Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is a science fiction classic that has won not only Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards since its 1985 publication, but also the love of generations of readers. Now Card has teamed up with Smart Pop to produce Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game, a collection of science fiction, fantasy, and YA writers, along with military strategists, offering new insight into Ender’s Game and other stories in the Ender chronology. Edited and with brand new content by Card himself, it’s the perfect book at the perfect time for old fans and new readers alike to (re)enter the world of Ender’s Game in preparation for the November 2013 film adaptation.

In Ender’s World, Card answers some of readers’ biggest questions, from What qualities did the Battle School tests look for? to If you could go back and re-write Ender’s Game, what would you change?

In addition, contributors who are also Ender’s Game fans present a spectrum of thoughtful, illuminating pieces and analyses: military strategists Colonel Tom Ruby and John F. Schmitt offer insights into (and from) the human–formic war; Aaron Johnston, coauthor of Card’s Formic Wars prequel novels, explains why Ender is a short Clint Eastwood; Grammy-nominated songwriter Janis Ian argues that, in the Ender universe, size matters; Matt Nix, creator and executive producer of Burn Notice, uses Ender’s Game as an often humorous guide to life, from angsty teenagerhood to the present; New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman remembers the first time he read Ender’s Game, and offers a meditation on the book’s biggest moral questions.

The full list of contributors:
Hilari Bell
John Brown
Mette Ivie Harrison
Janis Ian
Aaron W. Johnston
Alethea Kontis
Mary Robinette Kowal
David Lubar and Alison S. Myers
Matt Nix
Colonel Tom Ruby
John F. Schmitt
Eric James Stone
Neal Shusterman
Ken Scholes

With its variety of themes and viewpoints, Ender’s World intrigues, entertains, and provokes readers to further consider Ender’s Game’s influence on the science fiction genre, its commentary on society, and its place in literature.

About the Editor: Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools. His most recent series, the young adult Pathfinder series (Pathfinder, Ruins) and the fantasy Mithermages series (Lost Gate, Gate Thief) are taking readers in new directions. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts.

About Smart Pop: Smart Pop is the pop culture imprint of Dallas-based publisher BenBella Books. Our mission is to publish smart, fresh nonfiction titles on television, books, and film. You can find more online at smartpopbooks.com.

Book Details:
Title: Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game
Editor: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Smart Pop (An Imprint of BenBella Books), distributed by Perseus Distribution
Publication: April 2, 2013, $14.95 (CAN $17.50), Paper, ISBN: 978-1-937856-26-7
Science Fiction, 304 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4