Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.
Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts.

Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He recently began a...more


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Average rating: 3.96 · 645,353 ratings · 33,865 reviews · 168 distinct works
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga,...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 254,183 ratings — published 1985 — 95 editions
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Speaker for the Dead (Ender...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 51,985 ratings — published 1986 — 44 editions
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Ender's Shadow (Shadow, #1)
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 38,948 ratings — published 1999 — 35 editions
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Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3)
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 35,543 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Children of the Mind (Ender...
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 25,531 ratings — published 1996 — 31 editions
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Shadow of the Hegemon (Shad...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 21,041 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions
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Shadow Puppets (Shadow, #3)
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 15,431 ratings — published 2002 — 24 editions
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Shadow of the Giant (Shadow...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 13,674 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions
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Enchantment
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 11,444 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions
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Seventh Son
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 11,850 ratings — published 1987 — 32 editions
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More books by Orson Scott Card…
Ender's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Ender's Shadow Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets
Ender's Saga (Publication Order) (13 books)
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4.05798345262606 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 473,066 ratings
Ender's Game Ender in Exile Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind
Ender's Saga (5 books)
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4.0746560042538436 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 383,653 ratings
Ender's Shadow Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets Shadow of the Giant Shadows in Flight
Shadow (6 books)
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3.9884863150683416 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 90,501 ratings
Seventh Son Red Prophet Prentice Alvin Alvin Journeyman Heartfire The Crystal City
Tales of Alvin Maker (6 books)
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3.7256393949030118 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 44,026 ratings
The Memory of Earth The Call of Earth The Ships of Earth Earthfall Earthborn
Homecoming Saga (5 books)
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3.421866497369853 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 22,052 ratings
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January 2011, Orson Scott Card
"Mercurial gods are trapped on Earth in The Lost Gate, a new fantasy from a science fiction master." ...More

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“Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty."
Gideon Wyeth:"Why?"
Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.”
Orson Scott Card

“It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.”
Orson Scott Card, The Folk of the Fringe

“Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.”
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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