WRITER

Orson Scott Card

1951 - Today

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orson Scott Card has received more than 3,099,238 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Orson Scott Card is the 2,626th most popular writer (down from 2,347th in 2019), the 3,329th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,027th in 2019) and the 288th most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

Ender's Game

military education, end of the world, prize:nebula

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast. But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails. ([source][1]) ---------- See also: - [Ender's Game: 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19647657W/Ender's_Game._1_2) [1]: http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/endersgame/

1985

Red Prophet [ Tales of Alvin Maker 2]

Alvin Maker (Fictitious character), Fiction, Imaginary histories

Age rating: PG-13, make sure you've had the birds and the bees talk for this and the rest of the books after this.

1988

The call of earth

Nafai (Fictitious character), Fiction, Life on other planets

As Harmony's Oversoul grows weaker, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans. His name is Moozh, and he has won control of an army using forbidden technology. Now he is aiming his soldiers at the city of Basilica, that strong fortress above the Plain. Basilica remains in turmoil. Wetchik and his sons are not strong enough to stop a army. Can Rasa and her allies defeat him through intrigue, or will Moozh take the city and all who are in it?

1993

Speaker for the Dead

1986

Xenocide

1991

Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker 1)

Fantasy fiction, Alvin Maker (Fictitious character), Fiction

In an alternate version of frontier America, young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a birth is powerful magic. Yet even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him. Age rating: 10+

1987

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Over the past year Orson Scott Card has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 334,457 views, followed by Spanish (20,995), and Russian (19,075). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kirghiz (62.31%), Lithuanian (59.18%), and Esperanto (45.74%)