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List Of Works By Orson Scott Card
The Orson Scott Card bibliography contains a list of works published by Orson Scott Card. Ender's Game The Tales of Alvin Maker The Homecoming Saga Women of Genesis Pastwatch series Mithermages series Mayflower ''Mayflower'' was a projected trilogy begun in 1994 by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd, but only one book in the trilogy was published. Kidd died in 2015. The Worthing series The Empire series Pathfinder series Laddertop series Side Step series Micropowers series Standalone novels Short story collections Anthologies edited by Card Other works Plays Non-fiction works Works based on other media Books on writing Columns Other projects Pen names Over the years Orson Scott Card used at least seven pseudonyms. According to Card he used a pseudonym for "Gert Fram" because he already had three other works appearing in the same issue. He used the penname Byron Walley again in various other publications for LDS magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel ''Ender's Game'' (1985) and its sequel ''Speaker for the Dead'' (1986). A feature film adaptation of ''Ender's Game'', which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series ''The Tales of Alvin Maker'' (1987–2003). Card's works were influenced by classic literature, popular fantasy, and science fiction; he often uses tropes from genre fiction. His background as a screenwriter has helped Card make his works accessible. Card's early fiction is original but contains graphic violence. His fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2001. – Opening sentence, Ian McEwan, ''Atonement'' Events *February 15 – The author Michael Crichton signs a new deal with HarperCollins Publishers that reportedly earns him $40 million for two books. *April 1 – The BookCrossing scheme for leaving books for strangers to find is launched. * April 13 – The film version of Helen Fielding's 1996 novel ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' has uncredited cameo roles as themselves for Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes and Jeffrey Archer, at a literary party. *July 19 – The English popular novelist and politician Jeffrey Archer, having been found guilty of perjury in a libel trial, is sentenced to imprisonment. *September 19 – Amiri Baraka reads his poem "Somebody Blew Up America?" at a poetry festival in New Jersey, eight days after the September 11 attacks. *December 10 – The live-action film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's '' The Lord of the Rings: The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ender's Stocking (short Story)
''A War of Gifts: An Ender Story'' is a 2007 science fiction novella by American writer Orson Scott Card. This book is set in Card's ''Ender's Game'' series and takes place during Ender Wiggin's time at Battle School as described in Card's novels '' Ender's Game'' and '' Ender's Shadow''. Characters Morgan family * Zeck Morgan – the anti-hero protagonist. *Reverend Habit Morgan – Zeck's father *Unnamed – Zeck's mother *Unnamed – Zeck's three younger siblings Wiggin family *Ender Wiggin *Peter Wiggin – Ender's older brother *Valentine Wiggin – Ender's older sister *John Paul Wiggin – Ender's father *Theresa Wiggin – Ender's mother Students *Dink Meeker – Dutch boy *" Rose de Nose" Rosen *Filippus "Flip" Rietveld – Dutch boy *Bonzo Madrid *Ahmed – Pakistani (Muslim) student International Fleet personnel *Captain Brridegan *Agnes O'Toole – IF tester * Colonel Graff – Battle School comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gold Bug (Card Short Story)
''Ender in Exile'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, part of the ''Ender's Game'' series, published on November 11, 2008. It takes place between the two award-winning novels '' Ender's Game'' and ''Speaker for the Dead''. It could also be considered a parallel novel to the first three sequels in the Shadow Saga, since the entirety of this ''trilogy'' takes place in the span of ''Ender in Exile''. The novel concludes a dangling story line of the Shadow Saga, while it makes several references to events that take place during the Shadow Saga. From yet another perspective, the novel expands (or ''replaces'') the last chapter of the original novel '' Ender's Game''. at theauthorhour.com On the one hand, it fills the gap r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2007. Events *January 1 – '' Post- och Inrikes Tidningar'' (Sweden), the world's oldest surviving newspaper (begun in 1645 as ''Ordinari Post Tijdender''), starts publishing online only. *March 5 – A car bomb explodes on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, the city's historic center of bookselling. *April 1 – The first in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series by Jeff Kinney is released in book form in New York. * April 26 – Polly Stenham's play ''That Face'', written when she was 19, opens at the Royal Court Theatre in London. * July 21 – The final book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', sells over 11 million copies in its first 24 hours, becoming the fastest selling book in history. *November 2 – The Tomi Ungerer Museum opens in Strasbourg. *November 19 – The first Kindle e-book reader is released. *December 5 – The first European Book Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Young Man With Prospects (short Story)
''Ender in Exile'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, part of the ''Ender's Game'' series, published on November 11, 2008. It takes place between the two award-winning novels ''Ender's Game'' and ''Speaker for the Dead''. It could also be considered a parallel novel to the first three sequels in the Shadow Saga, since the entirety of this ''trilogy'' takes place in the span of ''Ender in Exile''. The novel concludes a dangling story line of the Shadow Saga, while it makes several references to events that take place during the Shadow Saga. From yet another perspective, the novel expands (or ''replaces'') the last chapter of the original novel ''Ender's Game''. at theauthorhour.com On the one hand, it fills the gap righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheater (short Story)
"Cheater" is a science fiction story by American writer Orson Scott Card, set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how "Hot Soup" Han Tzu got into Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine ''InterGalactic Medicine Show''. Plot summary "Cheater" is the story of Han Tzu as a child. Han Tzu was born in Nanyang, Henan, China and was a descendant of Yuan Shikai, a great Chinese general. From a very young age, Han Tzu's father would play with him every day. It was his wish that Han Tzu would become a great general and bring glory back to China. When he got a little older, tutors began to come to his house to play games with him. After a while, Han Tzu discovered that the games were actually to prepare him for a test. One day, his tutor began teaching Han Tzu games from a list that his father had provided. When the testers from the International Fleet showed up to give Han Tzu the test, he figured out that his father was cheating. Han Tzu didn't want to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2006. Events *March – The first full-length original novel in the Manx language, ''Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley'' ("The Vampire Murders") is published by Brian Stowell, after being serialized in the press. *April 7 – Justice Peter Smith concludes in a case of February 27 in the London High Court of Justice against the publisher Random House over the bestselling novel ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), that the author, Dan Brown, has not breached the copyright of Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh in their ''The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'' (1982, non-fiction). The judgment also contains a coded message on the whim of the judge. *April 7– 9 – First Jaipur Literature Festival held in India. *Summer – Brutalism becomes the first literary movement to be launched through the social networking site Myspace. *June 14 – Ciaran Creagh's play ''Last Call'', based loosely on the hanging of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Boy (short Story)
There are various sources for short stories set in the Ender's Game series. One is the short story collection ''First Meetings'' by Orson Scott Card. This collection contains the original novelette ''Ender's Game'' plus three other stories. Another source is Card’s webzine ''InterGalactic Medicine Show''. The first four stories from Card's webzine: "Mazer in Prison," "Pretty Boy," "Cheater," and "A Young Man with Prospects," also appear in the paperback anthology ''Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show''. Reprints of short stories in the Ender's Game series can be found in other science fiction anthologies. ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' *"Ender's Game" This story is the original Ender's Game novelette which Card published in the August 1977 issue of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''. *" Gloriously Bright" This story introduces the characters of Han Fei-tzu, Han Qing-jao, and Si Wang-mu and was published in the January 1991 issue of ''Analog Science Fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazer In Prison (short Story)
''Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show'' (2008) is a science fiction and fantasy anthology edited by Edmund R. Schubert and Orson Scott Card. Originally published in paperback by Tor Books in August 2008, it contains eighteen stories from Card's online magazine ''InterGalactic Medicine Show'' including four from Card set in his Ender's Game universe. An audiobook version of the anthology released by Blackstone Audio in November 2008, which contains an additional "special audio-only bonus" story, Ender's Homecoming. Contents The stories included in the anthology are: * "In the Eyes of the Empress’s Cat" – Bradley P. Beaulieu * "Mazer in Prison" – Orson Scott Card * "Tabloid Reporter to the Stars" – Eric James Stone * "Audience" – Ty Franck * "The Mooncalfe" – David Farland * "Cheater" – Orson Scott Card * "Dream Engine" – Tim Pratt * "Hats Off" – David Lubar * "Eviction Notice" – Scott M. Roberts * "To Know All Things That Are in the Earth" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005. Events *January 16 – This is the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' publication of the first part of ''Don Quixote'' in Spain. *February 25 – Canada Reads selects ''Rockbound'' by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. *March 26 – The classic U.K. science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' returns to television with a script by Russell T Davies, the executive producer. * April 23 – The Grande Bibliothèque at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is officially opened. It actually opens on April 30. *June 13 – The poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales. *August 15 – An integrated National Library of Norway opens to readers in Oslo for the first time. New books Fiction *Tariq Ali – ''A Sultan in Palermo'' *Rajaa Alsanea – ''Girls of Riyadh'' (بنات الرياض, ''Banat al-Riyadh'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of The Giant
''Shadow of the Giant'' (2005) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the fourth novel in his '' Ender's Shadow'' series, also called the Bean Quartet. Plot summary A belief is spreading in conquered China that the government has lost the Mandate of Heaven. Han Tzu meets up with Mazer Rackham, who passes him a blow dart pen, calling it the "Mandate of Heaven". Han Tzu confronts the emperor, Snow Tiger, who is shot and killed by a guard, allowing Han Tzu to overthrow the Chinese government and install himself as the new emperor. Meanwhile, Peter Wiggin, Hegemon of Earth, along with Petra Arkanian, goes to visit Alai, Caliph of the Muslim League. The two help Alai realize that he is little more than a glorified prisoner, and that others have been ruling Islam in his stead. After uncovering a conspiracy against him, Alai resolves to take firmer control of his nation and guarantee the human rights of his subjugated peoples. The rest of the book deals with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
