
Speaker for the Dead
The Ender Quintet (Volume 2)Orson Scott Card
Tor Books
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On Sale: 08/15/1994
ISBN: 9780812550757
416 PagesIn 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.
Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's Ender Quintet, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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
Nebula Award Winner, Locus Awards - Winner, Hugo Award Winner, John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Third Place
SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD (Chapter 1:PIPO)
Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in the extreme to suppose we could ever look at sociable, tool-making creatures...
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“A great read!” —UPI Reviews
“Less brash than Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead may be a much better book. Don't miss it!” —Analog
“Told with compassion and keen insight, this powerful sequel to Ender's Game is highly recommended.” —Library Journal