by Orson Scott Card · Zeta Bolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496581579
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«El juego de Ender» is the science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published in 2006 by Zeta Bolsillo in paperback (359 pages, in Spanish).
Ender Wiggin is recruited at age six to lead the war against the Buggers, an alien species that threatens humanity. At Battle School, gifted children are trained through war games and space simulations, while Ender endures the pressure from his instructors and peers. The novel combines military strategy with the emotions of a protagonist subjected to extreme demands.
«El juego de Ender» won the Hugo, Nebula, and SF Chronicle awards in 1986. It is the first installment of the Ender Saga.
The child protagonist and the emphasis on military training and strategy make it suitable for readers of young adult science fiction and strategy.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
