Remember when George Lucas announced that he was going to make The Phantom Menace? I went fanboy bonkers.

I worried that fans would be expecting another Ender’s Game and that if our novels didn’t transform them and wow them as much as the original, they’d crinkle their noses and hate me for life. So when Orson Scott Card invited me to join him in writing prequel novels to Ender’s Game, I was a little gun shy. Our hearts were knit together, as the saying goes. It’s like I knew these kids and felt a connection to them. They can feel like real, genuine friends. It taught us that characters in a book don’t have to feel like characters in a book. For millions of readers, reading Ender’s Game was a transformative experience. In fact, it’s currently perched there at the number one spot, and I doubt anything will ever unseat it. But one book that will never leave that list is Ender’s Game. I’m always discovering something new and glorious that blows my mind and leaves me in a giddy state of wonder. If you were to ask me to list my five favorite novels of all time, I’d probably give a slightly different answer every year. THE RHESUS CHART by Charles Stross ( UK | AUS)įive Things I Learned Co-Writing Prequels to Ender’s Game HEAVEN’S QUEEN by Rachel Bach ( UK | US | AUS)ĮARTH AWAKENS by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston ( UK | AUS) THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST by Claire North ( UK | US | AUS) Corey ( UK | US | AUS)ĪNCILLARY SWORD by Ann Leckie ( UK | US | AUS) NIGHT BROKEN by Patricia Briggs ( UK | AUS)ĬIBOLA BURN by James S. THE BROKEN EYE by Brent Weeks ( UK | US | AUS) The semi-final round of voting for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards is now open until 15 November, and we have ever more titles in this round than in the opening round! Get your votes in for your favourite fantasy, science fiction and horror books of 2014.

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