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Orson Scott Card

Born

in Richland, Washington, The United States

August 24, 1951

Website

http://www.hatrack.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry, Nonfiction

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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is (as of 2023) the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
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Average rating: 4.12 · 3,354,124 ratings · 134,684 reviews · 857 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,502,534 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 277,631 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 182,319 ratings — published 1999 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 168,148 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4) 3.78 avg rating — 115,665 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 82,502 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Puppets (The Shadow Series, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 62,852 ratings — published 2002 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1) by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 61,016 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow #4) 4.01 avg rating — 57,146 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ender in Exile (Ender's Saga, #5) 3.92 avg rating — 54,451 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The First Formic War (3 books)
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Pastwatch (2 books)
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