High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ender`s Game (1985) is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. The book originated as the short story "Ender`s Game", published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card later wrote additional books to form the Ender`s Game series. Card released an updated version of Ender`s Game in 1991, changing some political facts to accurately reflect the times.