{"product_id":"maps-in-a-mirror-the-short-fiction-of-orson-scott-card-9780765308405","title":"Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps in a Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e brings together nearly all of Orson Scott Card's short fiction written between 1977 and 1990. For those readers who have followed this remarkable talent since the beginning, here are all those amazing stories gathered together in one place, with some extra surprises as well.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the hundreds of thousands who are newly come to Card, here is chance to experience the wonder of a writer so versatile that he can handle everything from traditional narrative poetry to modern experimental fiction with equal ease and grace. The brilliant story-telling of the Alvin Maker books is no accident; the breathless excitement evoked by the Ender books is not a once-in-a-lifetime experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this enormous volume are forty-six stories, plus ten long, intensely personal essays, unique to this volume. In them the author reveals some of his reasons and motivations for writing, with a good deal of autobiography into the bargain. Twelve of these stories, which have been superceded by later versions, rarely appear elsewhere. Included here are the story Mikal's Songbird, which grew into the novel \u003ci\u003eSongmaster\u003c\/i\u003e; the novella-length Ender's Game, which became the award-winning novel of the same name; and the epic poem Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow, which was the seed for Card's acclaimed Tales of Alvin Maker series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the genre's most convincing storytellers. An important volume.--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orson Scott Card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765308405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnder's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win these two top prizes in consecutive years. There are seven other novels to date in The Ender Universe series. Card has also written fantasy: \u003ci\u003eThe Tales of Alvin Maker\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of fantasy novels set in frontier America; \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, is a contemporary magical fantasy. Card has written many other stand-alone sf and fantasy novels, as well as movie tie-ins and games, and publishes an internet-based science fiction and fantasy magazine, \u003ci\u003eOrson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, Card directs plays and teaches writing and literature at Southern Virginia University. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and youngest daughter, Zina Margaret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40890417086579,"sku":"9.78077E+12","price":45.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f63add33-044b-4893-a712-3e7232c244f4.jpg?v=1689771860","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/maps-in-a-mirror-the-short-fiction-of-orson-scott-card-9780765308405","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}