{"product_id":"the-folk-of-the-fringe-9780312876630","title":"The Folk of the Fringe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Orson Scott Card's classic apocalyptic science fiction novel \u003ci\u003eThe Folk of the Fringe\u003c\/i\u003e, only a few nuclear weapons fell in America--the weapons that destroyed the nation were biological and, ultimately, cultural. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in the chaos, the famine, the plague, there existed a few pockets of order. The strongest of them was the state of Deseret, formed from the vestiges of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. The climate has changed. The Great Salt Lake has filled up to prehistoric levels. But there, on the fringes, brave, hardworking pioneers are making the desert bloom again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA civilization cannot be reclaimed by powerful organizations, or even by great men alone. It must be renewed by individual men and women, one by one, working together to make a community, a nation, a new America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orson Scott Card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orb Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312876630\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":"Orb Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44319427461235,"sku":"9780312876630","price":19.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7c5f9f2e-018a-476d-96fa-fd51a7abf171.jpg?v=1771419623","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-folk-of-the-fringe-9780312876630","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}