Fan Survey

[katielibertine]

Hey guys! I'm Kate, and I crawled here from the Hatrack forums. I've got a survey for you guys, if you don't mind me cutting-and-pasting.

Despite the enthusiasm of the fans I've talked to online and in the real world, Ender fan participation on the internet seems surprisingly lacking, given the breadth of the universe and the complexity of the characters. Considering the active nature of other fandoms, even obscure ones, I was surprised at the lack of organized discussion and fan-created literature and art. I'm trying to figure out why this is, so I've come up with a list of basic questions to try to pinpoint the demographics of the fandom.

So! If you guys would fill this out this short survey and add any opinions you might have about the online Ender fan community, here it is! You can answer all of the questions, or only a few; any input at all is appreciated.


Age:
Gender:
Approximate location:

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?

Have you read Ender's Shadow?

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?

At what age did you begin using the internet?

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?

What drew you to the Ender books?

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?


Feel free to add any information you feel is relevant, or to discuss anything the questions may have missed. This information will not be used for anything but my own informal research, and names/usernames will not be disclosed or taken into account. This is really just to help me and the rest of the Ender fandom understand more about itself! We seem to be a relatively small but desperately dedicated group, so I hope all of you who fill out the survey try to be as thorough as you can.

Anyway, I'm really excited to have found this place; I'd started thinking that Hatrack was the only corner of the internet for Ender fans.

[Wil]

Y halo thar, Kate.

Age:
20

Gender:
Male

Approximate location:
36 degrees, 8.6 minutes North by 115 degrees, 15.7 minutes West (Las Vegas, NV)

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
17

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes.

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
Yes

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
17

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
17

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Not really.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
What is "fandom"? I enjoy them, but I do not actively seek out and look to engage in any fanfiction/discussion of anything.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
PWeb is my community.. just so happens to be related to Ender's Game.. I never browse those forums.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
7

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
A day? Not in school: 12+; In School: 5+

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Typically zero.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Typically zero.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
I was quite involved in Dragon Ball Z when I was 12.

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
18.

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Silent. As stated above, I don't often browse the Ender forums or participate in them. I will talk with people about Ender's Game and related books however.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
No other fandoms.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
Top, I guess.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
Fanart.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
Nope.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
Nope.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
Nope.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Petra/Bean

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Nope.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
Zero.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Zero.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
Nope.

What drew you to the Ender books?
I spoke with someone about gravity and it's relativistic effects on time and the Ender's Game series came up. Read every book released at the time. Ender's Game is what really made me start reading books.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
Movie/Interpretations/New Book Ideas.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
You don't often see Ender fans dressing up like their favorite characters... but I imagine it is like that for a lot of books. There are a lot of Ender fans, but it is probably overshadowed by books like Harry Potter.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
Good group of people from what I know if them.

[Jayelle]

Age: 27
Gender: Female
Approximate location: Winnipeg MB Canada

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
19

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
Yes

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow? 19

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? Sure.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Buffy, Neil Gaiman, DC Comic book heroes.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
Yes, but only for attachment to the people here, I care more about the others.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
12ish
How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
Frequent - probably 5+ hours online on an average day (spread out in spurts)

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Very little, maybe 15min.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Not much.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
12ish
At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
20

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
I Moderate, but mostly because I care about the people in the community and not the actual fandom.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
Infrequent.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
3rd.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
Ew, no.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
Ew, no.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
Ew, no.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
Ew, no.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Not really.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Not really.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I attended a Comic Con recently, I have informal discussions with friends.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
None.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
Rarely.

What drew you to the Ender books?
An ex-boyfriend loved them and told me to read them.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
I like forums, so I joined one about OSC.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
Not much, I think most fan communities end up like this one - people drawn together by a "Something", ending up as a group of people who are friends/aquantainces.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
I think that pweb has become a shadow of it's former self and therefore is mostly just a group of people who hang out online.


NOTE: I had a bit of trouble with this survey because I don't really consider participation on this forum to be "fandom" related.

[Valentine]

Age: 23
Gender: Female
Approximate location: Knoxville, TN

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 14

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? 14 onward

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? Yes

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker? n/a

Have you read Ender's Shadow? Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow? 17

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? Sure

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
No other forums to speak of, based on a particular movie/book/show/etc. However, I am a general movie fanatic.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
Yes

At what age did you begin using the internet?
14, roughly

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
Ridiculously high, LOL. Over winter break, I've averaged 6-8 hours a day or so Typically it's more like 2-3 hours a day, though.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Very little; I mostly use general discussion threads in the forum.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Again, very little.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
15, at Fresco

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
15, again at Fresco

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Moderate, probably. I go back and forth from constant posting to none at all

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
About the same. I do the same with various film boards.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
2, after film, I suppose.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No, but I used to help write the Ender Epic here, if that counts, LOL

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
Nope

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
Nope, again, unless the epic counts. But I was so young...15/16

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Not the way I have in other books.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Errr, I really wanted a Harry/Hermione relationship when Harry Potter first came out, until it was painfully obvious it wasn't happening.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I talk about movies a lot, lol. I love to read, and I'll discuss books with anyone who's ready them. I have most video game consoles. Again, nothing really obsessive (mostly film, lol), but I'll discuss things I enjoy. I also have several TV shows I watch religiously, lol.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Very little to none.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
LOL, yeah, I do. My family and friends (mostly) know about pweb. None use it, though, at least not anymore.

What drew you to the Ender books?
They were on a school reading list for us to choose roughly 10-20 books from each year to test on. I happened to pick Ender's Game because a lady at Borders HIGHLY recommended it, saying it was the best book she'd ever read, and her whole family loved the series.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
Actually, I was really intrigued at the thought of the book becoming a film. I'd always been really into film and acting and such, and I wanted to see if anyone else had that idea. Also, I wanted other fans opinions on the book, and certain parts of it. Finally, I just wanted someone to talk to. The books were so excellent.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
This community is so closely knit. Everyone knows everyone, and we all come back to it (mostly, lol) no matter how long we're gone. Most of us talk on the phone, or on AIM, fairly often. I've even met several pwebbers, and plan to meet more in the nearish future. It's closer than any other board I've ever been to.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
I think everyone on pweb and hatrack is amazing, and I love the communities we have.

[powerfulcheese04]

Age: 22
Gender: Female
Approximate location: Waco, TX

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 14 or 15

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? Yes

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker? 14 or 15

Have you read Ender's Shadow? Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow? 14 or 15

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? Yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Uhm.. I guess Tamora Pierce, Harry Potter, Veronica Mars, Lost, Kushiel

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is? Uhm. I don't know that any of them supercede others

At what age did you begin using the internet? 14 or 15

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online? During breaks, probably 6-10 hr/day. During school, 1-4 hr/day.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion? very little

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion? even less

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity? 15 or so

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity? 15 or so

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate. It used to be avid, now it's somewhere between silent and moderate

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms? About the same

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms? None really supercedes the other

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart? No. I hate fanfic. Gross.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart? No. I hate fanfic. Gross.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series? No. I hate fanfic. Gross.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series? No. I hate fanfic. Gross.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Not really. EG isn't about relationships to me.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Veronica/Logan
Phedre/Joscelin

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I make friends read Ender's Game. that's about all.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
All, basically.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
People know that I post here and at sheroes, and have been for 6 years. But I talk about the community, not the books.

What drew you to the Ender books?
They were reccomended to me by a friend.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet? I was bored.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games? It doesn't really. At least, not the other community I'm part of.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general? I love it here!

[Gravity Defier]

Age: 25.75 yrs
Gender: F
Approximate location: *points to left*

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
14

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
It was less than a year later.

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
15

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
16

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Harry Potter (moderate, really)
Star Wars
Daria (less so now, but pretty big 7-9 years ago)

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
It's the only one for which I've joined a forum. I have lurked/do lurk at SW and Daria forums.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
15

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
This varies;the computer is on all day and I come and go, sometimes sitting in one place for hours.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Very little. I read the book part of this forum but comment only when annoyed at lack of search/reading skills, typically.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Hardly any.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
15. I was drawn to the internet for Daria stuff.

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
17 or 18, but I couldn't find much.

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
If we're strictly talking interaction with other people on this board, avid. If you mean to discuss EG itself, rare.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
Silent; I lurk every couple weeks/months.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
First for participation, probably a close second to overall appreciation.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
I used to do both for Daria when I was 15.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No to the first but I used to hunt down Daria pictures to use as models when brushing up on my sketching abilities.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No, and yes, when this forum had a site that had it.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No and no.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Actively? Like, write their names with hearts and stuff? No. Did I mentally root for pairings when reading the books? Peter and Wang-Mu, Miro and Jane.


Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Rooted for: Han Solo and Princess Leia, Harry and Ginny, Daria and Trent

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
Reading: I read EG or an Enderverse book at least once a year, I'd say.
Watching: I watch SW quite a bit on Spike/HBO.

I don't discuss anything because no one I know in meatspace likes Sci-Fi/Fantasy enough to read/watch, let alone discuss.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Close enough to none to comfortably say none.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
Very little to none. I definitely don't talk to my meatspace friends about my online activities.

What drew you to the Ender books?
My 9th grade English teacher. It was required reading.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
I was avoiding studying for a final while in college, looked up to stare into space, saw my Ender's Saga books on my bookshelf and decided to Google Ender's Game. Saw Pweb (way cooler back then), read a bit of it, saw something on the forum that I thought was wrong, and registered to set the poor sucker straight. Basically, it was caused by procrastination.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
Basically, I think we're less fanatical and a little more jaded than your average fanbase (less so than SW fans, though).

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
This one in particular is small and I mostly like it that way.

[zeroguy]

Despite the enthusiasm of the fans I've talked to online and in the real world, Ender fan participation on the internet seems surprisingly lacking, given the breadth of the universe and the complexity of the characters. Considering the active nature of other fandoms, even obscure ones, I was surprised at the lack of organized discussion and fan-created literature and art.

Gut reaction when I read this is OSC's reputation/politics may have slightly deterred some of these kind of people. Or, tongue-in-cheek response: we just attract saner internet people. :D

You can answer all of the questions, or only a few; any input at all is appreciated.

Some questions cut out:

Age: 21
Gender: Masculine (my sex is male)
Approximate location: DC-ish, USA

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
11, I think, or 12; somewhere around there.

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yep, all novels except EiE (which I will do soon, I swear).

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
I may have re-read EG at least once before moving on. But I think I read the others relatively soon after.

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
I was probably 12 or 13.

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Unfortunately.

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
I... do not remember. Maybe I posted about it on a previous pweb incarnation, and Alea can tell me.

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
I think you need to define the word "fandom" for this, but no, not these days. I haven't really even discussed Ender-related stuff at all recently.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
Before I first read EG; not really heavily until around 13 or so, would be my guess.

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
Well, "a lot". But most of it's for work-related things.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
None, lately. It seems like it's been awhile since I've even been a part of an Ender-related discussion on pweb.

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
Right before I was 14, I think.

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
I'd say I started off moderate and whiddled off to silent as time went on. I just don't see much in the discussions anymore.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
I've seen some art, which I quite liked, actually. But I guess I never really go around looking for it. Fanfiction? Well, I read about a page of EiE so far...

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
Nope.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Nope. (Oh you wacky slashfic authors)

What drew you to the Ender books?
I don't know. Maybe cynicism towards the establishment. It "felt true" to me or whatever, that many people have probably said before. (Edit: if this is just "how did you first come across it", as the other responses seem to interpret it; I don't know, it was in our house.)

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
At first, just looking for information about the rumored EG movie. The info on specific details and stuff is what gave me some interest when I found what was here.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
I'm fine with the way it is, honestly.

Feel free to add any information you feel is relevant, or to discuss anything the questions may have missed.

I will say I'm not much a fan of OSC himself, though I don't know how relevant that is.

Anyway, I'm really excited to have found this place; I'd started thinking that Hatrack was the only corner of the internet for Ender fans.

I think there's some other places besides just us two. Aren't there a couple of Ender-themed MUDs out there somewhere?

[locke]

Hi Kate, welcome, the CA should be around with Limeaid shortly, if not yet offered.

Pweb used to have more fan created art and other works, as well as being a news source for Ender and OSC related information. unfortunately there was a crash back in 2006 and since then the forum has been pretty much all that has survived.

We've never had fan created literature as OSC is pretty defensive about his copyright. for all his pissing and moaning about JK Rowling overstepping her bounds (she didn't) with the publishing of the lexicon, we'd have been sued just as forcefully if we'd ever tried to publish our encyclopedia in book form, for example. OSC is very anti-fan-fiction, and frankly a lot of the mods were when we built this place, so Enderverse fan-fiction has never had a presence or welcome here.

there isn't really an Ender presence in the larger SF and con community because OSC is persona non grata with both, for the most part.

As for organized discussion...
are you familiar with the internet? organized discussion of forum posters is like herding cats, it doesn't really works and you'll probably just get scratched or sprayed.

presuming this is either for school, or you're a poor PA or asst assigned to do some research and gather information about how extensive and rabid the fan community for Ender is to gauge whether or not there's real interest.
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Age: 25
Gender: M
Approximate location: L.A.

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 15

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? Yes, though there were only three others at the time.

Have you read Ender's Shadow? Yes, the day it came out.

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow? 16

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? Yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them. Not to a degree that I regularly follow the goings on. but I consider myself a fan of Harry Potter and Star Wars, I definitely used to be a member of the Star Wars fandom pre EG days.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? Yes

At what age did you begin using the internet? 12 or 13

How would you describe your general internet usage? extremely heavy, because it's always at hand while I'm working, so 50 hrs plus other time, probably close to 80-90 hours online a week.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion? a fair amount

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion? fair amount

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity? 16

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity? 16

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Avid, I helped build this site and am still around, though I was on hiatus, essentially, for much of college.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms? perfunctory or cursory at best.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms? 1 of course.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart? Once I did art, never fan-fiction though.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series? Unless you count Ender in Exile and the IGMS stories as fanfiction, I don't read it. again fanart depends on what we get that goes up.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them. Mwahahah. you may prompt the beginning of sarcastically diabolical shipping around here. Bean/Peter! LOL No, I've never seen active shipping taking place in the ender community. EVER.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? Before Goblet of Fire was published I thought Harry and Hermione were better suited for each other. I was anti Harry/Ginny until Half Blood Prince was published, I never shipped those, however. It always seemed silly.


What drew you to the Ender books? It had the Tor logo on the spine and I wanted to read something sci-fi that was not star wars, anne mccaffrey or old like asimov or clarke.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet? Probably hearing about the movie and googling it. I came upon the ender forums at the time (fresco and hatrack) by accident while looking for info.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games? It's smaller

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general? Pweb is the greatest.

[Luet]

Age: 32
Gender: Female
Approximate location: Albany, NY

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
15

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
Speaker was the only one that had been written, I had to wait for the rest

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
N/A

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
When it came out

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Not really

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
Yes

At what age did you begin using the internet?
20 (it was 1996)

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
3-4 hours/day

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
15 minutes

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
15 minutes

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
23

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
23

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Moderate

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
None

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
One and only

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
No

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I don't think I have any.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
I went to Endercon.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
I talk to RL people about pweb friends.

What drew you to the Ender books?
Ex-BF gave me EG.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
I saw an announcement for pweb on the main page of hatrack when it opened. I had never been a member of the hatrack forum because it was too big but I was able to join pweb from the beginning.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
I don't know because I don't belong to any others.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
Nope.

[neo-dragon]

Age:
25

Gender:
male

Approximate location:
Ontario, Canada

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
16

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
No

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
17, I think?

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
17, I think?

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
-Star Wars
-Anime
-Dune

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
Hard to say. It changes depending on my mood

At what age did you begin using the internet?
probably 13?

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
I'd describe it as frequent. Usually 3-4 hours a day, if surfing while I'm working counts.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Varies greatly. Anywhere from 5 minutes to a couple of hours a day.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Anywhere from 5 minutes to a couple of hours.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
19?

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
19?

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Moderate, in that I've been a regular poster here for over 5 years, though I haven't exactly racked up the post count of some of the other regulars. Oh, and does actually being acknowledged in 2 of the books for helping OSC with continuity issues count?

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
Sporadic. Depends on my mood.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
Again, depends on my mood. Usually jumps to the top when a new book is coming out.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
No

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
No

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
Occasional discussions with friends, as well as reading/watching material of my fandoms.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Not much

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
Not much

What drew you to the Ender books?
My brother read Ender's Game in high school and made it sound really interesting. I didn't actually read it myself until several years later.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
Boredom? Curiosity? I honestly don't really remember.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
Generally, it's a more intelligent and tolerant group of people than most other fan communities I'm familiar with.


Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
I wish it was bigger, although then it might lose some of its charm.

[Young Val]

Age: 26
Gender: female
Approximate location: New York, New York

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
I was sixteen years old.

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes.

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
Yes.

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes.

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
I read it when it was first published in 1999, so I was 17.

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Not really anymore. I was at one time, certainly, but as others before me have mentioned I mostly stick around for the people I've met through this site.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
I love the Whedonverse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dr. Horrible, and most likely Dollhouse when it airs). I also am definitely a part of the Harry Potter fandom.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
No. I don't really have one anymore, but the one I was most involved in was Harry Potter, definitely.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
14.

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
I spend a LOT of time online. Several hours a day, sometimes for work, but most often it's personal use. My boyfriend doesn't have internet though, and we usually spend weekends at his apartment. So about 5-6 hours 4-5 days a week. Yikes.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
None.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
None.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
When I was 15 I joined a Harry Potter email community (yes, we didn't have forums back then. We just had massive email chains). I was on one for the musical RENT as well.

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
Not until my freshman year of college; I was 18.

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
All of the above? When I first joined I posted a lot about the books. And then I posted a lot about myself. And then I posted less about either. I don't know...I almost never think of this as an Ender's Game forum anymore.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
I was a pretty avid HP fan back in 97-99. I was in on all the latest news, I read the big fan fictions (as a result of this, I witnessed the Cassie Claire drama AS It HAPPENED! I never liked her stuff though. Mena Barnes' "Hermione's World" was and still is a trashy guilty pleasure, and I, of course, worshipped Lori Summer's and "The Paradigm of Uncertainty" and the fics that follwed). I also had a decently trafficked HP website that is long-gone now.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
I don't know? It really doesn't anymore.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
Harry Potter fanfiction and fanart, both. In general, the art is more enjoyable than the fic. I read Mary Sues to amuse myself. Pottersues is in my livejournal feed.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
I can't draw, so no art. I have written a few intentionally horrific "badfics" for the annual contests at Pottersues.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
No.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Absolutely. Ron/Hermione.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I've had huge Harry Potter debates in person, including a 20 person conference with all of my coworkers at Writers House Literary Agency in which I vehemently declared that book 7 is complete rot. Whenever new books came out for HP my friends and I would attend the midnight parties to get copies as soon as possible. Something I did from book 3-6. I got the 7th off Amazon and still have little twinges of regret about it.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
None, really. every now and again I'll recommend it to someone.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
Well, a lot of my friends share those interests. So there's definitely a cross-over, I suppose.

What drew you to the Ender books?
An ex-boyfriend who HATED books gave it to me just before leaving to go into the marines, and told me that it was "the only book he'd ever loved." So I read it.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
I was in college and felt alone and absorbed and romantic and defiant all at once. I googled "philotic twining" to see if anyone ever had anything interesting to say about it, and found this site.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
It doesn't, really. There's a bit more of the sci-fi geekiness, and perhaps a larger pull of young people than one would expect for a book not marketed toward young people. But that's understandable.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
Nope.

[zeroguy]

Hi Kate, welcome, the CA should be around with Limeaid shortly, if not yet offered.

Oops! I am ashamed.

Welcome, Kate, have some limeade on behalf of the Canadian Alliance.

OSC is very anti-fan-fiction, and frankly a lot of the mods were when we built this place, so Enderverse fan-fiction has never had a presence or welcome here.

I'm unsure of how much this would really affect it. You don't generally see the authors of these kinds of things very wary of copyright law. On the other hand, though, the largest gatherings of the Ender fanbase are here and OSC's site, neither of which are very welcoming of such works... so that could very well be it. I do recall someone coming here once, sharing some fic of theirs or something, and getting a bit of an unkind response.

[LilBee91]

Age: 17
Gender: Female
Approximate location: AK

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
13 I believe

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
Yes

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
13 (6ish months after the Ender books)

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Sure, though not incredibly active in it...

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
Not really, but I couldn't say which one is. My fan-ness has dwindled lately.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
10-11, probably

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
I spend a lot of time online. At least an hour a day, usually more.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Basically none

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Except lurking here and reading a handful of topics in the Enderverse section, none.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
12-13 (curse Mugglenet!)

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
14

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Moderate-silent. I was more involved when I first got into the books, and when SotG came out. Back then I'd actually get on Hatrack.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
I was quite devoted to Harry Potter, from about 2003-2007. I lived on Mugglenet. Midnight releases, making HP scarves, etc.
Now, I'm pretty much a nonparticipant all around.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
Nowadays, there isn't enough fan in me to rank any of them. The Ender series probably has my most serious devotion--HP is more nostalgic now.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
I've read/viewed a bit, but never obsessively.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
I've looked at fan art in the past, briefly.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Not really.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
I rooted for Ron/Hermione, but I never got into passionate arguments over the issue.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I used to discuss HP constantly, back when there were things to predict. I've never done the convention thing. I still go back and read the Ender books, HP, and LotR when I feel like it. And I watch the movies from time to time.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Not much, except rereading the books, and occasionally praising how amazing EG is when I see someone reading it.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
None. I don't think any of my friends no about Pweb. And the only time other fandoms (i.e. HP) come up, it's when there's some breaking news.

What drew you to the Ender books?
My oldest brother was reading them, and they looked intriguing, so I joined in.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
I was looking for EG/ES pictures/info for a book report and stumbled on Pweb.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
It's less intense.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
It's fine. I like it.

[wigginboy]

Age: 21
Gender: Masculine
Approximate location: Lethbridge

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 14

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? yes

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?

Have you read Ender's Shadow? of course

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow? 15

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them. I am a huge fan of the Templar Trililogy by Jack Whyte as well as his Dream of eagles series

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is? Yes

At what age did you begin using the internet? very young

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online? a LOT. like, 45-50 hours a week. im on here more than im at work

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion? a few hours a week

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity? 15

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity? 15

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate. i am definitely not as avid as some, but I am not as moderate as i think.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms? nil

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms? 1

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart? star trek fanfic

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart? tried once, failed miserably, im much more creative with my own ideas

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series? There is no published fanfic as far as i know, as for fan art, just whats up here, or used to be. there were some Sywak drawings I remember

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series? no, thats blasphemy

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them. I like the Peter/Wang-Mu relationship in Children. I also like the Bean/Petra relationship throughout the Shadow series

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them. umm...

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s). i talk about the books with my girlfriend, I read a War of Gifts to My daughter this christmas

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series? not much, i dont have friends

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them? at work when its really dead

What drew you to the Ender books? an audioplay someone was playing in the barracks at military training camp when I was 14

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet? i dont know, i was just searching for ender's game on google and this popped up, in like, 2003

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games? i dont really know. i am not really part of any other communities. well, facebook and soundclick but they are geared toward other interests. I guess thats just it, this site is geared toward EG freaks like us, whereas soundclick is for musicians and facebook is for networking.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general? I think we're the most devoted science fiction fans out there. waiting almost ten years for a movie proves something.

[Ela]

I am way out of the age range of your poll.

Age: Old enough to be the mother of almost everyone who has answered so far.
Gender: Female.
Approximate location: da South.

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 40-something, IIRC (or late 30s).

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes.

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? Yes.

Have you read Ender's Shadow? Yes.

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
Same as above.

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? Yes.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Stephen R. Donaldson, Harry Potter, Garth Nix, His Dark Materials, Firefly, Cowboy Bebop.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is? Yes, pretty much.

At what age did you begin using the internet? 30's to 40's, don't remember exactly.

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online? 2-6.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion? Very little, now, maybe a couple hours a week at most. Used to be more.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion? See previous comment.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity? 40's.

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity? 40's

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
I came for the Ender discussion, stayed for the community. I tend to lurk a lot here and only pipe up occasionally at Pweb and Hatrack.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms? Same as above.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
Close to the top for the original Ender series. I am less enthused about the Ender's Shadow series.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart? I dislike fan fiction.
I enjoyed some of the fan art that used to be available for viewing on the original Pweb.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart? Absolutely not.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series? I do not read fan fiction. I have only viewed fan art as stated above.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
I went to Endercon. I discuss books, movies with many who also have an interest.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series? Very little.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them? Sometimes.

What drew you to the Ender books? My sister gave me the first 3 books as a present.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet? My daughter found Pweb after I gave her the original Ender's series and she finished reading it. She encouraged me to join. I jumped to Hatrack from here.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
This is pretty similar to other fan communities I've been involved with in that people came for common interest in an author/book and stick around to discuss everything under the sun.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
I have met a lot of great people though this community.

[BonitoDeMadrid]

Age: 17 in a few months
Gender: Male
Approximate location: N/A

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
14 or 15, I can't remember

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes, all but Children of the Mind

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
No, I read the Shadow Series first.

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
About 16- I read them one after another, so after reading Shadow of the Giant I immediately went to Speaker.

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes.

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
Between 15 and 16

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Yes.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Yes, I consider myself a minor of the Artemis Fowl fandom- but extremely minor.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
It is.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
11 or 12, I think.

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
I spend minimum 2 hours a day on the internet.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
About half an hour- highly divided in my time on the internet.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Nearly none.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
When I joined the internet- Yu-Gi-Oh discussion. (Hey, I was 11! Don't judge me! =) )

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
After I read Shadow of the Hegemon (or was it Shadow Puppets?), and found out about PhiloticWeb in the back. (About 16)

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Silent; I don't discuss much.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
Nearly non-existant.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
First.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
No.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
No.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
No.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
None, save for the occasional discussion of the books with people who've just read the books.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Nearly all of it, but I don't have much offline fan activity.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
None of it.

What drew you to the Ender books?
Great recommendations from friends. (And also, the Ender books worked recursively on me: each book made me want to read the next one)

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
Sheer amazement from Ender's Game, and need to talk about the amazing things that I have just read.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
I have no clue.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
They're one of the most fun communities I've ever belonged to =)

[starlooker]

RE: OSC and his opinion on copyright -- didn't we once have a fairly innocuous thread where people were posting character descriptions or plot ideas or somesuch thing and get a request from the Cards that the thread be locked/removed? And what was being written, as I recall, was not even really fanfic or such. This would've been a few years ago. Anyone else remember that?

~~~~~~~~~~
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Approximate location: Midwest, USA

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 12 or so

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? No, I found SftD randomly in a bookstore when I was 16. It was very exciting.

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker? 16

Have you read Ender's Shadow? Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow? I'm not sure, probably 20?

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom? Not really. Other than my membership on this forum, and I rarely participate in actual Ender-related discussions here. When I first joined, I was very involved in the Ender part of the forum.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Nope.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which
is?
Yes.

At what age did you begin using the internet? 15ish

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
More than I'm probably willing to admit Probably 10-12 hours per week or more. Yeah, more.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Minimal. Although, probably .25 - .5 is pweb-related, but that's not really the same as fan related, I don't think.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
See above.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
22

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
22

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Formerly moderate, for the past several years silent.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
None

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms? Only

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart? Nope.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart? Nope.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series? Nope.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series? Nope.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
Ew, no.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them. Nope.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s). None, other than reading the books occasionally. Actually, very occasionally. Been a couple of years. My liking for OSC has taken a dramatic decline as the years have passed.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
I can't divide 0 into 0.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
No, not at all. When I first joined, I did tell another friend about it and I introduced a couple of people to Ender's Game/SftD

What drew you to the Ender books? My cousin gave me Ender's Game for Christmas when I was about 12, and I loved it. I related to Ender and found the book exciting and fascinating. When I was older and read SftD, I just fell in love with the idea of a human with that sort of compassion and empathy.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet? I was lonely and bored and living by myself for the first time, and I saw Pweb in the acknowledgements of a Shadow book. So I went to it and started posting. And it turned out I kicked ass at Ender trivia, so I stayed Pretty quickly, it became more about the community and people here than the books. I joined at Hatrack and posted there briefly, but didn't feel the same sense of welcome or have the same sort of niche, so I left it.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games? No basis for comparison.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general? Nope.


Feel free to add any information you feel is relevant, or to discuss anything the questions may have missed. I've felt the quality of OSC's writings have diminished a great deal, starting with CotM and then really in the Shadow series. This in addition to my greater familiarity and disagreement with his political views (which creep more and more into the writing) has led me to distance myself somewhat from the actual writings. I'm not nearly the fan I would be if he had stopped after CotM.

[Young Val]

Kirsten: I believe it was diary entries written by Battle School kids--but the catch was that the character had to be completely original. No characters OSC ever mentioned in any of the books.

[mazer]

Age:14
Gender: male
Approximate location: atlanta, roughly...

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?

12

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?

Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?

Almost there were one or two months in between

Have you read Ender's Shadow?

Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?

12

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?

I used, not much any more Im trying to change that now...


Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?

It is.

At what age did you begin using the internet?

Probably ten or so

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?

Too many

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?

I don't know....


At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?

13

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.

Used to be moderate I think....

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?

Non existant

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?

number 1

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?

no

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?

no


Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).

umm I would consider myself an enders game evangalist so I get everyone I can to read the book

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?

201%

What drew you to the Ender books?

My sister had to read it for school so I read it after her cause I was out of books... I was ahead of the class when I had to re-read it this year

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?

I dont rember.... oh yeah I was looking the back of speaker for the dead ( I think it was speaker it may have been a different one) and I saw a reference to philoticweb and hatrack so I went to hatrack and couldnt figure it out so I went to Pweb

[Eaquae Legit]

Age: 25
Gender: Female
Approximate location: Canada

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
18

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yes

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
Yes

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
18

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Yes

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? If so, please list them.
Doctor Who
Due South

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? If not, which is?
I guess so, because of Pweb and Hatrack. I came for the fandom, stayed for the fans. I spend more time actually thinking about Doctor Who, probably.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
14?

How would you describe your general internet usage? How many hours a day or week do you spend online?
A lot.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
Not much.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
Not as much, these days.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
18

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
18 (You might notice a pattern by now.)

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Please elaborate.
Moderate

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
Silent

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
I'm not sure. They don't really "rank," it's just a matter of what's actively airing/printing at the time.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
No

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
No

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? If so, please list them.
No

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
Not usually

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
My younger sister and I sometimes geek out about things. Currently it's Hellboy. I've been to a couple Hatrack/Pweb meet-ups, if that counts.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
Not much

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
No, but I tend to make real-life friends of Ender fans

What drew you to the Ender books?
The stories were about people

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
Curiosity

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
They seem to tend toward generating real-life friendships

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
I find it weird when I run into fans who don't know about Pweb or Hatrack

[Petra456]

Age: 21
Gender: Female
Approximate location: About an hour south of Seattle, WA.

How old were you when you first read Ender's Game?
I was 15.

Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels?
Yep.

Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game?
No, didn't regain interest until a friend started reading them some months later.

If no, how old were you when you read Speaker?
A couple months older.

Have you read Ender's Shadow?
Yes.

If so, how old were you when you read Ender's Shadow?
15.

Do you consider yourself part of the Ender fandom?
Not so much. More of just Ender's Game then any of the other books.

Do you consider yourself a part of any other book, movie, comic, television series, or videogame fandoms? Harry Potter, Scrubs, some Final Fantasy, and some Anime.

Is the Ender fan community your primary fan community? I'm way more into other things, but this community is the one i'm most involved in.

At what age did you begin using the internet?
Er, 12-13?

How would you describe your general internet usage? When I was younger I could easily spend six hour at the computer and not move. Now it's more like an hour or two.

How much of this time is devoted to fan-related discussion?
A little, I have friends into the same things as me.

How much of this time is devoted to Ender-related fan discussion?
None.

At what age did you become involved in fan-related internet activity?
Around 14 I joined a Harry Potter fan site.

At what age did you become in Ender-related internet activity?
Holy cow, almost five years ago.

How would you describe your participation in the Ender fan community (Avid, moderate, silent)? Moderate, and none of it is actually related to Ender.

How would you describe your participation in your other fandoms?
I was really into my Harry Potter site, was one of the big people over there.

Where does the Ender series rank in your list of fandoms?
3rd, probably.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart?
I use to read a bunch of fan fiction, it was horrible.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart?
Nope.

Do you read fanfiction or view fanart for the Ender series?
No.

Do you write fanfiction or create fanart for the Ender series?
Nope.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in the Ender series? Eh, not so much.

Do you actively support certain pairings/relationships in any of your other fandoms? If so, please list them.
I was Ron/Hermione all the way.

Describe your offline fan activities, if any. This includes real-life discussions of books, movies, comics, videogames; participation in conventions; cosplay; and reading, watching or playing the original material of your fandom(s).
Tons of Harry Potter stuff. I've attended midnight parties for just about everything. My group of friends would ditch school on the day of the movie releases and catch the first showing.

How much of your offline fan activity is devoted to the Ender series?
None.

How much of your internet fan activity leaks into your real-life fan activity? Do you talk to your real-life friends about your fandoms and your activity in them?
I mean, people leak more then the actual fandom itself.

What drew you to the Ender books?
Required reading freshman year.

What drew you to seek out fellow Ender fans on the internet?
I thought it was a good book and googled it.

How, in your opinion, does the Ender fan community differ from the fan communities for other books, comics, movies or video games?
I feel like we're a lot more mature in some ways. Well, in my fandoms, most ways.

Do you have any thoughts on the Ender fan community in general?
Nope.