112. First Meetings in the Enderverse

First Meetings in the Enderverse by Orson Scott Card
Illustrated by Craig Phillips
A book in the Ender series


Pages: 208
Finished: June 20, 2008
First Published: 2003
Genre: science fiction, short stories
Rating: 4/5

Reason for Reading: next in the series. Cardathon challenge

First sentence:

John Paul hated school.

Comments: This is a collection 4 novellas that either feature Ender Wiggin or his family. They have all been previously published except one "Teacher's Pest" is original to this volume.

"The Polish Boy" tells the story of Ender's father and how he was noticed by the government as a possible battle school student.

"Teacher's Pest" tells how Ender's parents met.

"Ender's Game" is the original story written in 1977 which inspired the novel of the same name.

"The Investment Counselor" is the story of how Ender first meets Jane.

Due to the information found in these stories this book is best read anytime after "Xenocide", the third Ender book. I enjoyed all the stories and while I wouldn't call them brilliant, they were all enjoyable. A must for fans of the series.