First Meetings Audiobook by Orson Scott Card

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/48/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: First Meetings Subtitle: In the Enderverse Author: Orson Scott Card Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir, Amanda Karr, Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-03 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1447 votes Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: "The Polish Boy", a novella written especially for this collection, begins in the years between the first two Bugger Wars when the Hegemony is desperate to recruit brilliant military commanders to repel the alien invasion. In John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender, they believe they may have found their man. Or boy. In "Teacher's Pest", also written especially for this collection, a brilliant but insufferably arrogant John Paul Wiggin, now an American university student, matches wits with an equally brilliant graduate student named Theresa Brown. It is many years since the end of the Bugger Wars in "The Investment Counselor". Ender's reputation as a hero and savior has suffered a horrible reversal. Banished from Earth and slandered as a mass murderer, 20-year-old Ender Wiggin wanders incognito form planet to planet as a fugitive, until a blackmailing tax inspector compromises his identity and threatens to expose Ender the Xenocide. Also here is the original landmark "Ender's Game", which first appeared in 1977. First Meetings is Orson Scott Card at the height of his considerable powers, featuring his most compelling character. Critic Reviews: "Character, setting, plot: Card does them all right, and makes it look effortless....For newcomers to Ender's universe and long-time fans, this book will hit the spot and whet the appetite for more." (School Library Journal) "Even those who are intimately familiar with the concepts of the Game from later Ender books will be struck anew by Card's virtuosity. His powerful voice and startlingly clear vision will draw many new readers into a lifelong love of science fiction. This accessible collection will impress even non-sci-fi buffs, besides being a must-have for Ender saga devotees." (Publishers Weekly) "These stories demonstrate the assured scene setting, apparently effortlessly sustained suspense, and moral preoccupation with the responsibilities of kinship and friendship that distinguishes Ender's entire saga." (Booklist)