{"product_id":"first-meetings","title":"First Meetings","description":"\u003cp\u003e6W Orson Scott Card. Burton MI: Subterranean Press, 2002. \u003cem\u003eFirst Edition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIGNED. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrson Scott Card is an internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling master of speculative fiction. He holds a permanent place in science fiction history as the only author to claim both the Hugo and Nebula awards in consecutive years for his masterpieces \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e. Highly regarded for his profound insight into the psychological and moral development of his characters, Card specializes in high-stakes space opera, urban fantasy, and philosophical thought experiments. Over a career spanning several decades, his deeply human approach to systemic socio-politics, religious subtext, and institutional systems has earned him a devoted global fanbase and established his works as essential cornerstones of contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eThis beautifully crafted collection serves as an essential companion anthology to Card's seminal science fiction universe, gathering seminal short fiction that chronicles the foundational lore of Ender Wiggin's lineage. The volume famously includes the original, unexpanded 1977 \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/em\u003e novelette, alongside \"The Polish Boy,\" which explores the early life of Ender's brilliant father being recruited by the International Fleet, and \"Investment Counselor,\" tracking a twenty-year-old Ender's fateful first encounter with the self-aware artificial intelligence, Jane. Published as a deluxe hardcover featuring a full-color wraparound dust jacket and custom two-color interior illustrations by Gail Cross, this original Subterranean Press edition precedes the mass-market Tor Books expansions. Limiting its true first printing to a standard trade hardcover and a scarce, slipcased run of 350 signed and numbered copies, it stands as a premier collector's centerpiece for devotees of the Enderverse\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal navy cloth with blue foil lettering to spine. Textured endpapers with some foxing. Original bright dustwrapper. Signed by Orson Scott Card in blue ink second page. Fine condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57488059564198,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/first-meetings","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}