Orson Scott Card

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Title: How To Write A Million: Description:
The complete guide to becoming a successful author!

Title: The Folk Of The Fringe: Description:
ONLY SIX MISSILES FLEW IN WORLD WAR III, BUT THAT WAS ENOUGH All over North America, people are relearning the survival skills of the first settlers. Eking a living from the land, they band togetherin city- sized communities that sustain the tradistions of faith and law against the predators beyond their boundaries. For those who chafe at the old rules there is the dangerous trek west, to an oasis of peace and plenty for anyone willing to help make the desert bloom. Yet even ina haven, there are always misfits. They are folk on the fringe.

Title: Shadow Of The Hegemon (shadow Saga S.): Description:
Orson Scott Card keeps returning to his first published story "Ender's Game" (1977). He expanded it into the acclaimed 1985 novel Ender's Game, winning Hugo and Nebula awards and spawning several sequels. More recently, Ender's Shadow reworked the original tale of precocious boy soldier Ender saving the world from alien hordes at terrible personal cost, as told from the different, colder viewpoint of his even younger lieutenant Bean. Now Ender has been sent to the stars as too dangerously charismatic a military leader to keep on Earth. Without the common alien threat, our global alliance is disintegrating. Ender's top strategists like Bean are in demand by would-be conquering countries. Kidnappings rapidly follow. Four strange, tortured teenagers dominate the book. Ender's brilliant but twisted brother Peter is already manipulating international politics as respected political pundit "Locke", hoping to become world ruler or Hegemon. He needs the genetically enhanced abilities of Bean, who's mainly concerned with the fate of kidnapped Petra--the only girl to reach the top rank at Ender's Battle School. Meanwhile boy serial killer Achille, the villain of Ender's Shadow, has sold his strategic talents to more than one nation, and has scores to settle ... Shadow of the Hegemon lacks glittering SF hardware and seems almost old-fashioned after the planet-busting supertechnology of Ender's Game. What makes it compulsive reading is Card's uncannily sure handling of character, especially flawed characters and their painful moral choices. Minor figures like Ender's parents acquire new depth, and we care when people die. Recommended--but do read the books in sequence. A third "Shadow" novel follows. --David Langford

Title: Speaker For The Dead: Description:
'Beautifully composed and paced...Almost impossible to put down!' LOCUS

Title: Xenocide: Description:
Congress has sent a warfleet to Lusitania, home to Ender, his family, two alien species and the deadliest virus ever known. The warfleet carries an order to destroy, to commit xenocide. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: Ender's Game: Description:
When humanity is under threat from an alien race, Ender Wiggin, at the age of six, leaves his family on Earth to journey to the Belt. There he enters Battle School, where his life is strictly disciplined by mind games and computer mock-battles fought in deadly earnest. From the Publisher ENDER’S GAME is the first book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction. Praise for Orson Scott Card ‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars … enthralling … an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION ‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX ‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS By Orson Scott Card Ender --This text refers to the Paperback edition. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: Shadow Of The Giant (shadow Saga): Description:
Bean, Ender Wiggins' former right-hand man, has shed his reputation as the smallest student at Battle School. He has completed his military service for the Hegemon, acting as strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire that attacked Earth. Now he and his wife, Petra, yearn for a safe place to build a family - something he has never known. Yet no such place exists on Earth, a world riddled with Bean's enemies from the past. Once again he must follow in Ender's footsteps and look to the stars.

Title: Shadow Puppets (shadow Saga): Description:
Orson Scott Card's award-winning Ender series is a genuine classic of science fiction. In SHADOW PUPPETS, the third book in the new series following ENDER'S SHADOW and SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON, he follows the fates of Ender's fellow pupils from Battle School - now facing terrible new challenges, both personal and political. Manoeuvring through international politics and war, Peter Wiggin and Achilles are each determined to defeat the other and become Hegemon. When cloned embryos carrying Bean's brilliant intelligence fall into the hands of Achilles' people, the race to protect the world has only just begun ...Look out for more information on this and other books on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Title: Ender's Shadow (shadow Saga): Description:
Returning to the time of "Ender's Game", "Ender's Shadow" follows the story of one of Ender Wiggin's fellow pupils at the Battle School. The novel is the first in a new "Ender" sequence. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with with wife and three children in the US.

Title: Children Of The Mind (the Ender Saga): Description:
Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. All are in danger from the Starways Congress. Jane, the evolved computer intelligence can save them - Ender's children must save her if they are to save themselves. From the Publisher CHILDREN OF THE MIND is the fourth book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction. Praise for Orson Scott Card ‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars … enthralling … an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION ‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX ‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS By Orson Scott Card Ender About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with with wife and three children in the US.

Title: Xenocide (the Ender Saga): Description:
Ender and Valentine Wiggin are brother and sister who both share the gift of genius. The monstrous Starways Congress has sent a warfleet to their home planet of Lusitania, containing two alien species and the deadliest virus ever known. They have also issued the order to destroy the planet. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US.

Title: Speaker For The Dead (the Ender Saga): Description:
Three thousand planet-bound years have passed while Ender the star-traveller remains young. In that time his name has become anathema, for he is the one who killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings. No other has been found - until Lusitania is discovered. From the Publisher SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD is the second book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction. Praise for Orson Scott Card ‘Haunting, compulsive, urgently readable … Story-telling genius' INTERZONE ‘Full of surprises … Intense is the word for Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME' NEW YORK TIMES ‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars … enthralling … an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION ‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX ‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS By Orson Scott Card Ender About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US.

Title: Shadow Of The Hegemon (shadow Saga): Description:
Ender Wiggin and his fellow pupils at Battle School have defeated the alien forces in an extraordinary military operation. Ender's destiny among the stars awaits him, but for his young army it is time to return to earth. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with his wife and three children in the US.

Title: How To Write Science Fiction And Fantasy: Description:
This award-winning classic on the art and craft of writing science fiction and fantasy provides invaluable advice for every science fiction and fantasy writer interested in constructing stories about people, worlds and events that stretch the boundaries of the possible - and the magical. They'll learn:. What is and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and where their story fits in the mix. How to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world readers will want to explore. Where the markets are, how to reach them and get published There's no better source of information for writers working in these genres.

Title: Characters And Viewpoint (the Elements Of Fiction Writing): Description:
Orson Scott Card presents practical, in-depth instruction on how fiction writers can make the best choices in creating characters and handling viewpoint. The author shows how to put original yet realistic people into fiction.'

Title: Shadow Puppets (ender Series Book 6): Description:
Book three of the shadow saga

Title: Children Of The Mind (ender Wiggins Saga): Description:
In the conclusion of the Ender saga, Ender Wiggin confronts his ultimate challenge when his adopted world, Lusitania, is threatened by his old planet-destroying weapon, and his ally, Jane, is about to be killed off by the Starways Congress. From the Publisher CHILDREN OF THE MIND is the fourth book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction. Praise for Orson Scott Card ‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars … enthralling … an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION ‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX ‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS By Orson Scott Card Ender --This text refers to the Paperback edition. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with with wife and three children in the US. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: Ender's Game (the Ender Saga): Description:
Ender Wiggin is Battle School's latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. And they need one. A vast alien force is headed for Earth, its mission: the annihilation of all human life. Ender could be our only hope. But first he must survive the most brutal military training program in the galaxy...With its explosive storyline, pump-action excitement and hugely engaging central characters, Ender's Game is 2002's absolute must-read for teenaged boys. Forget schools for wizards, this is where the *real* action is. From the Publisher ENDER’S GAME is the first book of Orson Scott Card's Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction. Praise for Orson Scott Card ‘The Ender Saga stands out as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars … enthralling … an extraordinarily talented author’ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION ‘The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent’ SFX ‘Almost impossible to put down’ LOCUS By Orson Scott Card Ender About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US.

Title: Xenocide: Description:
Ender and Valentine Wiggin are brother and sister who both share the gift of genius. The monstrous Starways Congress has sent a warfleet to their home planet of Lusitania, containing two alien species and the deadliest virus ever known. They have also issued the order to destroy the planet. About the Author Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of ENDER'S GAME, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD and XENOCIDE. He lives with with wife and three children in the US. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.