title: Words Gone Wild: Puns, Puzzles, Poesy, Palaver, Persiflage, and Poppycock
author:  Jim Bernhard 
description: <strong>Jim</strong><strong> Bernhard</strong>'s books include the acclaimed <em>Porcupine, Picayune, &amp; Post: How Newspapers Get Their Names</em> and <em>Stars in Your Eyes</em>. His puzzles have been published in the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Performing Arts Magazine</em>, and Simon &amp; Schuster puzzle books. He lives in Houston, Texas.
zlib_text: **E** **NDER’S** **G** **AME**
  
   _ **Orson Scott Card**_
  
  For Geoffrey,  
  who makes me remember  
  how young and how old  
  children can be
  
   **C** **ONTENTS**
  
   ** _Acknowledgments_**
  
    
  
   ** _Introduction_**
  
    
  
   ** _1\. Third_**
  
    
  
   ** _2\. Peter_**
  
    
  
   ** _3\. Graff_**
  
    
  
   ** _4\. Launch_**
  
    
  
   ** _5\. Games_**
  
    
  
   ** _6\. The Giant's Drink_**
  
    
  
   ** _7\. Salamander_**
  
    
  
   ** _8\. Rat_**
  
    
  
   ** _9\. Lock and Demosthenes_**
  
    
  
   ** _10\. Dragon_**
  
    
  
   ** _11\. Veni Vidi Vici_**
  
    
  
   ** _12\. Bonzo_**
  
    
  
   ** _13\. Valentine_**
  
    
  
   ** _14\. Ender's Teacher_**
  
    
  
   ** _15\. Speaker for the Dead_**
  
   **A** **CKNOWLEDGMENTS**
  
  Portions of this book were recounted in my first published science fiction
  story, “Ender’s Game,” in the August 1977 _Analog,_ edited by Ben Boya; his
  faith in me and this story are the foundation of my career.
  
  Harriet McDougal of Tor is that rarest of editors—one who understands a story
  and can help the author make it exactly what he mean