El juego de Ender / Ender's Game - Softcover

Card, Orson Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8466653953 ISBN 13: 9788466653954

Publisher: Nova, 2014

Synopsis

La Tierra se ve amenazada por la especie extraterrestre de los insectos, seres que se comunican telepáticamente y que se consideran totalmente distintos de los humanos, a los que quieren destruir. Para vencerles, la humanidad necesita de un genio militar y por ello se permite el nacimiento de Ender, que es el tercer hijo de una pareja en el mundo que ha limitado estrictamente a dos el número de descendientes.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Is Ender the general Earth needs?

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From the Back Cover

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.

About the Author

Orson Scott Card obtuvo el premio Hugo 1986 y el Nebula 1985 con El juego de Ender, cuya continuación, La voz de los muertos, consiguió de nuevo dichos premios, siendo la primera vez en toda la historia de la ciencia ficción que un autor los obtenía dos años consecutivos. La seriecontinuó con Ender el xenocida, Hijos de la mente, Guerra de regalos y Ender en el exilio. En 1999 apareció un nuevo título, La sombra de Ender, seguido por La sombra de Egemón, Marionetas de la sombra, La sombra del gigante y Sombras en fuga. También han sido un gran éxito su serie sobre Alvin Maker, el Hacedor, iniciada con El séptimo hijo, y la llamada Saga del Retorno, iniciada con La memoria de la tierra.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 8466653953
• ISBN 13: 9788466653954
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• Number of pages: 359