Get Your Free Audiobook
-
Ender’s World
- Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Janis Ian, Arthur Morey, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card
- Series: The Enderverse
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
Non-member price: $30.42
People who bought this also bought...
-
Ender's Game
- Special 20th Anniversary Edition
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Why we think it’s a great listen: It’s easy to say that when it comes to sci-fi you either love it or you hate it. But with Ender’s Game, it seems to be you either love it or you love it.... The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.
-
-
Brilliant cast brings the story to life
- By Bennett on 25-01-2018
-
Shadows in Flight
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten - a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.
-
-
Top marks
- By Kindle Customer on 12-03-2020
-
Ender's Shadow
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this book, Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean, the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers. Bean's past was a battle just to survive. His success brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters.
-
-
awesome
- By anita on 14-05-2015
-
First Meetings
- In the Enderverse
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir, Amanda Karr, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
First Meetings is a collection of three novellas (plus the original "Ender's Game") that journey into the origins and the destiny of one Ender Wiggin.
-
-
Pleasant little addition to the Enderverse
- By Renee on 16-11-2019
-
Ender in Exile
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Andrew Wiggin is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but instead the 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.
-
-
fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-2020
-
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
- By: Orson Scott Card, David Farland, Tim Pratt, and others
- Narrated by: J. Paul Boehmer, Cassandra Campbell, Emily Janice Card, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling writer Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories.
-
Ender's Game
- Special 20th Anniversary Edition
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Why we think it’s a great listen: It’s easy to say that when it comes to sci-fi you either love it or you hate it. But with Ender’s Game, it seems to be you either love it or you love it.... The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.
-
-
Brilliant cast brings the story to life
- By Bennett on 25-01-2018
-
Shadows in Flight
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten - a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.
-
-
Top marks
- By Kindle Customer on 12-03-2020
-
Ender's Shadow
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this book, Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean, the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers. Bean's past was a battle just to survive. His success brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters.
-
-
awesome
- By anita on 14-05-2015
-
First Meetings
- In the Enderverse
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir, Amanda Karr, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
First Meetings is a collection of three novellas (plus the original "Ender's Game") that journey into the origins and the destiny of one Ender Wiggin.
-
-
Pleasant little addition to the Enderverse
- By Renee on 16-11-2019
-
Ender in Exile
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Andrew Wiggin is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but instead the 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.
-
-
fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-2020
-
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
- By: Orson Scott Card, David Farland, Tim Pratt, and others
- Narrated by: J. Paul Boehmer, Cassandra Campbell, Emily Janice Card, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling writer Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories.
Publisher's Summary
Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is a classic of science fiction. Though it began its life as a short story, it was later expanded into a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel, served as a springboard for a much larger universe of stories, and finally has been made into a feature film.
In Ender’s World over a dozen writers of science fiction, fantasy, and young adult books offer new perspectives on the 1985 novel, along with insights gleaned from other Ender stories that fit within the Ender’s Game chronology, including Ender in Exile and Ender’s Shadow. In addition, military strategists Colonel Tom Ruby and Captain John Schmitt offer insight into the human-Formic war. Also included is a contribution from Aaron Johnston, the coauthor of the Formic Wars prequel novels.
The collection's insightful analyses and moving personal essays are rounded out with short pieces answering more technically oriented questions about the Ender universe, including why the Battle Room is a cube and why the military recruited their soldiers as children.
Edited by Orson Scott Card himself, who also provides an introduction to the anthology as well as to the individual essays, Ender's World is aimed both at listeners who have kept up with the many books that came after and at those who simply want to revisit the original novel.
Critic Reviews
More from the same
Narrator
What listeners say about Ender’s World
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Matt Z
- 02-04-2013
Just let Stefan Rudnicki read... Seriously.
I've read and listened to the entire Ender cannon... So, when another book comes up I have to read it, if only to "complete" the series. If you love all things Ender this is a must and a repeat listen. My biggest complaint is too many readers, or the lack of Rudnicki's narration.
31 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Patrick Flynn
- 08-08-2013
Now what I was hoping for
As a huge fan of the Ender's Game books, I was interested in hearing analytical and outside takes on the book and its influences.
Although some entries were interesting and informative, not all were.
I do think the the bridge from print to audiobook may have lost its intention. I think if you are interested in this book for obvious reasons, check out the print version instead. A bit disappointed.
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- danny lawrence
- 05-04-2013
If its Ender, I will read it
I really love the Ender series, including Enders Shadow so this was right up my alley. This was an interesting collection of essays surrounding the world of the book itself. I was somewhat surprised by the impact it made on military leaders as well as the others. Enders Game was recommended to me by a Navy buddy back in the late 80s and has stayed with me ever since. It appears that it has stayed with quite a number of people as well, and it was fun to listen to how others have been touched in this way by Ender and his crew.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Mark
- 14-11-2013
For fans only
Any additional comments?
This is a series of book reports about the book Enders game so if you have not read Enders game you should before reading this. At first I was somewhat disappointed waiting for the story to start but these are book reports from really interesting people with interesting ideas. If you are an Ender fan you will enjoy it but it's not for everyone.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Daniel
- 04-11-2013
It's fine for hardcore fans, otherwise pass it up
This is a pleasant little audiobook about the experience different people had with Ender's Game. It's interested to listen to how some authors learned from the novel, how military members benefitted, and how people reflected on multiple reads. After a while the listen gets a little awkward. It starts to just beat the dead horse on how fantastic Ender's Game is and what a God OSC is in the literary world. I would listen to each essay and then step away for a time or you'll be overwhelmed.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Bradford
- 16-08-2013
See if you can find the essays, Q&A online first
Having recently re-read the classic Ender's Game, I thought a venture into assorted essays examining the book and its impact on SF and society at large would be worthwhile. Sadly, this book did not live up to expectations. The essays, all well-written, did not evoke thoughts or perspectives that are not unusual for SF books in general, much less one as well-known as Ender's Game. I found many of the analyses to be overly generalized, describing experiences and perspectives that can be easily applied to just about every book out there. Some of the essays were more an opportunity for the writer to vent their own personal experiences with the book rather than focusing on a meaningful, through-provoking theme to be explored by the reader. The exception is an essay written by a Marine Captain who was assigned the task of writing the master instruction manual for the entire Marine Corps on how to make war using a methodology that mirrored the tactics and leadership practices that Ender used in Battle School and beyond. That is a VERY fascinating read into how Ender's Game can relate to real-life instances of leadership and warfare and is perhaps on its own worth the price of the book. The Q&A at the end of each chapter is the best part for fans of Ender's Game. Questions are asked directly to Orson Scott Card regarding his thoughts and plans behind various aspects of Ender's Game and the entire Enderverse, and Card reads the answers himself. Those same questions and answers, as well as the topics of the articles in the books, could probably be found online in other forums. If you're a hardcore Ender fan like me, I guess this book is worth the time ... barely.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Itai Bar-Haim
- 14-11-2020
"ender's world" analyzes "ender's game".
"ender's world" analyzes "ender's game" from various perspective by different professionals in their respective fields.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Daniel
- 21-08-2019
The inside story
I loved Enders Game... one of my favorite books ever! Listening to this Fresh Perspective narrative just added a new level of depth to the story... the fact that the United States Marines use it to train their Commanders says it all.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Dave Booth
- 26-09-2016
Familiar Echoes
While this book is NOT a novel or another story set in the Enderverse it is a powerful exploration of the themes, lessons and emotions that draws so many of us back to Ender's World. The authors of each essay highlighted echoes of the experiences I felt when I first read--and repeatedly reread each of the Ender, Speaker, and Shadow books.
While I would have loved to hear these essays read directly by their authors, using the narrators of the Ender's series audiobooks tied it all together for me.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- James
- 01-05-2013
Great book, only one pet peeve.
Would you consider the audio edition of Ender’s World to be better than the print version?
The essays collected here are very good and cover a variety of aspects of the Ender books with a concentration on Ender's Game.
The only real problem I had was that one name was consistently mispronounced. It's not the narrators' fault; most people would pronounce "Bonzo" like the chimp that acted with Reagan, but as Petra clearly pointed out in Ender's Game: "Not bahn-zoe, pisshead. bone-so. The name's Spanish. Bonzo Madrid. Aqui nosotros hablamos espanol, senor gran fedor."
The producers* should have known this and told the narrators. Normally audio versions of Card's work are exceptionally good so an obvious error like this is particularly jarring.
*Especially if Stefan Rudnicki produced it since he read the above line himself in the Ender's Game audio. Can't remember if he did this one, but he's produced several of the Ender titles.
2 people found this helpful
16 Best Audiobooks by Aboriginal Authors
Across genres, there’s no shortage of brilliant titles from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers of Australia.



25 Best Celebrity Audiobooks
It’s always a pleasant surprise to pick up a familiar story and find an unexpected famous friend in the narrator’s booth.



Best Audiobooks of 2020
We've crunched the numbers, heard from our listeners and gotten expert opinions to round up the best listens of 2020.


