Pretty Boy (short story)

"Pretty Boy"
Artwork for Pretty Boy, by Jin Han
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	2006

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
(in the Enderverse)
(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

OSCs InterGalactic
Medicine Show
(2008)

Mazer in Prison



Cheater



Pretty Boy



A Young Man with Prospects

Second Formic
War Trilogy

The Swarm (2016)



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 Game Alive (2013)



Recruiting Valentine (2009)



The League War (2010)

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 Stocking (2007)



A War of Gifts (2007)

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War of Gifts (2009)

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)



... (TBC)

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.

"Pretty Boy" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how "Bonzo" Madrid got into Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.

Plot summary

"Pretty Boy" is the story of Bonito "Bonzo" Madrid as a child. Bonito was born in Toledo, Spain and given a name that means "pretty boy". His father Amaro was a lawyer and Spanish patriot who adored his son. Because Bonito was very smart, the International Fleet came to test him when he was less than two years old. After that, Amaro took Bonito everywhere and gave him anything he wanted. As he grew older Bonito started to observe his family and discovered that they needed him to be happy so he decided not to go to Battle School. However while studying his parents to find out how to make them happier, he discovered that his father kept a second apartment in the city and told his mother. When he and his mother went to see his grandmother Bonito learned that his father was having an affair with another woman and had broken his mother's heart. Because Bonito did not want to be like his father, he changed his mind and went to Battle School.

Characters

Tomas Benedito Bonito de Madrid y Valencia
Amaro de Madrid - Bonito's father
Tester from the International Fleet - unnamed
Bonito's mother - unnamed
Visitor who liked mother's flatbread - unnamed
Amaro's secretary - unnamed
Grandma - mother's mother

Publication

"Pretty Boy" was published in the March 2006 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show.^[1] It also appears in the anthology Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show.

References

↑ Orson Scott Card, "Pretty Boy" Intergalactic Medicine Show, March 2006.

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)
The Swarm (2016)
The Hive (TBA)
The Queens (TBA)
Shadows Alive (TBA)

Related	Ender's World (2013)

Short stories

Other media

Comics
Film

Characters

Concepts

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