oh damn son.... you're in luck. not only are there more books, there's actually two whole separate series of books.
one where ender gets onto a space ship, and the story continues decades later (speaker, xenomorph etc) in a glaxy far far away
and whole different one, starting with ender's shadow that tells ender's game through bean's eyes, and stays on earth following bean, petra, peter and valentine etc.
ofc orson scott card is better know now as the biggest heel turn in literary history... xenomorph is probably one of the most compassionate books ever written -- by a guy who later literally made it his life's mission to campaign against LGBTQ rights. like fund raisers, marches, editorials.
I've got a LOOOOT to add to my reading lists, haha. I am keen to read more Orson Scott Card, but I might need a bit of a break. I am definitely appreciating "harder" sci-fi at the moment.
I really wish there was more exploration of Peter and Valetine's writings and how they managed to convince a planet as kids.
That level of intellect is staggering, and to me, overshadowed Ender's abilities to command forces and identify strategy. There seems to be a lot more variables in doing persuasive writing than commanding a force.
i'm so jealous, i wish i could go through them again for the first time. defo have read and re-read them several times.
the main storyline speaker/xenocide/children of the mind is certainly in the hard sci-fi vein... where ender's game is a cool sci-fi book about kids, this is about grown ender being basically a missionary -- like he sleeps on an old starship for so long that when he lands, faster ships have been invented and the legend of ender is ancient history.
the shadow storyline sticks with young peter on earth and basically all the kids from the training program, who become generals of all their nations but they're still kids... so not so much hard sci fi but very fun.
Oh cool, sounds like it has some similarities with Clarke's Rama series which I thoroughly enjoyed. I've put watches on the titles from the library, but I suspect it will be some time until I return to this universe.
I've got so many holds already, haha!