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First Meetings in Ender's Universe
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First Meetings in Ender's Universe (2003) (edit title/settings)

by Orson Scott Card (Author) (edit contributors)

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Meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the unforgettable boy-hero of Ender's Game --winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel--and enter his Universe through this collection of stories. "The Polish Boy" is John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender. In the years between the first... read more

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In "The Polish Boy," a young John Paul Wieczorek tricks the visiting International Fleet officers, who have come to test his siblings for strategic thinking, into testing him. After proving his brilliance, he convinces them to get his family out of Poland, where they suffer because his... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

In "The Polish Boy," a young John Paul Wieczorek tricks the visiting International Fleet officers, who have come to test his siblings for strategic thinking, into testing him. After proving his brilliance, he convinces them to get his family out of Poland, where they suffer because his parents had more than the allotted number of children. John Paul refuses to attend Battle School, but the officers help because they hope his future children will be the hero they need.
In "Teacher's Pet," John Paul attends a class taught by a brilliant young graduate student, Theresa Brown. After the class, Theresa barricades herself in her office because the university administration is cutting her funding in an attempt to blackmail her father into coming out of retirement. John Paul waits outside Theresa's office for several hours, ordering takeout, until she eventually comes out. They fall in love.
In "Ender's Game," Ender Wiggin, John Paul's son, is made commander of the Dragon Army. After a series of wins against the other armies, Ender is promoted to Command School, in which he goes through another barrage of tests - only to be told at the end that he has just destroyed the buggers and won the war.
Twenty years later, in "The Investment Counselor," Ender's reputation is in shreds, thanks to his own efforts to decry the Xenocide (the killing of all the buggers). Ender and his sister Valentine are traveling from planet to planet in relative anonymity, when a corrupt tax collector attempts to blackmail Ender. Jane, a mind in the ansible network, and now one of Ender's allies, ultimately leaks all of his shady dealings after he does not "tell the whole truth." Ender speaks at his funeral - telling the good and the bad - and ultimately creates the profession of "Speaker for the Dead."

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  • “Even in cultures where marriages are arranged by parents, you're never actually forbidden to fall in love with your mate.”
    John Paul Wieczorek
  • “Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.”
    John Paul Wieczorek
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  • “Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.
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  • “We’re all tools in somebody’s kit. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make tools out of other people. Or figure out interesting things to use ourselves for.”
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  • Are you really going to shut this door in my face?” She shut the door in his face.
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  • The tax laws are designed to trick people into paying more than they have to. That way the rich who are in the know get to take advantage of drastic tax breaks, while those who don’t have such good connections and haven’t yet found an accountant who does are tricked into paying ludicrously higher amounts.
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  • “There are many steps on the continuum between controlling something and doing nothing at all.”
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  • Because women are almost never simply thrown away, while men are thrown away by the thousands in time of war.”
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  • My preliminary assessment shows that when a civil society is mature and successful, the citizens become complacent and to satisfy various needs they reinvent tribes that eventually collapse the society from the inside.”
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  • “The handful of alpha males rule, while all the other males become tools. But even the ruling males know that the most vital resource of the community is the women, and any community that is going to survive has to bend all its efforts to one primary task—to promote the ability of women to reproduce and bring their offspring to adulthood.”
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  • “I don’t know the answer,” said John Paul, “but neither does anyone else in the room except you, so until you decide to tell us instead of engaging in this enchanting voyage of discovery in which you let the passengers steer the ship, it’s naptime.”
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  • “Ever since co-ed colleges began,” she said, “it’s been a marriage market for people with money to meet and marry people with brains.”
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  • International Fleet: An international peacekeeping force meant to defend the earth from the buggers

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John Paul hated school.

Table of Contents edit see section history

The Polish Boy
Teacher's Pest
Ender's Game
Investment Counselor

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 8 of 14 in Enderverse. (universe)

Preceded by Shadow Puppets, and followed by Shadow of the Giant.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Orson Scott Card (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0765308738
Page Count: 208

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  • Library of Congress: PZ7.C1897 Fi 2003
  • Dewey: 813.54

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Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Maybe some language.

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  • A War of Gifts
  • Ender in Exile
  • Ender's Game

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