A psychic practitioner stopped me at the end of a party yesterday, and told me I was about to have a detour. Today. I don`t quite remember the exact words she used, but it was something along the lines of Right now you`re going down the 405, and you`re about...

Orson Scott Card saw potential in his young protagonist and instantly set to work developing the short fiction into a longer work. Already he had two novels in mind, Enders Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, published the following year in 1986. Card made history by winning both the prestigious Nebula and Hugo Awards in both consecutive years. No other author has managed this feat to date (2006. ) Since that time, Enders Game has been translated into sixteen languages, and spawned two series.