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Rate BOOK: Shadow of the Hedgemon ~ Orson Scott Card

Original at Syndicate Consumption external link    Sat, Oct 10

Sorry OSC, I tried. I really did. Ender’s Game was interesting, Ender’s Shadow was even more compelling, but this novel about what happens to the members of Ender’s Dragon Army after the bugger war was a boring, boring, read. Full disclosure: I actually gave up halfway through and tracked do...

Rate Lee County Library System - Expanded Books Interview: Empire

Original at excerpts.contentreserve.com external link    Tue, Sep 8

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Orson Scott Card - bestselling author of ENDER'S GAME - presents a chilling vision of the near future in his new novel EMPIRE. The book ... excerpts.contentreserve.com

Rate NOM, Your Roots Are(n't) Showing

Original at Campus Progress external link    Tue, Jun 9

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 DC The newest addition to NOM's board is science-fiction novelist and devout Mormon Orson Scott Card, who is not the head of a think tank—probably the closest NOM gets to the grassroots. But Card's activism takes the form of publications such as a 2008 ...

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 Why Won't NOM Release Its Financials?

Original at Queerty external link    Mon, May 4

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 NY Holland was replaced by sci-fi writer and government overthrower Orson Scott Card.) Some $1.5 million is being spent on television ads, claims NOM, but there's no record of who's funding that cash. (We suspect the media spend budget isn't that large; ...

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 How Orson Scott Card Made Me a Gay Father, Broke My Heart, and ...

Original at Proud Parenting external link    Fri, May 1

 - Brian Frank, Brian Frank We'll always have Ender's Game, your novel about the brilliant child Ender who becomes drafted into the draconian Battle School and unwittingly becomes a genocidal war criminal in Earth's first interstellar war against aliens. I read Ender's Game while ...

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 Best LDS fiction named at Whitney Awards

Original at Mormon Times external link    Sat, Apr 25

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The Whitney Awards also honored Kerry Blair and Orson Scott Card with lifetime achievement awards. Blair is known within the LDS writing community for her enthusiastic mentoring of fellow authors. She will take over as president of the Whitney Awards ...

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 Orson Scott Card Signs with Simon Pulse

Original at Publishers Weekly external link    Thu, Mar 5

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 NY When Card’s iconic Ender’s Game came out in 1985, she said, “the teen market didn’t exist” to the extent it does now. Card also has a daughter who is “about the right age,” Bova said, “which may have inspired him” to go in this direction. ...

Rate John Scalzi - Filming the Unfilmable in Watchmen, Dune and Beyond

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

 NY Orson Scott Card By gaijin on March 5, 2009 11:58 AM More OSC, from last November: "I am so optimistic that I believe the actor who will play Ender has not only been born - he's already in school." By James McNeill on March 5, 2009 12:00 PM The ...

Rate Ender's Game: Battle School #3

Original at comic Book Resources external link    Thu, Feb 19    9 related articles

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 Ca The legendary sci-fi epic by New York Times Bestseller Orson Scott Card continues as the children's training continues at Battle School, but Ender begins to question exactly who the enemy is. He's been isolated, his peers have been turned against him, ...

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

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Sun, Jan 11    4 related articles

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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 Ender’s Game Movie Reaches Endgame

Original at /FILM external link    Wed, Jan 7

Geeks of Doom  MA - Jan 7, 2009 Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game was one of my favorite books in high school, and probably still remains my favorite science fiction story of all time. ... ‘Ender’s Game’ Film Adaptation Gets Scrapped Geeks of Doom all 6 news articles

Rate Open Question: What should I read next?

Original at Yahoo! Answers external link    Mon, Dec 22

The big question here is which to read first: Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie or The Warrior Prophet by R. Scott Bakker (I have read both of the predecessors, don't worry)? Other question is to recommend any books to add to my book list, or tell me any good reason why I should get rid of...

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 Michelle Malkin » At the movies: Robert Davi’s “The Dukes”

Original at Michelle Malkin external link    Thu, Nov 20

Sure there are a few sour apples (this site makes conservatism seem sour) — Ted Nugent, Mel Gibson, Orson Scott Card (I loved Ender’s Game), Edward Teller. But there’s something about being very creative or smart that makes people ...

Rate BOOK REVIEW: Ender lives on in ‘Exile,’ makes the jump to comics ...

Original at Nerdvana external link    Wed, Nov 19

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card from Tor Books If you love a thing, set it free. So it was with my copy of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game — a book I cherish so much I have been compelled to share it as often as possible. ...

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 New releases -- The latest from Wally Lamb

Original at The Swamp external link    Mon, Nov 10    4 related articles

By Dave Rosenthal Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $25.95). In the wake of his victory over the alien Formics, 12-year-old military genius Ender Wiggins is hailed as a hero, but governments that trained him intend to portray him as a monster. ...

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 Review: Ender’s Game

Original at Stage and Canvas external link    Sun, Nov 2

By Mish Published in 1985, Ender’s Game is perhaps Orson Scott Card’s most acclaimed novel. It stormed the science-fiction universe, winning the Hugo and Nebula awards and making the top of bestseller lists. Taken from the cover, Gene Wolf says ...

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 Orson Scott Card, Truth-Teller

Original at Semicolon external link    Thu, Oct 23

By Sherry Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game (Semicolon review here) and many other titles of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction, is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist. However, in this column, he blasts both his party and ...

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 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 Teens face real life -- yet flourish

Original at Mormon Times external link    Wed, Oct 15

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 UT - Oct 15, 2008 By Orson Scott Card Last Saturday night, I dropped our 14-year-old off at a youth fireside and dance. The event was a half-hour away from home, ...

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 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 Orson Scott Card betrays his geek fans

Original at Valleywag external link    Wed, Jul 30

By Owen Thomas It's as if Orson Scott Card hasn't gotten the message of his own greatest work, Ender's Game, where the main character learns to tolerate people different from himself. The sci-fi writer's best-known work is widely read in Silicon ...

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 Mormon Defender Skirts Christian Question; Instead Calls for Unity

Original at Christian Post external link    Thu, Jul 12

By michelle@christianpost.com (Michelle Vu) The chosen defender of Mormonism in a much talked-about online debate avoided the challenges posed by one of the nation’s preeminent evangelicals Wednesday on why Mormons cannot be considered Christians. Instead, well-known science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card called for unity...

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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