晓竹天下 西学空间

SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD by Orson Scott Card

(First published in 1986 - Hugo Award for best novel, 1987)

Prologue

In the year 1830, after the formation of Starways Congress, a robot scout ship sent a report by ansible: The planet it was investigating was well within the parameters for human life. The nearest planet with any kind of population pressure was Ba隆a; Starways Congress granted them the exploration license.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

First published in 1985

Chapter 1--Third

"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and tell you he's the one. Or at least as close as we're going to get."
    "That's what you said about the brother."
    "The brother tested out impossible. For other reasons. Nothing to do with his ability."

奥森·斯科特·卡德(Orson Scott Card)是当今美国科幻界最炙手可热的人物之一。在科幻史上，从来没有人在两年内连续两次将“雨果”和“星云”两大科幻奖尽收囊中，直到卡德横空出世。 1986年，他的《安德的游戏》囊括雨果奖、星云奖，1987年，其续集《死者代言人》再次包揽了这两个世界科幻文学的最高奖项。卡德生于华盛顿州里奇兰，在犹他州长大，分别在杨百翰大学和犹他大学取得学位，目前定居于北卡罗莱纳州。