you're already and "Ender's Game" fan, and you know you want this book...
--Steve S.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensible, Dec 23 2009
By Tim Lasiuta "Comic Fan 42" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Authorized Ender Companion (Hardcover)
For the Ender fans among us, this is a priceless jewel. Jake Black has authored a comprehensive encyclopedic listing almost every character, setting, and tool in the Ender books. Many of the entries are biographic in nature, and include notations on which book they appear in. There are notes on the comic books, and screenplay in development.This rocks!
I understand the work behind such a project, and to complete it so well in an objective manner is difficult. It is easily readible, and can be used alongside the novels. I can easily imagine a 2nd edition, when Mr Card has reached book #15 and his canon has enlarged quite significantly.
Thank you.
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