Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Orson Scott Card（奥森·斯科特·卡德） 著
• 出版社 Tor Books
• 出版时间 1994-08
• ISBN 9780812550757
• 定价 56.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 416页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 The Ender Quintet

【内容简介】

Intheaftermathofhisterriblewar,EnderWiggindisappeared,andapowerfulvoicearose:TheSpeakerfortheDead,whotoldthetruestoryoftheBuggerWar.

Now,longyearslater,asecondalienracehasbeendiscovered,butagainthealiens'waysarestrangeandfrightening...again,humansdie.AnditisonlytheSpeakerfortheDead,whoisalsoEnderWiggintheXenocide,whohasthecouragetoconfrontthemystery...andthetruth.SpeakerfortheDead,thesecondnovelinOrsonScottCard'sEnderQuintet,isthewinnerofthe1986NebulaAwardforBestNovelandthe1987HugoAwardforBestNovel.

【作者简介】

OrsonScottCardisbestknownforhissciencefictionnovelEnder'sGameandit’smanysequelsthatexpandtheEnderUniverseintothefarfutureandthenearpast.ThosebooksareorganizedintotheEnderQuintet,thefivebooksthatchroniclethelifeofEnderWiggin;theShadowSeries,thatfollowsonthenovelEnder’sShadowandaresetonEarth;andtheFormicWarsseries,writtenwithco-authorAaronJohnston,thattellsoftheterriblefirstcontactbetweenhumansandthealien“Buggers”.
Cardhasbeenaworkingwritersincethe1970s.Beginningwithdozensofplaysandmusicalcomediesproducedinthe1960sand70s,Card'sfirstpublishedfictionappearedin1977--theshortstory"GertFram"intheJulyissueofTheEnsign,andthenoveletversionof"Ender'sGame"intheAugustissueofAnalog.Thenovel-lengthversionofEnder’sGame,publishedin1984andcontinuouslyinprintsincethen,becamethebasisofthe2013film,starringAsaButterfield,HarrisonFord,BenKingsley,HaileeSteinfeld,ViolaDavis,andAbigailBreslin.CardwasborninWashingtonstate,andgrewupinCalifornia,Arizona,andUtah.HeservedamissionfortheLDSChurchinBrazilintheearly1970s.Besideshiswriting,herunsoccasionalwriters’workshopsanddirectsplays.HefrequentlyteacheswritingandliteraturecoursesatSouthernVirginiaUniversity.
Heistheauthormanysfandfantasynovels,includingtheAmericanfrontierfantasyseries“TheTalesofAlvinMaker”(beginningwithSeventhSon),Therearealsostand-alonesciencefictionandfantasynovelslikePastwatchandHart’sHope.HehascollaboratedwithhisdaughterEmilyCardonamangaseries,Laddertop.HehasalsowrittencontemporarythrillerslikeEmpireandhistoricalnovelslikethemonumentalSaintsandthereligiousnovelsSarahandRachelandLeah.Card’srecentworkincludestheMithermagesbooks(LostGate,GateThief),contemporarymagicalfantasyforreadersbothyoungandold.CardlivesinGreensboro,NorthCarolina,withhiswife,KristineAllenCard,HeandKristinearetheparentsoffivechildrenandseveralgrandchildren.