Speaker for the Dead

Three thousand years after Ender Wiggin's destruction of the Bugger home world, he travels to a planet where humans and an alien species are in dangerous conflict, to speak for a murdered scientist. Card's Hugo and Nebula Award winner—the sequel to Ender's Game—is a profound meditation on empathy, loss, and the possibility of understanding the Other.

Speaker for the Dead was written by Orson Scott Card, from United States. First published in 1987.

Speaker for the Dead has received the following awards and honours: Hugo Award 1987; Nebula Award 1987.

Speaker for the Dead is a widely acclaimed work with strong critical consensus, with an aggregate editorial score of 79/100 on 50 Best Books, based on mentions across 2 editorial sources. It is particularly recommended for readers interested in empathy, alien species, guilt.

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Speaker for the Dead is classified as Science Fiction. Speculative fiction exploring technology, space, the future, and society.

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