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Earth Afire: Prequel to Ender’s Game

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Earth Afire cover art

With Earth Unaware as the first book in the Ender’s Game prequels Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston are now releasing the second installment of the prequel set, Earth Afire. Tor Books has announced that Earth Afire will be available to all in a Tor hardcover on June 4, 2013.

One hundred years before Ender’s Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War.

A huge alien ship arrives in near-Earth orbit, leaving behind it a path of destruction and devastation that stretches across the solar system. Mining stations, trading posts, ships, colonies — all have been destroyed, with tens of thousands of people dead. No warning was ever sent to Earth because the alien ship has disrupted all radio communication.

Victor Delgado tried to warn Earth, traveling in a fast ship from the Kuiper Belt that arrived before the aliens. But skeptical governments refused to believe that there was any threat. They don’t believe that until the aliens land in China and begin burning everything in sight  . . .

The book will definitely enthrall new readers not just to Ender’s World but to the whole Sci-Fi genre. It will excite current Ender’s Game fans also.

“The pacing and the vivid action scenes will satisfy hard-core military-sf buffs. At the same time, the characters and the ethical foundations under them are at the high level we have come to associate with Card. Laying their own foundations under Card’s Ender Wiggins saga, the Formic Wars promise to add to Card’s already high reputation and to his collaborator’s as well.”

–Booklist, starred review for EARTH AFIRE

“Card and Johnston craft cinematically detailed environments for their space miners, 

thieves, and outcasts, probing the inner mechanics and conflicts of various groups. Social upheavals

and political ineptitude are realized through rich characterization and brisk action,

marrying the genre staple of alien invasion with conflicts of conscience.”

–Publishers Weekly for EARTH AFIRE

You can pre-order a copy now at Amazon.
Who’s going to get their copy on June 4th? Any one haven’t read Earth Unaware? Let us know in the comments?
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Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston and Ender’s Game at LA Times Festival of Books

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This past weekend USC hosted the annual LA Times Festival of Books. In attendance was Orson Scott Card who was scheduled for a conversation with Aaron Johnston, co-author of Earth Unaware.

The conversation was held around 1:30pm in Ronald Tutor Hall with an attendance of about 200 people. OSC talked about the Ender’s Game movie and how it differs from the novel, the possibility of an Ender’s Game sequel, a possible TV series of the Enderverse and Ender’s world after death.

The audio was captured by Cassandra at EndersAnsible. To hear the audio go to EndersAnsible where you can listen to sections of the conversation. (Also, Cassandra tried her best to get a clear recording of the conversation so if any piece gets tuned out we are sorry for it).

After the conversation Cassandra and I met up and stood for about 3 hours in line to get our books signed. (It was worth the wait because we got to meet both Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card and get our books and movie posters signed; we also got to meet some amazing Ender’s Game fans).

Also, Summit Entertainment had set up a booth in which they were pressing T-Shirts for “Ender’s Game” and giving out pins and movie posters. (As seen below)

It was a very exciting day. Ender’s Game opens in theaters November 1st.

Summit representative pressing T-shirts for fand
Summit representative with Ender’s Game T-shirt
Ender’s Game movie poster and pins
Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card signing books.

LA Times Festival of Books Reminder

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Any fans in the Los Angeles area here is a reminder that Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston will be attending the LA Times Festival of Books held at the USC campus. Aaron Johnston, co-author of Earth Unaware, will interview Orson Scott Card Saturday April 20th at 1:30-2:30pm in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. The interview will be conversation #1063 and admission is free but you can also purchase a ticket for secure entry to the conversation here. Otherwise you can wait in a stand in line to get a seat.

After the interview Card and Johnston will have a book signing in the Mysterious Galaxy booth #368 from 4pm-5pm. The festival rules are that one person can get 3 items signed at a time and depending on the author the 3 items can be anything ranging from their older or newer books to personal memorabilia. If you want more than 3 items signed you will have to get back in line as to give others the chance for a signing.

I will personally be volunteering at the festival so I will be out and about on the grounds. If you want any updates on things you can follow me on my personal twitter @endersspeaker .

Enders Ansible has unconfirmed news that Summit Ent. will be giving out some “Ender’s Game” and “Divergent” t-shirts at the event. They will most likely be posted in the YA section of the festival or around the booth numbers 700.

Hope to see you all there!

EnderCast Episode #9

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EG-Logo3A new episode for EnderCast is now up. This episode includes two contributors of Ender’s World, David Lubar and Alison Myers, a father-daughter duo that wrote the essay Parallax Regained. Here is an excerpt from this episodes promo:

  • Contests on EnderWiggin.net and Ender News for you to win Ender’s Game mini posters
  • Butterfields’ game Racing Blind is out for the iPad
  • Romeo and Juliet trailer with Hailee Steinfeld
  • CinemaCon is coming up next week and Asa, Hailee, and Harrison will be receiving awards

Topics with David and Alison:

  • Alison mentions in gender in Parallax Regained and how Scott has two well-crafted and dynamic female characters. As a female reader, it was a little disappointing that he had Petra fail on Eros. Why do you think he chose Petra for this incident?
  • How can Peter/Valentine/Ender’s motivations be shown on screen, especially when we never get to see from Peter’s perspective?
  • Thoughts on Anderson being changed to a woman and the effect of Asa being older on the transition of the story from book to film.
  • Considering how the landscape of gaming has changed so much in the last 10 years, in a hypothetical situation that the IF needed to recruit for Battle School, could they do so in the pool of gamers out there today?

Be sure to check out David’s books such as Beware the Ninja Weenies and his Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series. You can also check out his website onwww.davidlubar.com.

 

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston to Converse at LA Times Festival of Books

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usc_la_times_festival_of_booksThis month the LA Times Book Festival is taking on its 18th annual event April 20th-21st at Southern California’s USC campus and in attendance will be the very own Orson Scott Card who will be interviewed by his Ender’s World co-author, Aaron Johnston.

Their event will take place Saturday, April 20th in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at 1:30pm conversation #1063. If you want to reserve or buy a pass click the ticket info link. If you want to learn more about the event or see the event schedule click the event schedule link.

This year I will volunteer for the festival so this news was very exciting for me. I’m hoping to be an author escort, but I won’t know until the day of the event. I will try to attend the OSC interview if I have time (my shift starts at 2pm on Saturday) and try to get some snippets of the interview. Also, I’m going to use my slick ninja skills and try to get a backstage access to the interview room if possible. Fingers crossed launchies, I’m going to try to bring the Ender’s Game Fandom to OSC.

Will any of you be attending the festival? Anyone volunteering? Let us know in the comments.

Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game is out Today

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enders-worldWhy not revisit and go deeper into the world of Ender’s Game with this new collection of essays that looks at fresh perspectives of Ender’s Game. You can find chapters by other Sci-Fi writers, even military strategists. As well as Aaron Johnston, co-author of the Ender’s Game prequels.

Smart Pop Books has a great treat on their site. If you want to get a taste of what to read in Ender’s World check out excerpts from the chapters.

You can purchase the book anywhere books are sold, but here are some links to order your copy online: Amazon, B&N.

Ender’s Game Teaser Poster!

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Our wait is somewhat over. Yahoo! movies released today the teaser poster for Ender’s Game movie and the very first look into the battle room.

via Yahoo! movies

via Yahoo! movies

Yahoo also interviewed director Gavin Hood over phone and asked him about the production that went into building Ender’s Game.

The design of the Battle Room was the first challenge his and his production design team tackled when they began work on “Ender’s Game” over two years ago. Before they had a cast or even their full financing in place, Hood said, “We put together a 45-second teaser based around the idea of a character jumping out of a gate into zero gravity and just floating into this amazing space.”

Well, as stated in past interviews with Hood he said that the battle room would be at least a football field in size. Interesting enough, the sun that you can see peeking through the battle room can also be seen by the armies fighting. Gavin Hood decided to make the battle room transparent so it could create “’a really strange, disorienting experience,’ that would better capture the notion in the book that in space there really is no up or down.”

You can check out the interview here.

This looks amazing! There is so much to take in. Check back soon for a breakdown of the Ender’s Game teaser poster.

What do you guys think of the movie poster? Amazed? Not too excited? Let us know in the comments?

Spanish Cover for Earth Unaware

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Aaron Johnston, co-author of Earth Unaware, tweeted the cover for the spanish version of the novel.

The translation of the spanish title (back to English) is “The Land/Dirt/Ground Unprepared: The Prequel to Ender’s Game”. Though, sometimes titles are lost in translation, Earth Unaware was a simple title to translate.

If you don’t already own the book grab a copy here (English version). Have you read Earth Unaware in a different language? Any other Orson Scott Card novels? Share with us in the comments.