Speaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and an indirect sequel to the novel Ender's Game. This book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game. However, due to relativistic space travel Ender himself (who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin or by his title "Speaker for the Dead") is only about 35 years old.
This is the first book to talk about Starways Congress, a high standpoint Legislation for the human colonies. It is the first to fully mention the Hundred Worlds, 100 planets which humans colonized which are tightly intertwined by the xenocided Buggers' old Ansible technology. It also showed Ender's sister's terms for life forms, such as Varelse.
Like Ender's Game, the book won the Nebula Award in 1986,1 and the Hugo Award in 1987,2 making Card the first author in history to win both these awards in two consecutive years. Speaker for the Dead was published in a slightly revised edition in 1991. It was followed by Xenocide and Children of the Mind.
This is the first book to talk about Starways Congress, a high standpoint Legislation for the human colonies. It is the first to fully mention the Hundred Worlds, 100 planets which humans colonized which are tightly intertwined by the xenocided Buggers' old Ansible technology. It also showed Ender's sister's terms for life forms, such as Varelse.
Like Ender's Game, the book won the Nebula Award in 1986,1 and the Hugo Award in 1987,2 making Card the first author in history to win both these awards in two consecutive years. Speaker for the Dead was published in a slightly revised edition in 1991. It was followed by Xenocide and Children of the Mind.
Speaker for the Dead read it.
by Anonymous mk II August 12, 2009
A Meme that has been overused to the point where it is no longer used or is used by out of touch normies and/or millennials.
Examples are "deez nuts," "21," "Damn Daniel," "what are those," and "Doge," to name a few.
Examples are "deez nuts," "21," "Damn Daniel," "what are those," and "Doge," to name a few.
by Lord of the Idiots August 02, 2018
Some scrub who makes comments that get increasingly more idiotic and desperate the longer they go unanswered. He is a bush that dies a little more each time.
(DB = Dead bush)
DB: Hey, guys I could use some help with these zombies.
DB: Guys.............. I reallllllllly need some help with this.
DB: OMG GUISE AM DYING PLS HAKLP !!!!1
At this point the Dead Bush has reached a level of pure autism.
DB: Hey, guys I could use some help with these zombies.
DB: Guys.............. I reallllllllly need some help with this.
DB: OMG GUISE AM DYING PLS HAKLP !!!!1
At this point the Dead Bush has reached a level of pure autism.
by DeadbushHater6969 March 18, 2014
A server that is no longer used by many people and instead only a few. dead servers typically have a lot of people in it but only have 3-4 active people. some dead servers turn into wastelands, where no one is even alive
by Supermegapp69 March 08, 2021
Guy 1: Hey bruh you tryna go to Bowie this weekend to go see this girl?
Guy 2: Bowie far as hell naw! That's a whole dead mission.
Guy 1: I'm gonna go and try to get that lightskin girls number over there wish me luck.
Guy 2: She sitting with a group of dudes bruh you know that's a dead mission.
Guy 2: Bowie far as hell naw! That's a whole dead mission.
Guy 1: I'm gonna go and try to get that lightskin girls number over there wish me luck.
Guy 2: She sitting with a group of dudes bruh you know that's a dead mission.
by Clutch_Oven April 20, 2016
to describe the lack of initiative or resilience of a person.
OR
a general phrase to mean someone or something is useless, uncool, conservative or status quo.
OR
a general phrase to mean someone or something is useless, uncool, conservative or status quo.
That bitch is dead action; can't even sell her pussy at an army base.
He just sits there like a 3 toed sloth. "DEAD ACTION!!!"
He just sits there like a 3 toed sloth. "DEAD ACTION!!!"
by bonzmcgraw August 27, 2007
You left all of the dead fries in the bottom of the bag. Give me the bag - I'll dig them out and eat them.
by Zhahn Doe May 14, 2011