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by Orson Scott Card · 1986

Book 2 of Ender's Saga (Ender Quintet)

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Science fiction

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Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton · 1990 · Adult

about 460 pages

Why: Both are science fiction books.
- Science fiction
What both books share
- science fiction
  Speaker for the Dead: "Comics & graphic novels, science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject)
  Jurassic Park: "science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Speaker for the Dead; Open Library and Wikidata for Jurassic Park.
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Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson · 1992 · Adult

about 460 pages

Why: Both are science fiction books.
- Science fiction
What both books share
- science fiction
  Speaker for the Dead: "Comics & graphic novels, science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject)
  Snow Crash: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Speaker for the Dead; Open Library and Wikidata for Snow Crash.
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Dune
Frank Herbert · 1965 · Adult

about 610 pages
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
- Science fiction
What both books share
- science fiction
  Speaker for the Dead: "Comics & graphic novels, science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject)
  Dune: "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Speaker for the Dead; Open Library and Wikidata for Dune.
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Speaker for the Dead: the facts, checked

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First published: First published in March 1986. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: It received the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1987. Source: Wikidata, citing thehugoawards.org, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: It received the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1987. Source: Wikidata, citing sfadb.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: It received the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1987. Source: Wikidata, citing nebulas.sfwa.org, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work (1989) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

About Orson Scott Card

Born: Born in Richland, United States, in 1951. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Orson Scott Card has also published as Frederick Bliss. Source: Wikidata, citing Czech National Authority Database, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Orson Scott Card has also published as Bryan Green. Source: Wikidata, citing Czech National Authority Database, checked November 6, 2026.

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