Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is the bestselling author best known for the classic Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and other novels in the Ender universe. Most recently, he was awarded the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in Young Adult literature, from the American Library Association. Card has written sixty-one books, assorted plays, comics, and essays and newspaper columns. His work has won multiple awards, including back-to-back wins of the Hugo and the Nebula Awards-the only author to have done so in consecutive years. His titles have also landed on 'best of' lists and been adopted by cities, universities and libraries for reading programs. The Ender novels have inspired a Marvel Comics series, a forthcoming video game from Chair Entertainment, and pre-production on a film version. A highly anticipated The Authorized Ender Companion, written by Jake Black, is also forthcoming.Card offers writing workshops from time to time and occasionally teaches writing and literature at universities.Orson Scott Card currently lives with his family in Greensboro, NC.

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    • Ender's Game

    • Special 20th Anniversary Edition
    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
    • Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 34,210
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 24,831
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 25,054

    The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • 6 titles in the series so far

    • By Kapila on 01-29-03

    Regular price: $31.93

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    • Sarah

    • Women of Genesis (A Novel)
    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
    • Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1

    The first audiobook in bestselling author Orson Scott Card's Women of Genesis series - a unique reimagining of the biblical tale....

    Regular price: $25.51

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    • Speaker for the Dead

    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,582
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,527
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,594

    In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared...

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • The Enderverse

    • By Joe on 06-13-05

    Regular price: $35.93

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    • Xenocide

    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Amanda Karr, and others
    • Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,862
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,347
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,375

    Xenocide is the third installment of the Ender series....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • full of passion

    • By David on 06-13-04

    Regular price: $35.93

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    • Ender's Shadow

    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, a Full Cast
    • Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,259
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,815
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,861

    The human race is at war with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Totally Card

    • By L. on 10-10-05

    Regular price: $39.93

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    • Children of the Mind

    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein
    • Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,989
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,895
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,932

    Children of the Mind is the fourth and final volume in the original Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card, winner of the Hugo and Nebula award....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • 2 Clear Schools of thought.

    • By EFH52 on 01-03-05

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    • The Swarm

    • By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Vikas Adam, Stephen Hoye, and others
    • Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,676
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,467
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,461

    Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Extremely happy

    • By Katy Troe on 08-09-16

    Regular price: $34.99

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    • Shadow of the Hegemon

    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir
    • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,683
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,038
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,049

    Ender's Game told the story of the boy "Ender" Wiggin and his hard-won victory over an alien race...

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Great book, poor transfer

    • By Michael Kowalski on 09-24-08

    Regular price: $35.93

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    • Children of the Fleet

    • By: Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,035
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 951
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 945

    Ender Wiggin won the Third Formic war, ending the alien threat to Earth. Afterwards, all the terraformed Formic worlds were open to settlement by humans, and the International Fleet....

    • 2 out of 5 stars

    • A Real Disappointment

    • By Ernest Boyer on 10-25-17

    Regular price: $27.99

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    • Earth Afire

    • By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, Stefan Rudnicki, and others
    • Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,354
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,031
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,034

    Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston is the story of the First Formic War. Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • This is why I enjoy Orson Scott Card's work

    • By SAMA on 07-17-13

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