In Ender's Game, OSC makes a big deal of telling the time lapse by telling us that Ender has had his birthday, but he NEVER tells us when his birthday is. So if deduced by the context, and somewhat predicated on his namesake, Saint Andrew we get these most likely possiblities
May 15
July 4
August 22
August 24
November 30
You'll notice Scard's birthday in the mix. In the intro of the author's definitive edition of Ender's Game, he says that Ender is based off himself and off of his son. If anyone can find Geoffrey Card's birthday, I'd be glad to have it. Because truthfully after 3 days of searching info on him at google--I GOT NOTHING! thanks.
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Orson Scott Card
You're Obsessed With Orson Scott Card When...
- you wander with EG conspicuously looking for OSC people
- your friends threaten you with destruction of your collection
- you think reading only 2 OSC books a week is BAD
- you can scroll through 3 pages of books on Amazon before you find one you DONT own
- you consider your bookshelf the most valuable thing in your room
- you can write every paper in class about Card
- you have to make sure your boyfriend is okay with your obsession
- you walk around saying, "I'm linked to Card's webpage."
- you watch God's Army, then run out and buy the novelization by his son
- you celebrate on August 24th
- you read the introductions of EG and Speaker over and over
- you found your new life calling in the Speaker intro
- and you finally realize Card is human (sorry!)
- and now you have to figure out what to say at Scard's speaking
- you have an entire jump drive full of Orson Scott Card info
- you buy first editions of books you already own
- you begin to buy Analog magaznes from 25 years ago
- you look up spark notes for Ender's Game
- and Speaker for the Dead
- even though you son't need them
- you can blame OSC for introducing you to hardcore Sci-fi like Asimov and Le Guin
- you know Card is called Scott by his friends and family
- which results in the nickname, Scard
- everyone in school calls him Scard
- even the teachers
- you own more than one copy of Ender's Game
- you can list the books by him that you don't own on a single sheet of paper
- you write letters to Card that you never intend to send
- you write letters to Card that you wish you could send
- you write your thesis on him
- you write a paper about him
- you research him on the internet
- you plan on attending SVU until you realize you don't have $16,000 for tuition.
- in your utter remorse you begin compiling all the information you can find about him
- you know where his section is in Borders
- you organize his section in Borders
- you own more books by him than Borders and Barnes and Noble combined
- he has a section in your bookshelf
- you deduce possible birthdates for Ender(and Peter)
- you buy a backpack with three days left of school because it's grey, orange, grey
- he has his own folder on your jump drive
- he has his own folder on your computer
- Ender also has his own folder
OSC Websites
The Speaker
OSC books I've Read
- Ender’s Game
- Das Grosse Spiel (Yes, I can read it in German)
- A War of Gifts
- Ender in Exile
- Speaker for the Dead
- Xenocide
- Children of the Mind
- First Meetings
- Seventh Son
- Red Prophet
- ‘Prentice Alvin
- Alvin Journeyman
- Heartfire
- The Crystal City
- Dabel Bros. Red Prophet Vol. 1
- Dabel Bros. Red Prophet issue 5
- Dabel Bros. Red Prophet Issue 7
- Dabel Bros. Red Prophet Issue 8
- Dabel Bros. Red Prophet Issue 9
- Dabel Bros. Red Prophet Issue 10
- The Memory of Earth
- The Call of Earth
- The Ships of Earth
- Earthfall
- Earthborn
- Ender’s Shadow
- Shadow of the Hegemon
- Shadow Puppets
- Shadow of the Giant
- Hart’s Hope
- Enchantment
- Magic Street
- Magic Mirror
- Treason
- Wyrms
- Songmaster
- Lovelock (Book 1-Mayflower Trilogy)
- Empire
- Invasive Procedures
- Space Boy
- The Abyss
- Robota
- Zanna's Gift
- Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
- Capitol: An Analog Book
- Hot Sleep (1979)
- The Worthing Saga
- Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
- Homebody
- Treasure Box
- Lost Boys
- Sarah
- Rebekah
- Rachel and Leah
- Stone Tables
- Maps in a Mirror (Paperback)
- Keeper of Dreams
- Listen, Mom and Dad
- Saints
- The Folk of the Fringe
- Storyteller in Zion
- The Great Snape Debate
- Eye for Eye (CD)
- Analog April 1978 (Happy Head)
- Analog August 1977 (Ender’s Game)
- Ultimate Iron Man (Volume 1)
- Dabel Bros. Wyrms (Issue 1)
- Dabel Bros, Wyrms (Issue 2)
- Dabel Bros. Wyrms (Issue 3)
- Dabel Bros. Wyrms (Issue 4)
- Dabel Bros. Wyrms (Issue 5)
- Marvel Wyrms (Issue 6)