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''Speaker for the Dead'' is a 1986 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and an indirect sequel to the novel ''Ender's Game''. This book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in ''Ender's Game''. However, because of relativistic space travel, Ender himself is only about 35 years old. This is the first book to discuss the Starways Congress, a high standpoint Legislation for the human colonies. It is also the first to describe the Hundred Worlds, the planets with human colonies that are tightly intertwined by Ansible technology. Like ''Ender's Game'', the book won the Nebula Award in 1986〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1986 Award Winners & Nominees )〕 and the Hugo Award in 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1987 Award Winners & Nominees )〕 ''Speaker for the Dead'' was published in a slightly revised edition in 1991. It was followed by ''Xenocide'' and ''Children of the Mind''. ==Meaning of the term "Speaker for the Dead"== In this novel's precursor, ''Ender's Game'', the last surviving member of 'the Buggers' contacts the lead character (Ender Wiggin), who had unwittingly wiped out the rest of the species. Ender tells the story of the Buggers as it is related to him, and publishes it as ''The Hive Queen'' under the pseudonym "Speaker for the Dead." The audience of ''The Hive Queen'' is not aware of the identity of the author (or that the work is factual and not speculative). However, Hegemon Peter Wiggin (Ender's brother) recognized the writing and requested that Ender also act as 'his' "Speaker". Ender complies with the request by writing a second book titled ''The Hegemon'', giving a parallel, but uniquely human, perspective to the ideas and lessons of "The Hive Queen". The two books become classics and inspire the rise of a movement of Speakers for the Dead. The movement is not a religion, although Speakers are treated with the respect afforded to a priest or cleric. Any citizen has the legal right to summon a Speaker (or a priest of any faith, which Speakers are legally considered) to mark the death of a family member. Speakers research the dead person's life and give a speech that attempts to speak for them, describing the person's life as he or she tried to live it. This speech is not given in order to persuade the audience to condemn or forgive the deceased, but rather a way to understand the person as a whole, including any flaws or misdeeds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Speaker for the Dead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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