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Card, Orson Scott

Card, Orson Scott

Author Biography & Works

Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2026).

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Books by Card, Orson Scott

Ender's Game (1986)

Ender's Game (1986)

(The Ender Quintet) Start here

Earth has survived two invasions by an insect-like alien race, and the International Fleet is training the most gifted children to lead the next defence. Six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is...

Speaker For The Dead (1987)

Speaker For The Dead (1987)

(The Ender Quintet)

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card won the 1987 Nebula Award for Best Novel

Xenocide

Xenocide

(The Ender Quintet)

The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named Gloriously Bright. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos...

Children Of The Mind

Children Of The Mind

(The Ender Quintet)

Achieves and delivers more than almost anything else within the science fiction genre, Ender's Game is a contemporary classic - New York Times 'Full of surprises...Intense is the word for...

Ender Series

Ender Series

(Enderverse)

Ever read a book that is good in spite of its author's controversial reputation? Card has landed himself in a lot of hot water for his political commentary, primarily driven...

The Redemption Of Christopher Columbus

The Redemption Of Christopher Columbus

(Pastwatch)

Why is it that fundamentalists Christians who don't believe in things like caffeine and alcohol always have the most fantastic imaginations? Orson Scott Card, everyone's favorite Mormon (and trust me,...

Keeper Of Dreams

Keeper Of Dreams

(Pastwatch)

Keeper of Dreams is a short story collection by Orson Scott Card. It contains twenty-two stories by Card which do not appear in his collection Maps in a Mirror. This...

First Meetings In Ender's Universe

First Meetings In Ender's Universe

(Enderverse)

First Meetings is a collection by Orson Scott Card that includes the original novelette Ender's Game and three stories about the characters' first meetings.

A War Of Gifts

A War Of Gifts

(Enderverse)

At the Battle School, there is only one purpose, only one curriculum: the strategy and tactics of war. The children are drawn from all nations, all races, all religions. There...

Shadow of the Giant

Shadow of the Giant

(Enderverse)

In this particular novel within the Ender series, Peter Wiggin becomes Hegemon of the whole Earth.

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