 Cover of first edition (hardcover) | |
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John Harris |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ender's Game series |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | March 1986 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 415 |
| Award | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1987) |
| ISBN | 0-312-93738-5 |
| OCLC | 13201341 |
| Preceded by | Ender's Game |
| Followed by | Xenocide |
Speaker for the Dead is a 1986 science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, an indirect sequel to the 1985 novel Ender's Game. The book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game. However because of relativistic space travel at near-light speed Ender himself is only about 35 years old.
This is the first book to describe the Starways Congress, a high standpoint legislature for the human space colonies, and the Hundred Worlds, the planets with human colonies that are tightly intertwined by Ansible technology, which enables instantaneous communication across any distance.
Like Ender's Game, the book won the Nebula Award (1986)[1] and the Hugo Award (1987).[2] Speaker for the Dead was published in a slightly revised edition in 1991. It was followed by Xenocide and Children of the Mind.
- ^ "1986 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "1987 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-15.