Mazer in Prison

"Mazer in Prison"
Mazer in Prison artwork by Howard Lyon
Author	Orson Scott Card
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ender's Game series
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Published in	Intergalactic Medicine Show
Publisher	Hatrack River Enterprises
Media type	Electronic (HTML)
Publication date	2005

Ender's Game series

Chronology

In chronological order

Earth Unaware

Earth Afire

Earth Awakens

The Swarm

The Hive

The Queens

"Cheater"

Ender's Game

'Recruiting Valentine'

A War of Gifts

Ender's Shadow

'The League War'

Ender in Exile

Shadow of the Hegemon

Shadow Puppets

Shadow of the Giant

Shadows in Flight

"Investment Counselor"

Speaker for the Dead

Xenocide

Children of the Mind

Shadows Alive

In publication order

Ender's Game

Speaker for the Dead

Xenocide

Children of the Mind

Ender's Shadow

Shadow of the Hegemon

Shadow Puppets

First Meetings

Shadow of the Giant

A War of Gifts: An Ender Story

Ender in Exile

Shadows in Flight

Earth Unaware

Earth Afire

Earth Awakens

Shadows Alive

The Swarm

The Hive

The Queens

Chart

Novels

Short Stories

Comics

Audioplay

Film

First Meetings
(2002/2003)

Ender's Game



Investment Counselor



The Polish Boy



Teacher's Pest

Formic Wars: Burning Earth (2011)



Formic Wars: Silent Strike (2012)

First Formic
War Trilogy

Earth Unaware (2012)



Earth Afire (2013)



Earth Awakens (2014)

War of Gifts
(2010)

Mazer in Prison



Recruiting Valentine



The League War



War of Gifts

OSC's IGMS
(2008)

Mazer in Prison



Cheater



Pretty Boy



A Young Man with Prospects

Second Formic
War Trilogy

The Swarm (TBA)



The Hive (TBA)



The Queens (TBA)

Mazer in Prison (2005)

Mazer in Prison (2010)

The Polish Boy (2002)

Cheater (2006)

Pretty Boy (2006)

Teacher's Pest (2003)

Ender's Shadow
(1999)

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Ender's Shadow:

Battle School (2009)



Command School (2010)

Ultimate collection (2012)

Ender's Stocking (2007)



A War of Gifts (2007)

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War of Gifts (2009)

Ender's Game
(1977)

Ender's Game
(1985)

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Ender's Game:

Battle School (2009)



Command School (2010)

Ultimate collection (2012)

Ender's Game
(2013)

Ender's Game Alive (2013)



Recruiting Valentine (2009)



The League War (2010)

The Shadow Trilogy

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Shadow of the Hegemon (2001)



Shadow Puppets (2002)



Shadow of the Giant (2005)

Ender's Homecoming (2008)

A Young Man with Prospects (2007)

Ender in Flight (2008)

The Gold Bug (2007)

Ender in Exile (2008)

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Ender in Exile (2011)



Gold Bug (2010)

Children of the Fleet

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Fleet School (TBA)



(part 2) (TBA)



… (TBA)

Investment Counselor (1999)

Shadows in Flight (2012)



Speaker for the Dead (2011)



Gloriously Bright (1991)

The Speaker Trilogy

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Speaker for the Dead (1986)



Xenocide (1991)



Children of the Mind (1996)

Shadows Alive (TBA)

1 2 3 The events of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period.
The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School).
1 2 The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period.
- First part of Ender in Exile (2/3) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy.
- Last part of Ender in Exile (1/3) takes places after Shadow of the Giant.
1 2 Note on the following (maybe not yet so common) Trilogies:
"Speaker Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Game, also referred to as:
- "Ender Quartet" (Ender's Game combined with "Speaker Trilogy"), also referred to as:
- "Ender Quintet" ("Ender Quartet" combined with Ender in Exile).
"Shadow Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Shadow, also referred to as:
- "Bean Quartet"/"Shadow Quartet" (Ender's Shadow combined with "Shadow Trilogy"), also referred to as:
- "Bean Quintet"/"Shadow Quintet" ("Bean Quartet" combined with Shadows in Flight), to be (?) referred to as:
- "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with Shadows Alive)
↑ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film.

"Mazer in Prison" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Mazer Rackham and Hyrum Graff started Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.

Plot summary

"Mazer in Prison" is the story of Mazer Rackham, the hero who saved the planet Earth in the second Formics invasion. As soon as the battle was over, Earth put together a fleet to send to the Formics home worlds to end the conflict once and for all. Since they needed a leader for this war, the Earth government decided to send Mazer out into space in a craft that was capable of near-lightspeed travel so that due to the relativistic effect he would return still young enough to lead the fleet into battle. Since he knew that he was not the best person to lead the fleet, Mazer reprogrammed the computer on board his ship so that the Earth government would no longer be able to control it. He then forced them to find a new fleet commander and arranged to have a young Hyrum Graff set up the Battle School to train possible candidates.

Characters

Admiral Mazer Rackham
Kim Arnsbrach Rackham Summers - Mazer's ex-wife
Pahu Rangi - Mazer's son
Pai Mahutanga - Mazer’s daughter
Kahui Kura (English name Mirth) - Pai Mahutanga's daughter
Pao Pao Te Rangi (English name Glad) - Pai Mahutanga's daughter
Mazer Taka Aho Howarth - Pai Mahutanga's son
Struan Maeroero - Pai Mahutanga's infant son
Lieutenant Hyrum Graff - later promoted to captain

Audio

In addition to the text version of the story, "Mazer in Prison" is also available from InterGalactic Medicine Show as an audio download. The story was read by Audie Award winner Stefan Rudnicki.

Publication

"Mazer in Prison" was published in the October 2005 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show.^[1] It also appears in the anthology Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show. It was also published in Subterranean Press's Subterranean Magazine Issue #5.^[2] It was included in the 2009 "Federations" anthology of John Joseph Adams.

References

↑ Orson Scott Card, "Mazer in Prison" Intergalactic Medicine Show, October 2005.
↑ Orson Scott Card, "Mazer in Prison" Subterranean Magazine

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series

Books	Ender's Game (1985) Speaker for the Dead (1986) Xenocide (1991) Children of the Mind (1996) Ender's Shadow (1999) Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) Shadow Puppets (2002) First Meetings (2002) Shadow of the Giant (2005) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007) Ender in Exile (2008) Shadows in Flight (2012) Earth Unaware (2012) Earth Afire (2013) Earth Awakens (2014) Shadows Alive (TBA)

Short stories	"Ender's Game" (1977) "Gloriously Bright" (1991) "Investment Counselor" "The Polish Boy" "Teacher's Pest" "Mazer in Prison" "Pretty Boy" "Cheater" "A Young Man with Prospects" "The Gold Bug" "Ender's Stocking" "Ender's Homecoming" "Ender in Flight"

Other media	Comics Film

Characters	Ender Wiggin Formics Jane

Concepts	Organizations Planets

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