he, Valentine, and the Hive Queen pupa board a starship to go to a new place. Original publication as short stories Several of the chapters of the novel were originally published in electronic form as short stories in Card's webzine Intergalactic Medicine Show : The story "Ender's Homecoming" comprises the entire first chapter of the book. Aside from the email message at the end being placed at the beginning of chapter 2, the chapter is unchanged from the original short story. It was originally published in the January 2008 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show. "A Young Man with Prospects" comprises the entire fifth chapter with an added email at the very beginning, describing how the Toscanos were selected to go to the colony, which wasn't in the original short story. The story was originally published in electronic form in the February 2007 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show. The story "Ender in Flight" was originally published in the April 2008 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show. It is very spread out throughout the book, and the email from Admiral Chamrajnagar to Admiral Quincy Morgan is included in the book. It spans from the end of chapter 7 through the end of chapter 10, continues in chapters 13 and 14, and finishes in chapter 16. "The Gold Bug" was published in the July 2007 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show and reprinted in 2011 in the anthology Alien Contact. It was also adapted into an Ender comic and can be found as an added bonus in the Marvel Comics hardcover edition of Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker. Parts of the story "The Gold Bug" occur in chapters 14, 15, and 16 of the book; some parts aren't included in the book, including a big part of the beginning of the short story. Relation of "Gold Bug" and "A Young Man with Prospects" According to Card while he was writing the short story "The Gold Bug," he started to think about how Ender got to the colony. As a result, he came up with a story idea which involved a power struggle between Ender and the ship's captain. However, since Card didn't want the story to be only about Ender and the captain he decided to put a mother and daughter on the ship. When he first began writing about Alessandra and Dorabella Toscano it was supposed to have been the opening for