Orson Scott Card "Ender's Game" 2-Volume Slipcased Signed First Edition, Leather-Bound, First TOR Printing 1985, Analog Magazine 1977 w/COA [VF]

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VERY FINE without any flaws. A wonderful bright clean copy free of any markings, writings, or stamps. Sharp corners that are not bumped. Tight and square spine. Unread book. No attached bookplates or indication of any removed. Ender's Game has been personally signed by Orson Scott Card directly onto the title page of the book. "This hardback first printing of ENDER'S GAME has been privately bound in premium leather. It has been signed by the author ORSON SCOTT CARD" The first publication of Orson Scott Card's Hugo award-winning novel Ender's Game, predating the first edition by eight years New York, TOR Publishing (1977, 1985). Orson Scott Card "Ender's Game". Leather-Bound. First Edition, First Printing as stated. Signed by the author directly onto the title page of the book. Two-volume slipcased set that includes the Analog Magazine 1977. Black hardcover books with no dust-jackets as issued. Original matching slipcase. Gold color lettering and graphics on the spines. ISBN: 0-312-93208-1. Cover art by John Harris. "First TOR printing: January 1985" as stated on the copyright page. ENDER'S GAME 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. ABOU THE AUTHOR. Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. He is also a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a political and social commentator whose opinions, including opposition to same-sex marriage, have drawn controversy. Card is co-producing the film. Most recently, he was awarded the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in Young Adult literature, from the American Library Association. Card has written sixty-one books, assorted plays, comics, and essays and newspaper columns. The Ender novels have inspired a Marvel Comics series, a forthcoming video game from Chair Entertainment, and pre-production on a film version. A highly anticipated The Authorized Ender Companion, written by Jake Black, is also forthcoming.Card offers writing workshops from time to time and occasionally teaches writing and literature at universities. Orson Scott Card currently lives with his family in Greensboro, NC. N° de ref. del artículo 93-134

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Título: Orson Scott Card "Ender's Game" 2-Volume ...
Editorial: TOR
Año de publicación: 1985
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: New
Ejemplar firmado: Signed by Author(s)
Edición: 1st Edition