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Rate New Audiobooks: compiled by Susan Dunman

Original at SF Site external link    Fri, Jan 1

Recent audiobook releases received by SF Site include works by Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, Cory Doctorow and Fred Saberhagen. At times it's more convenient (and enjoyable) to hear the latest in science fiction and fantasy.

Rate History, heroism and Christian faith collide

Original at Detroit Free Press external link    Sun, Dec 27

AP A favorite among sci-fi readers and video gamers, the prolific Orson Scott Card has taken on a topic that's closer to real life ... and more »

Rate Dragon Age Gets Orson Scott Card to Write Its Comic Book

Original at Softpedia external link    Wed, Dec 23

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Brisbane Times The writers of the comic will be Orson Scott Card in collaboration with Aaron Johnston. While Orson is very well known for Ender's Game and Johnston for ... Dragon Age comic series kicking off this MarchDestructoid Dragon Age comic debuts in March, 2010Game Daily

Rate Orson Scott Card explores moral ambiguity, Christian faith in adventure novel - Metro Canada

Original at Metro Toronto external link    Mon, Dec 21

Orson Scott Card explores moral ambiguity, Christian faith in adventure novel Metro Canada - Toronto Card is best known for his award-winning science fiction, including the "Ender" series. He also has written Mormon Bible stories, short stories and video ...

Rate Orson Scott Card explores moral ambiguity, Christian faith in adventure novel

Original at google.com external link    Mon, Dec 21

Card is best known for his award-winning science fiction, including the "Ender" series. He also has written Mormon Bible stories, short stories and video ... and more »

Rate Dashing dreams of a new Earth - SmartPlanet.com

Original at smartplanet.com external link    Thu, Dec 17

Dashing dreams of a new Earth SmartPlanet.com (blog) Orson Scott Card has us forced to leave by climate change in his “Ender” series. Isaac Asimov has us getting pushed to leave by our robot masters in his ...

Rate Charlie Beggs Interview

Original at Kidzworld Media external link    Wed, Dec 16

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I like the Ender books, by Orson Scott Card, too. I don't like reading generic fantasy books that seem to be copies of the Lord of the Rings books; ...

Rate Featuring Howard Cosell, Orson Scott Card & Louis L'Amour

Original at Library Journal external link    Thu, Dec 3

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Featuring Howard Cosell, Orson Scott Card & Louis L'Amour Ender's Game: Gift Edition. Tor. 2006. 256p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1738-4. pap. $18.95. If you don't know the plot, I envy you because you get to experience the ... and more »

Rate Local Happenings

Original at Alameda Sun external link    Thu, Dec 3

Books, Inc. 1344 Park St. (Info: 522-2226) 2 pm Teen Book Group: Join the discussion of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Free for teens. ... and more »

Rate The Power Of Twilight

Original at Forbes external link    Tue, Dec 1

This all makes the Twilight saga not just the first great Mormon work of literature (pace Orson Scott Card), but the first great cultural product of the ... and more »

Rate 《龙腾世纪:起源》官方精彩漫画欣赏

Original at Gamers.com external link    Sun, Nov 29

Dragon Age也会有一本漫画由IDW出版,作者会是Orson Scott Card(Ender's Game, Ultimate Iron Man),画家会是Humberto Ramos。 Ramos的画一定好的了,虽然比较卡通。 ... and more »

Rate xkcd skepicizes the skeptics

Original at Discover Magazine external link    Sun, Nov 22

Orson Scott Card wrote in “Speaker for the Dead”: “This is how humans are: we question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, ...

Rate Comparing vampires: a Mormon author versus a Mormon novel

Original at blogs.standard.net external link    Thu, Nov 19

Fantasy author and conservative LDS columnist Orson Scott Card has scorned the novel. Some LDS bloggers share Card's disdain. What fuels the criticism is ... and more »

Rate What are you reading right now?

Original at Spencer Daily Reporter external link    Wed, Nov 18

My recent reads have been the Ender series by Orson Scott Card, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, House of Reckoning by John Saul, Boneman's Daughters by Ted ...

Rate Ctrl+Alt+Del humanity?

Original at Toronto Star external link    Sun, May 10

  Canada Big break: After his first novel Golden Fleece is a sales dud, Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game and a giant in the genre, calls it the best SF novel of 1990. Sawyer's career revives. What's coming up: His novel Flashforward is being adapted as ...

Rate Miss Cali's New Friend Says Jail the Gays

Original at Gay City News external link    Thu, May 7

So wrote Orson Scott Card, a science fiction writer and a columnist for the Mormon Times who sits on the board of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the group that has mobilized against the growing legal recognition of marriage equality and ...

Rate Thoughts From the Interface of Science, Religion, Law and Culture

Original at ScienceBlogs external link    Mon, May 4

Until a few years ago, I'd never even heard of Orson Scott Card. I'm not a science fiction reader, so I'd never read his many books, some of which my friends tell me are quite food if you like that genre. But after watching him make a complete fool of ...

Rate Local News In Brief

Original at St. George Daily Spectrum external link    Mon, Apr 27

 UT White Shell, a short story, is slated for publication in Dispensation: Millennial Mormon Fiction, an anthology that also includes well-known writers Orson Scott Card and Levi Petersen. She is the mother of three young children and chronicles her ...

Rate Nat'l Organization for Marriage Just Keeps Adding the Crazies

Original at Queerty external link    Wed, Apr 22

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 NY Then how about NOM chief Maggie Gallagher welcoming her hatred equal Orson Scott Card, who just joined the organization's board. Who's Card, you ask? He's the science fiction writer and Mormon Times columnist filled with idiot logic. ...

Rate Opinion: Best Book EverVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Apr 20

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By rss@youtube.com (pubfun) Author: pubfun Keywords: Ender's Game Great Book Worm Highschool Reading Reader Writing Orson Scott Card Best Ever T2Darlantan Pubfun Review Added: April 20, 2009

Rate Orson Scott Card goes YA steampunk

Original at Crows Nest external link    Fri, Mar 6

Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead. He recently began a long term position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University. Card currently lives in Greensboro, ...

Rate 'Ender in Exile' by Orson Scott Card

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Sat, Jan 24

Ender in Exile' by Orson Scott Card By Alicia Lozano | Tribune Newspapers Twenty-three years have passed since Orson Scott Card first dazzled readers with "Ender's Game," a seminal work that blurred the lines between young adult and adult fiction. Now he's back with "Ender in Exile," ...

Rate Middle game for Ender

Original at Kansas.com external link    Sat, Jan 17

 KS - BY ALICIA LOZANO Twenty-three years have passed since Orson Scott Card first dazzled readers with "Ender's Game," a seminal work that blurred the lines ...

Rate 'Ender' sci-fi book fills in 'the lost years'

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Sun, Jan 11

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Mormon Times  TX - Jan 11, 2009 Twenty-three years have passed since Orson Scott Card first dazzled readers with Ender's Game, a seminal work that blurred the lines between young adult and ... A Look into Orson Scott Card's Enders series Mormon Times all 4 news articles

Rate Petersen No Longer Involved in Ender’s Game

Original at Screenhead external link    Wed, Jan 7

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By Hollywood Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, sci-fi author Orson Scott Card revealed that Wolfgang Petersen is no longer attached to direct the big-screen adaptation of the author’s sci-fi novel classic Ender’s Game. Card disclosed that he did not feel comfortable with the movie’s direction and...

Rate Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game Movie Has Been Scrapped

Original at First Showing external link    Tue, Jan 6

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game Movie Has Been Scrapped by Alex Billington I hate to be the bearer of more bad news (we already announced that Shazam was dead), but it looks like Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game ... Ender’s Game Movie Reaches Endgame /FILM

Year 2008

 

Rate Shadow Puppets / Orson Scott Card

Original at SF Reviews.Net external link    Mon, Dec 8

The third of Card's "Shadow" novels set in the Ender universe, this one suffers from the classic "idiot plot": all of the heroes' problems stem from making idiotic decisions. Peter Wiggin, who really has no business doing anything with his nemesis Achilles de Flandres apart from killing...

Rate Ender in Exile / Orson Scott Card

Original at SF Reviews.Net external link    Mon, Dec 8

Card reboots the Ender saga yet again, without nearly the success of 1998's "Ender's Shadow". This book is the tale of Ender's trek to his first colony world with his sister Valentine. Not bad for much of its length. But the story too often favors melodrama over drama, paints Ender as a Christ f...

Rate An Interview with Author Orson Scott Card

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Nov 25

By Fitz A while back, Orson Scott Card was kind enough to leave a comment on one of my posts about his story "Stonefather" (released recently in novella form). We had a short e-mail conversation after that and he graciously agreed to let me interview him.Orson Scott Card is the author of such importa...

Rate Specialty bookshelf: reviews of science fiction, mystery and ...

Original at Rocky Mountain News external link    Thu, Nov 20

 CO - By Orson Scott Card. Tor, $25.95. Grade: A- This 11th installment in the saga that began with Ender's Game takes place between the first novel and the ...

Rate Ender Wiggins

Original at SCIFIPEDIA external link    Wed, Nov 19

Ender series Character Andrew "Ender" Wiggins Status Dead/Alive Gender Male Species Human Origin Earth Portrayed by NA First Appearance Ender's Game Profession Speaker for the Dead Relatives Valentine Wiggin (sister), Peter Wiggin (brother) Special Features Genius  

Rate AMC Interview With Orson Scott Card

Original at Slice of SciFi external link    Tue, Nov 18

By Sam Sloan Check out this exciting text interview HERE. Our good friends from AMC’s SciFi Scanner were given the opportunity to have a sit-down with renowned author Orson Scott Card (”Enders Game”) and talk about his newest edition to the franchise — “Ender in Exile.” The Hugo-winning novelist also...

Rate Ender's Game's Orson Scott Card Still Hoping for a Movie Adaptation

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Mon, Nov 17

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By Clayton Neuman Hugo-winning novelist Orson Scott Card discusses his latest Ender sequel as well as his big screen dreams for the first in the series. Q: The latest draft of the screenplay incorporates elements of Ender's Game as well as Ender's Shadow. Why combine them?

Rate Unshelved News: Ender's Comic

Original at Unshelved external link    Tue, Nov 4

Regular readers of this blog know that I'm a big fan of Orson Scott Card and specifically Ender's Game. He recently teamed up with Marvel to produce a comic version, and both Gene and I were really very impressed with the first issue. Now you can read it for free online, courtesy of Tor books Che...

Rate Opinion: “Ender in Exile”

Original at Slice of SciFi external link    Wed, Oct 29

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By Sam Sloan Orson Scott Card returns to his bestselling series with a new Ender novel “The novels of Orson Scott Card’s Ender series are an intriguing combination of action, military and political strategy, elaborate war games, and psychology.” –USA TODAY

Rate READ: No child’s play: Ender’s Game

Original at New Straits Times external link    Fri, Oct 24

 Malaysia - Oct 24, 2008 The comic adapts one of the most beloved sci-fi books of all time — Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Game takes place in the future, ...

Rate Ender’s Shadow Looms Over US Media

Original at Buckeye Firearms Association external link    Wed, Oct 22

By cbaus For those of you wondering, yes, this is the same Orson Scott Card who wrote Ender’s Game and its' progeny. Even if you are not a science fiction fan, you owe it to yourself to read Ender’s Game. For many young adults, ...

Rate Dork Calling Orson

Original at Sadly, No! external link    Wed, Oct 22

By D. Aristophanes Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? By Orson Scott Card Damn that other party! Damn them straight to Mormon hell! Card doesn’t list all the rules that were loosened by Republicans, but here’s a nice summation. Mr. Card?

Rate The End of Journalism As We Knew It

Original at Power Line external link    Tue, Oct 21

But right now, you are consenting to or actively promoting a big fat lie -- that the housing crisis should somehow be blamed on Bush, McCain, and the Republicans. You have trained the American people to blame everything bad -- even bad weather -- on Bush, and they are responding as you have ta...

Rate Card: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?

Original at Little Green Footballs external link    Mon, Oct 20    11 related articles

Orson Scott Card hits the mark: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?

Rate Should We Kill People Over Gay Marriage?

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Oct 16

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 - Oct 17, 2008 by Brian Trent, Independent Examiner In 1985, one of the best things I had ever read was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. In 2008, one of the worst things ...

Rate Bookworms, united

Original at Denton Record Chronicle external link    Thu, Oct 16

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 TX - Oct 16, 2008 What: Author Orson Scott Card gives a book discussion as part of Denton Reads, a collaboration of local libraries. Ender’s Game is about a young boy, ... The hunt for a book that could be shared Denton Record Chronicle all 2 news articles

Rate MRUs Lesson 6

Original at Advanced Fiction Writing external link    Mon, Oct 6

In my last post, I showed some writing examples from Jane Austen and Ken Follett. Today, I’ll analyze a piece of a scene by Orson Scott Card. This is a fight scene done in zero-gravity. The setting is “Battle School,” a training ground for the next generation of soldiers. The protagonist is a boy...

Rate Casual Saturdays: Why You Should Read the Ender’s Game Comic Book

Original at LOTRKing's Comic Book Reviews and Other Random Stuff external link    Fri, Oct 3

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By lotrking LOTRKing        First off, the details: Ender’s Game is one of the most beloved science-fiction novels of our time. Written by Orson Scott Card and first published as a novel in 1985, Ender’s Game tells the story of a future in which we have been attacked by an alien race known as the Formics (...

Rate Document does fine on its own

Original at Mormon Times external link    Wed, Sep 17

 UT - Sep 17, 2008 By Orson Scott Card A friend, knowing that I had been writing for many years about practical ways to live the Law of Consecration while living in a ...

Rate Ender's Game Podcast

Original at Marvel News Saved Searches external link    Tue, Jul 8

Orson Scott Card joins the Mighty Marvel Podcast crew to talk about the upcoming adaptation of his epic novel, "Ender's Game."

Year 2007

 

Rate SD07: Impact Books (#1415)

Original at PW: THE BEAT external link    Sat, Jul 21

We like it when a publisher gives us nice little log lines at the top of their PR! This how-to imprint has done it just the way we like it. * Impact University Back for its 4th Straight Year with Peter David, David Petersen and Orson Scott Card! * Portfolio Reviews by Impact’s Editorial Directo...

Rate Orson Scott Card interview: Ender's Game as many games

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Sun, Jun 17

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By Max F. Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game (the Hugo Award winner and Nebula Award winner), is a recovering game addict - or at least that's one interpretation you can give his interview over at Gaming Today. Ender's Game is being turned into a movie by Warner Brothers, and at the same time Ors...

Rate Book Review: Spherical Tomi by Jack Mangan

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, May 22

By Constance Burris The first thing that stuck out about Jack Mangan’s Spherical Tomi is that is was hardcore, cyberpunk science fiction. The second thing was, for a sci-fi novel, it was incredibly easy to read. Spherical Tomi is a strong mix of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game because of the complicated war str...

Rate Orson Scott Card Talks 'Ender's Game'

Original at Cinematical external link    Thu, Apr 19

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By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Fandom, Scripts & Screenwriting, Comic/Superhero/GeekI'm sure I'm in the minority in thinking that Ender's Game would make a horrible film. Maybe I don't remember the book well enough, but I see it being awfully re...

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