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Countdown to NovEnder Day 21: Orson Scott Card Autographed Copy of Ender’s World

Only 11 day to go, Launchies! Today we’ve got a pretty cool prize thanks to the nice folks over at Smart Pop Books: a copy of Ender’s World autographed by Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card.

This giveaway is open worldwide and includes some Ender’s World pins as well.

How to Enter

Each day, check the Rafflecopter widget for the various ways you can enter and make sure you are eligible. After you complete each task, you must log in your entry in the widget or it will not count. We’ve put in a wide variety of methods for you to enter and for some you can enter once every day of the giveaway. If you already like or follow, simply log in your entry and you’re done!

You MUST leave an email address that you check frequently so that you can claim your prize within 72 hours of receiving an email from EnderWiggin.net. Please DO NOT comment with your email address in your comment.

For today’s comment, tell us which of the original Ender Quartet is your favorite book: Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, or Children of the Mind?

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October 21, 2013
EnderCast Episode #19 – Welcome to Fairyland
Episode 19 of EnderCast is now available! This week we talked with author Alethea Kontis, who wrote the essay Mirror Mirror in Smart Pop Books’ anthology Ender’s World. Topics included:
- Whether the mind game is important to the movie
- The impact of parental figures on characters such as Peter
- How her essay Mirror Mirror came about
- Her experience at Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp
We also had a Pop Quiz, Fart Eater guest on, so let us know how you did! Listen to the episode here.
June 25, 2013
EnderCast Episode 18: Graff
In this week’s EnderCast, Kelly and Crystal talk to Air Force colonel Tom Ruby, who contributed the essay “Ender on Leadership” to Smart Pop Books’ anthology Ender’s World. Among other things, they discuss
- how Tom met and became friends with Orscon Scott Card
- bad movies, and how they can damage the reputation of a book
- if battle school is a real possibility, and what Tom would do if he was in Graff’s shoes
- how they might establish Ender’s exceptional leadership abilities in the movie
Listen to the episode here.

Also, check out Tom’s essay on the Smart Pop Books website and visit his site at www.bgcts.com.
June 17, 2013
GIVEAWAY: The Weekly Ender #3

Oops, forgot to post this on Saturday! Been having a busy weekend so far!

For this week’s Weekly Ender I talk about the three Enderverse books I’m reading, the fansite setvisitersary, and a giveaway! (you’ll have to watch the video for details!

May 27, 2013
EnderCast Episode 9 Ender’s World Now Available
The 9th episode of EnderCast is now available on EnderCast.com!

This week we welcomed our very first author guests, interviewing David Lubar and Alison Myers, authors of Parallax Regained in the newly released Ender’s World. Topics we discussed with them included:
- 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?
Listen to the episode here or subscribe to us on iTunes!
April 14, 2013
Ender’s World Anthology Released & Giveaway

Today is the release date for Ender’s World, an anthology of essays written by various authors about Ender’s Game. I’m still picking my way through the book and will hopefully have a review ready this week. Keep reading to find out how you can enter to win a free copy from EnderWiggin.net and Smart Pop Books!

Here’s a synopsis:

Go deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card’s classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including:

Ender prequel series coauthor Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child hero
Burn Notice creator Matt Nix on Ender’s Game as a guide to life
Hugo award–winning writer Mary Robinette Kowal on how Ender’s Game gets away with breaking all the (literary) rules
Retired US Air Force Colonel Tom Ruby on what the military could learn from Ender about leadership
Bestselling YA author Neal Shusterman on the ambivalence toward survival that lies at the heart of Ender’s story

Plus pieces by:

Hilari Bell
John Brown
Mette Ivie Harrison
Janis Ian
Alethea Kontis
David Lubar and Alison S. Myers
John F. Schmitt
Ken Scholes
Eric James Stone

Also includes never-before-seen content from Orson Scott Card on the writing and evolution of the events in Ender’s Game, from the design of Battle School to the mindset of the pilots who sacrificed themselves in humanity’s fight against the formics.

Free excerpts from the book can be found here.

If you’re interested in winning a free copy, simply comment on this post and tell me what part of the book you’re most looking forward to reading. Is it a particular author’s take? Is it the new content by Orson Scott Card? Or do you simply eat up anything Ender’s Game?

After you’ve commented, log in your entry in the Rafflecopter widget below. This will enable you to get extra entries through other methods. I do check anyone who enters via comments and if you win and there’s no comment by you, I draw someone else, so no cheating!

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April 2, 2013
Free Excerpt from ‘Ender’s World’ Available from Smart Pop Books
Those of you that want to know more about ‘Ender’s World’ can now read a free excerpt from the book, which will be released by Smart Pop Books this coming April.

To get the free excerpt, which includes part of John Brown’s essay, “The Monster’s Heart” and some reader questions answered by Orson Scott Card, head over to the Smart Pop Books page on Ender’s World and enter your email address in the box that asks if you want to sign up for free chapter and book updates.

The book, which is available now for pre-order on Amazon, is an anthology of essays about Ender’s Game interspersed with a fan Q&A with author Orson Scott Card.
Experience the thrill of reading Ender’s Game all over again

Go deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card’s classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including:
- Ender prequel series coauthor Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child hero
- Burn Notice creator Matt Nix on Ender’s Game as a guide to life
- Hugo award–winning writer Mary Robinette Kowal on how Ender’s Game gets away with breaking all the (literary) rules
- Retired US Air Force Colonel Tom Ruby on what the military could learn from Ender about leadership
- Bestselling YA author Neal Shusterman on the ambivalence toward survival that lies at the heart of Ender’s story
February 5, 2013
Ender’s World Buttons from Smart Pop Books

Smart Pop Books is getting their convention swag ready for MystiCon (February 22-24, 2013) and SD Comic Con (July 17-21, 2013) and gave a little sneak peek on Twitter.

Those are some cool buttons! Comic Con just announced their badge sale date, so be sure you have your Comic Con International Member ID registered!

Follow @SmartPopBooks on Twitter!

February 1, 2013
Seeking Name Credits in ‘Ender’s World’

Last June, publisher Smart Pop Books sent out a call for fan questions to be submitted to Orson Scott Card for their anthology Ender’s World, which is due for release this coming April. Some of you posted your questions here on EnderWiggin.net while others posted on the Smart Pop website.

A good number of those questions were answered in the book, but without names attached and one fan is trying to change that by working with Smart Pop to collect names to include with the questions. If you were one of the individuals that posted a question and you posted under a pseudonym, please email EC Spencer at wiggine@gmail.com using the email address you used when posting your question and give her your name. If your question got included, it could mean a free book for you, so be sure to jump on this!

Time is of the essence, so act fast! If you can’t remember if you asked a question, you can see the original post on Smart Pop here.

January 16, 2013
Ender’s World Available for Pre-Order
Next year, Smart Pop Books will be publishing an anthology of Ender’s Game articles edited by Orson Scott Card. The nice folks over at Smart Pop have sent over a press release revealing the contributor names and giving fans a better idea of what the book will be about.

The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon and is set for release April 2, 2013.
ORSON SCOTT CARD EDITS ALL-NEW COLLECTION ON HIS CLASSIC NOVEL ENDER’S GAME

Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is a science fiction classic that has won not only Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards since its 1985 publication, but also the love of generations of readers. Now Card has teamed up with Smart Pop to produce Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game, a collection of science fiction, fantasy, and YA writers, along with military strategists, offering new insight into Ender’s Game and other stories in the Ender chronology. Edited and with brand new content by Card himself, it’s the perfect book at the perfect time for old fans and new readers alike to (re)enter the world of Ender’s Game in preparation for the November 2013 film adaptation.

In Ender’s World, Card answers some of readers’ biggest questions, from What qualities did the Battle School tests look for? to If you could go back and re-write Ender’s Game, what would you change?

In addition, contributors who are also Ender’s Game fans present a spectrum of thoughtful, illuminating pieces and analyses: military strategists Colonel Tom Ruby and John F. Schmitt offer insights into (and from) the human–formic war; Aaron Johnston, coauthor of Card’s Formic Wars prequel novels, explains why Ender is a short Clint Eastwood; Grammy-nominated songwriter Janis Ian argues that, in the Ender universe, size matters; Matt Nix, creator and executive producer of Burn Notice, uses Ender’s Game as an often humorous guide to life, from angsty teenagerhood to the present; New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman remembers the first time he read Ender’s Game, and offers a meditation on the book’s biggest moral questions.

The full list of contributors:
- Hilari Bell
- John Brown
- Mette Ivie Harrison
- Janis Ian
- Aaron W. Johnston
- Alethea Kontis
- Mary Tobinette Kowal
- David Lubar and Allison S. Meyers
- Matt Nix
- Colonel Tom Ruby
- John F. Schmitt
- Eric James Stone
- Neal Shusterman
- Ken Scholes
With its variety of themes and viewpoints, Ender’s World intrigues, entertains, and provokes readers to further consider Ender’s Game’s influence on the science fiction genre, its commentary on society, and its place in literature.
Source: Smart Pop Books
December 19, 2012
Smart Pop Books Holding ‘Ender’s World’ Giveaway at SDCC 2012

Smart Pop Books will be publishing ‘Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic‘, a collection of essays written by almost two dozen writers and edited by Orson Scott Card himself, in February 2013, but 25 lucky fans won’t need to wait that long to get their hands on a copy.

Visit Smart Pop Books at booth #4300 at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con and you can enter to win one of 25 advance copies of the book. Head over to Smart Pop Books to see what else they have in store for SDCC.

They will also be giving out free copies of their preview volume, which will include an essay by Hilari Bell called ‘Winning and Losing in Ender’s Game‘.

Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game, edited by Orson Scott Card, comes out in February 2013. But we’re giving 25 Comic-Con attendees the chance to read it first.

Come by booth #4300 and ask us to scan your badge to be entered to win an advance copy of Ender’s World. We’ll pick the winners after the end of the convention and notify you via email. Then we’ll ship you your copy, hot off the presses, as soon as they’re printed!

The preview volume will also include excerpts from their upcoming books about ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘A Game of Thrones’.

June 19, 2012
Smart Pop Books Accepting Questions for Orson Scott Card

Publisher Smart Pop Books will be releasing a book of essays next February and are now accepting questions for Orson Scott Card to include in a Q&A section of their book.

Alongside those essays, we’re putting together some Q&As with Orson Scott Card to add throughout the book. Why is the Battle Room a cube? Why did the military recruit their soldiers as children? How does the queen survive until Ender finds her?

Here’s your chance to get in on it: Card wants to give you the opportunity to ask him anything you’ve ever wondered about Ender’s Game!

To submit your question to Orson Scott Card, head over to the Smart Pop Books Tumblr! A Tumblr account is not required to comment.

June 1, 2012