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First Meetings in the Enderverse by Orson Scott Card is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From School Library JournalGrade 6 Up-Andrew "Ender" Wiggins, a brilliant leader and tactician and destined to save Earth by destroying an entire alien civilization at the age of 12, was first introduced in Card's "Ender's Game" in Analog magazine (1977). That novella, plus three other stories (including one never before published) make up this appealing and entertaining collection of tales, all dealing with first meetings that played significant roles in the life of Ender Wiggins. "The Polish Boy" introduces his extraordinary father, John Paul, who manages at the age of six to trick the Hegemony into bringing his entire family from Poland to the United States. "Teacher's Pest" is the story of how John Paul meets and romances the equally brilliant graduate student Theresa Brown. Finally, in "The Investment Counselor," a mysterious accounting program named Jane appears just when 20-year-old Andrew Wiggins needs help figuring out both his taxes and what to do with the rest of his life. All four stories use the future setting as a framework to explore various issues of religion, government control, population limits, education, and moral responsibility. Character, setting, plot-Card d

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Orson Scott Card
Publisher
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780606343305
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Science Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult
Rating
3.83 / 5 (72 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14