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New York: Tor, 1986. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a superlative, double signed first edition, first printing of the novel that won Orson Scott Card back-to-back Hugo and Nebula Awards – making him the only author to win both of science fiction’s top prizes in consecutive years. Speaker for the Dead is the sequel to Ender’s Game (1985). Superlative condition, a full, dated signature, and an additional inscription to a science fiction bookstore proprietor make this copy a prize. The title page is boldly signed with Orson Scott Card’s full name and the date “20 June 1987”. An additional inscription in four lines on the half-title page reads: “Dan - | Thanks for keeping the | SF audience alive in NC - | Scott”. The inscription recipient was Daniel “Dan” Breen, an avid collector and proprietor (from 1985-2003) of a science fiction and fantasy bookshop - Second Foundation Bookstore – in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ender’s Game was published the same year…