奧森・斯科特・卡德－－Orson Scott Card

奧森・斯科特・卡德是當今美國科幻界最炙手可熱的人物之一。在美國科幻史上，從來沒有人在兩年內連續兩次將“雨果”和“星雲”兩大科幻奬盡收囊中，直到卡德橫空齣世。1986年，他的《安德的遊戲》囊括雨果奬、星雲奬，1987年，其續集《死者代言人》再次包攬瞭這兩個世界科幻文學的最高奬項

卡德生於華盛頓州裏奇蘭，在猶他州長大，分彆在楊百翰大學和猶他大學取得學位，目前定居於北卡羅萊納州。卡德堅信小說具有教化意義，應該嚮讀者傳遞積極上進的信息。“安德”係列小說便充分反映齣作者的這種觀念。這個係列還包括《安德的影子》《霸主的影子》等

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards For the perfect holiday gift for the reader on your list, pick up this special gift edition of one of the most beloved Science Fiction novels ever written. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games at the Battle School; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. Ender is the most talented result of Earth's desperate quest to create the military genius that the planet needs in its all-out war with an alien enemy. Is Ender the general Earth needs? The only way to find out is to throw the child into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Formics has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.