About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American novelist that writes in many different genres. His science fiction novels are truly respected and praised. He won several awards for his work. For the novel Ender's Game, he won the Nebula Award for best novel in 1985, and the Hugo Award for best novel in 1986. These two awards are the best awards for science fiction novels. He became the first author to win both awards twice in a row (the other novel was Speaker for the Dead).
At the age of 16, the author got the idea about the Battle School. He kept the idea in the back of his mind, until in 1975 he started writing the novel. The main characters in his book are all very young children that are "different" then the usual children just because of their talents.
It is easy to understand why all readers can relate to the novel because the author himself was influenced by real-life events such as the stories his brother told him about the Korean War.
The author's message to the readers of Ender's Game
At the age of 16, the author got the idea about the Battle School. He kept the idea in the back of his mind, until in 1975 he started writing the novel. The main characters in his book are all very young children that are "different" then the usual children just because of their talents.
It is easy to understand why all readers can relate to the novel because the author himself was influenced by real-life events such as the stories his brother told him about the Korean War.
The author's message to the readers of Ender's Game
"The story itself, the true story, is the one the that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my text, but then transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified by their own experience, their own desires, their own hopes and fears (Card 27).