First Meetings in Ender's Universe - Book Review
When I recently finished Ender in Exile there was a little blurb on the end that mentioned how the story of Jane "meeting" Ender was covered in First Meetings in Ender's Universe . So I immediately got it.
First Meetings in Ender's Universe - by Orson Scott Card covers a little of the background of the series. The book is composed of 4 stories:
The Polish Boy - a story of Ender's father. In theory, this is a big spoiler, though. But it was nicely covered.
Teacher's Pest - the story of how Ender's parents met - all orchestrated by the I.F.
Ender's Game - The original (or so it seems to me) story from which the longer novel came. I read it on the early 90s when Asimov's Science Fiction has a brief brazilian version. It is very good, and it does have the first meeting of Ender and Bean. But pretty much everyone who buy this already read the full novel, so it mostly feel like it is filling space on the book.
Investment Counselor - the story of how Jane (the AI) and Ender first "met" (of course, Jane knew about Ender all along). It was OK, but I can't help but feel disappointed by it. It is just the first smidgen of their relationship - and it feels like it she clearly should look like a scam to Ender.
Anyway, it is still worth getting for fans of the series that didn't read the whole stories elsewhere.
First Meetings in Ender's Universe - by Orson Scott Card covers a little of the background of the series. The book is composed of 4 stories:
The Polish Boy - a story of Ender's father. In theory, this is a big spoiler, though. But it was nicely covered.
Teacher's Pest - the story of how Ender's parents met - all orchestrated by the I.F.
Ender's Game - The original (or so it seems to me) story from which the longer novel came. I read it on the early 90s when Asimov's Science Fiction has a brief brazilian version. It is very good, and it does have the first meeting of Ender and Bean. But pretty much everyone who buy this already read the full novel, so it mostly feel like it is filling space on the book.
Investment Counselor - the story of how Jane (the AI) and Ender first "met" (of course, Jane knew about Ender all along). It was OK, but I can't help but feel disappointed by it. It is just the first smidgen of their relationship - and it feels like it she clearly should look like a scam to Ender.
Anyway, it is still worth getting for fans of the series that didn't read the whole stories elsewhere.
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