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1、MADEBYWWW.KEHUAN.NETENDER'SSHADOWOrsonScottCardFOREWORDThisbookis,strictlyspeaking,notasequel,becauseitbeginsaboutwhereEnder'sGamebegins,andalsoends,verynearly,atthesameplace.Infact,itisanothertellingofthesametale,withmanyofthesamecharactersandsettings
2、,onlyfromtheperspectiveofanothercharacter.It'shardtoknowwhattocallit.Acompanionnovel?Aparallelnovel?Perhapsa"parallax,"ifIcanmovethatscientifictermintoliterature.Ideally,thisnovelshouldworkaswellforreaderswhohaveneverreadEnder'sGameasforthosewhohaverea
3、ditseveraltimes.Becauseitisnotasequel,thereisnothingyouneedtoknowfromthenovelEnder'sGamethatisnotcontainedhere.Andyet,ifIhaveachievedmyliterarygoal,thesetwobookscomplementandfulfilleachother.Whicheveroneyoureadfirst,theothernovelshouldstillworkonitsown
4、merits.Formanyyears,IhavegratefullywatchedasEnder'sGamehasgrowninpopularity,especiallyamongschool-agereaders.Thoughitwasneverintendedasayoung-adultnovel,ithasbeenembracedbymanyinthatagegroupandbymanyteacherswhofindwaystousethebookintheirclassrooms.Ihav
5、eneverfounditsurprisingthattheexistingsequels--SpeakerfortheDead,Xenocide,andChildrenoftheMind--neverappealedasstronglytothoseyoungerreaders.TheobviousreasonisthatEnder'sGameiscenteredaroundachild,whilethesequelsareaboutadults;perhapsmoreimportant,Ende
6、r'sGameis,atleastonthesurface,aheroic,adventurousnovel,whilethesequelsareacompletelydifferentkindoffiction,slowerpaced,morecontemplativeandidea-centered,anddealingwiththemesoflessimmediateimporttoyoungerreaders.Recently,however,Ihavecometorealizethatth
7、e3,000-yeargapbetweenEnder'sGameanditssequelsleavesplentyofroomforothersequelsthataremorecloselytiedtotheoriginal.Infact,inonesenseEnder'sGamehasnosequels,fortheotherthreebooksmakeonecontinuousstoryinthemselves,whileEnder'sGamestandsalone.Forabrieftime
8、IflirtedseriouslywiththeideaofopeninguptheEnder'sGameuniversetootherwriters,andwentsofarastoinviteawriterwhoseworkIgreatlyadmire,NealShusterman,toconsiderworkingwithmetocreatenovelsaboutEnderWiggin'scompanionsinBattleSchool.Aswetalked,i
