". ▁In ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁an ▁anticip ated ▁third ▁invasion , ▁children , ▁including ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁protagon ist , ▁Andrew ▁" End er " ▁W ig gin , ▁are ▁trained ▁from ▁a ▁very ▁young ▁age ▁by ▁putting ▁them ▁through ▁increasing ly ▁difficult ▁games , ▁including ▁some ▁in ▁zero ▁gravity , ▁where ▁End er ' s ▁tact ical ▁genius ▁is ▁revealed . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁origin ated ▁as ▁a ▁short ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁August ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁issue ▁of ▁Anal og ▁Science ▁F iction ▁and ▁Fact . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁published ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁Later , ▁by ▁elabor ating ▁on ▁characters ▁and ▁plot ▁lines ▁dep icted ▁in ▁the ▁novel , ▁Card ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁write ▁additional ▁books ▁in ▁the ▁End er ' s ▁Game ▁series . ▁Card ▁also ▁released ▁an ▁updated ▁version ▁of ▁End er ' s ▁Game ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁changing ▁some ▁political ▁facts ▁to ▁reflect ▁the ▁times ▁more ▁accur ately ▁( e . g ., ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁recent ▁collapse ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ). ▁The ▁novel ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁ 3 4 ▁languages . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁has ▁been ▁mostly ▁positive ▁but ▁many ▁have ▁critic ised ▁its ▁politics . ▁It ▁has ▁become ▁suggested ▁reading ▁for ▁many ▁military ▁organizations , ▁including ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Marine ▁Corps . ▁End er ' s ▁Game ▁was ▁recognized ▁as ▁" best ▁novel