Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Author Overview By the Side Quest Book Club Podcast
“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.” ~ Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
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Author Highlights
Here is what you can expect from a Orson Scott Card story…
Moral, thought-provoking science fiction
High-stakes strategy and conflict
Deep character-driven storytelling
Expansive, immersive world-building
Author Bio
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. His most recent series, the young adult Pathfinder series (Pathfinder, Ruins, Visitors), the fantasy Mithermages series (Lost Gate, Gate Thief, Gatefather) and the Side Step series (Wakers, Reawakening) are taking readers in new directions.
Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Sarah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts, including his "freshened" Shakespeare scripts for Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice.
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. Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card.
This bio is taken from Orson Scott Card’s website.
Slava’s Thoughts
I like Orson Scott Card because of Ender’s Game, a book I discovered over 10 year ago. The story isn’t really about aliens. It’s about how institutions treat people when they believe the end justifies the means.
The ending doesn’t come across as a twist. It feels more like a judgment, not just on Ender but on the whole system that shaped him.
What makes the book work is that Ender isn’t a typical hero. He’s a child who is shaped, isolated, and pushed into becoming a weapon. The story isn’t really about aliens. It’s about how institutions treat people when they think the end justifies the means.
Jonathan’s Thoughts
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