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100-566: Orson Scott Card found the initial volume to be "an example of what can be accomplished [in a shared-world project] when almost everything goes right." The collections were published by Ace Books with contributors including Bull, Shetterly, Gene Wolfe , Jane Yolen , John M. Ford , Kara Dalkey , Barry B. Longyear , Megan Lindholm , Nancy Kress , Patricia C. Wrede , Steven Brust , Nate Bucklin, Pamela Dean , Gregory Frost , Charles de Lint , Charles R. Saunders , Walter Jon Williams , Alan Moore and Bradley Denton . Related works, including

200-707: A missionary for the LDS Church in Brazil starting in 1971. During his mission, he wrote a play called Stone Tables . He returned from his mission in 1973 and graduated from BYU in 1975, receiving a bachelor's degree with distinction in theater. After graduation, he started the Utah Valley Repertory Theatre Company, which for two summers produced plays at "the Castle", a Depression-era outdoor amphitheater. After going into debt with

300-615: A Hugo finalist in 1979—both in the "novelette" category. Card won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978 for his stories published that year; the award helped Card's stories sell internationally. Unaccompanied Sonata was published in 1979 issue of Omni and was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards for a short story. Eighteen Card stories were published in 1979. Card's first published book, "Listen, Mom and Dad...": Young Adults Look Back on Their Upbringing (1977)

400-682: A character trait that could be erased or reversed. However, he does positively depict a character who actively repress it : while Zdorab marries and has children, he sees his choice to become a father as very deliberate and not "out of some inborn instinct". Card's 2008 novella Hamlet's Father re-imagines the backstory of Shakespeare's play Hamlet . In the novella, Hamlet's friends were sexually abused as children by his pedophilic father and subsequently identify as homosexual adults. The novella prompted public outcry, and its publishers were inundated with complaints. Trade journal Publishers Weekly criticized Card's work, stating its main purpose

500-421: A circle of opposing forces, one focal character must decide whether or not to become, like Ender Wiggin, 'something of a savior, or a prophet, or at least a martyr' ." The original short story Ender's Game is reminiscent of Heinlein's young adult novels because it is about a young person with impressive gifts who is guided by a stern mentor whose choices affect all of humanity. The situations and choices in

600-480: A collection of short stories by John M. Ford - this brought together his stories from the second and third volumes of Liavek together with a new novella in the Liavek shared world. The stories are: On May 12, 2015, Diversion Publishing released Points of Departure: Liavek Stories , a collection of short stories by Pamela Dean and Paricia C. Wrede. The collection contained all the short stories by Dean and Wrede from

700-616: A comic book, have been brought out by other publishers. Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Luck at the mouth of the Cat River, Liavek is a hot, busy trade city. Magic is present and based on a combination of 'birth luck' and the length of time one's mother was in labor. Everyone is privy to some luck, but using it to their advantage is no easy feat. On an annual basis, luck or magic must be invested in an object outside of oneself, and only then can it be used to power spells. Investment

800-625: A critic who acknowledges his "unabashed appreciation" of Card, knowledge of Mormon theology is vital to completely understanding Card's works, stating the life stages of the "piggies" in Speaker for the Dead correspond to phases of life in the LDS's plan of salvation . In an article in Sunstone , Christopher C. Smith also noticed this parallel, noting that the "piggies" procreate "more or less eternally" in

900-462: A declaration of principles. Family and community problems arise when individuals are not fully accepted or when communities do not work with others in larger units. Often one group tries to kill or enslave another group, but their conflict is alleviated when they try to understand each other. Protagonists make choices that save a person or a group of people. In The Porcelain Salamander , a girl

1000-436: A development that drew criticism for a possible conflict of interest. Nine of Card's science fiction stories, including Malpractice , Kingsmeat , and Happy Head , were published in 1978. Card modeled Mikal's Songbird on Ender's Game , both of which include a child with special talents who goes through emotional turmoil when adults seek to exploit his ability. Mikal's Songbird was a Nebula Award finalist in 1978 and

1100-529: A government were to say otherwise, heterosexually "married people" would "act to destroy that government" as their "mortal enemy", and "it is that insane Constitution, not marriage, that will die." In 2012, Card supported North Carolina Amendment 1 , a ballot measure to outlaw same-sex marriage in North Carolina, saying the legalization of gay marriage was a slippery slope upon which the political left would make it "illegal to teach traditional values in

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1200-605: A judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer , Brandon Sanderson , and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence. Orson Scott Card was born on August 24, 1951, in Richland, Washington . He is the son of Peggy Jane (née Park) and Willard Richards Card, and

1300-483: A large effect on his life. Card often refers to works by Robert A. Heinlein and J. R. R. Tolkien as sources of inspiration. Card credits C. S. Lewis's apologetic fiction in the Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters as influences that shaped his life and career. In 2014, Card stated that Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury were conscious influences on his writing, along with Early Modern English from

1400-569: A main theme, addressing ways humans affect the environment in the Americas. Alvin Maker's life has many parallels with Joseph Smith's. Seventh Son won the 1988 Mythopoeic Fantasy award, and the two following books were nominees. The awards are given to books that exemplify "the spirit of The Inklings ". Critics praised Seventh Son for creating an American mythology from American experience and belief. According to literary critic Eugene England ,

1500-460: A medical thriller co-written with Aaron Johnston, is based on a screenplay Johnston wrote, which is based on Card's novel Malpractice . In the 1990s, Card contributed dialogue to the point-and-click adventure video games The Secret of Monkey Island , The Dig , and NeoHunter , an early first-person shooter. His collaboration on videogame scripts continued in the 2000s, when he worked with Cameron Dayton on Advent Rising and outlined

1600-604: A novel with the same title and told the backstory of the adult Ender in Speaker for the Dead . In contrast to the fast-paced Ender's Game , Speaker for the Dead is about honesty and maturity. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead were both awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award , making Card the first author to win both of science fiction's top prizes in consecutive years. According to Card, some members of

1700-604: A particular body of work for "significant and lasting contributions to young adult literature", in 2008 for his contribution in writing for teenagers; his work was selected by a panel of YA librarians . Card said he was unsure his work was suitable for the award because it was never marketed as "young adult". In the same year, Card won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Mormon writers at the Whitney Awards . The Harold B. Lee Library has acquired

1800-682: A reprint of his essay, Card wrote that since 2003, when the US Supreme Court had ruled those laws unconstitutional, he has "no interest in criminalizing homosexual acts". Card had stated there is no need to legalize same-sex marriage and that he opposed efforts to do so. In 2008, he wrote in an opinion piece in the Deseret News (a newspaper of the LDS Church) that relationships between same-sex couples would always be different from those between opposite-sex couples, and that if

1900-553: A series of shorter stories, First Meetings in the Enderverse , and novels A War of Gifts , and Ender in Exile . Aaron Johnston and Card conceptualized the stories that make up the prequel to Ender's Game , realizing many of them would work best in novel format but first publishing the comics through Marvel . The Burning Earth and Silent Strike comic series were published in 2011 and 2012. Card and Johnston co-wrote

2000-426: A series of six Dragon Age comics. In 2017, Card wrote, produced, and co-created a television series called Extinct for BYU TV that ran for one season before it was canceled. Many of Card's works have been adapted into comic books. Dabel Brothers Productions published comic-book adaptations of Red Prophet and Wyrms in 2006. Aaron Johnston wrote comic-book versions of Ender in Exile and Speaker for

2100-805: A spin-off "shadow" series in the Ender's Game universe that is told from the point of view of other characters. These novels are Ender's Shadow , Shadow of the Hegemon , Shadow Puppets , Shadow of the Giant and Shadows in Flight , the latter serving as a bridge to the final book The Last Shadow , which is also a sequel to Children of the Mind . Westfahl praised the Shadow series, stating they were "executed with panache and skill". Card wrote other spin-offs:

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2200-640: A story. Though Card was initially classified as a hard science fiction writer for publishing in Analog , his science fiction focuses more on his characters than on the details of future technology. One critic said Card is poor at characterization, stating the characters Peter and Valentine in Ender's Game are "totally unbelievable". While noticing that some of Card's early stories were formulaic, Westfahl praised many of Card's early stories as showing "conspicuous originality". The graphic violence in his early fiction

2300-496: A young man who can change the past. Card has also written several urban fantasies, including Magic Street (2005) and Lost and Found (2019), both of which are about teenagers with special powers. Card wrote the Christmas novel Zanna's Gift (2004), which was originally published under a pseudonym. A Town Divided by Christmas and a "Hallmark Christmas movie in prose" were published in 2018. Invasive Procedures (2007),

2400-539: Is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young , was born in Richland, Washington , and grew up in Utah and California . While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won

2500-454: Is a horror story with a semi-autobiographical background. Treasure Box (1996) and Homebody (1998) represent Card's foray in horror. Enchantment (1999) is a fantasy novel based on the Russian version of Sleeping Beauty . It deals with a couple who learn to love each other after they marry. Card stated: "I put all my love for my wife into [ Enchantment ]." In 1999, Card started

2600-500: Is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards . Winners [ edit ] Year Novel Author Ref 1978 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1979 Not awarded 1980 Harpist in the Wind Patricia A. McKillip 1981 Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 1982 The Claw of

2700-1119: Is a novel about civil war between progressive and conservative extremists in America. It was a finalist for the Prometheus Award , an award given by the Libertarian Futurist Society. Publishers Weekly stated that "right-wing rhetoric trumps the logic of story and character" in the novel. Another review from Publishers Weekly noted that "Card's conservative bias seeps into" the novel. At SFReviews , Thomas Wagner took further issue with Card's tendency to "smugly pretend[...] to be above it all", or claiming to be moderate while espousing conservative views of news media. In an interview with Mythaxis Review in April 2021, Card stated that he writes fiction "without conscious agenda". In Card's fiction writing, homosexual characters appear in contexts that some critics have interpreted as homophobic. Writing for Salon , Aja Romano lists

2800-628: Is about child-rearing. He received advances for the manuscripts of Hot Sleep and A Planet Called Treason , which were published in 1979. Card later called his first two novels "amateurish" and rewrote both of them later. A publisher offered to buy a novelization of Mikal's Songbird , which Card accepted; the finished novel is titled Songmaster (1980). Card edited fantasy anthologies Dragons of Light (1980) and Dragons of Darkness (1981) and collected his own short stories in Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1981). In

2900-567: Is difficult and dangerous, while not investing luck and magic will result in the magic draining away. This is more prevalent in magicians who will find their life drain away with the magic. Edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull, published by Ace Books in 1985 Edited by Shetterly and Bull, published by Ace Books in 1986 Edited by Shetterly and Bull, published by Ace Books in 1987 Edited by Shetterly and Bull, published by Ace Books in 1988 Edited by Shetterly and Bull, published by Ace Books in 1990 In 1989 Tor Books published Casting Fortune ,

3000-687: Is highly autobiographical, but contains the death of a fictional child. One of Card's workshop readers, Karen Fowler, said that Card had pretended to experience the grief of a parent who has lost a child. In response, Card realized that the story expressed his grief and difficulty in accepting Charles's disability. Card stated that he rarely discusses Charles and Erin because his grief has not faded over time. Card and his wife live in Greensboro, North Carolina ; their daughter Emily, along with two other writers, adapted Card's short stories Clap Hands and Sing , Lifeloop , and A Sepulchre of Songs for

3100-493: Is saved by a magical salamander; this action restores her ability to move but she takes on some attributes of the salamander. In Kingsmeat the Shepherd painlessly excises meat from humans to save them from being completely eaten by their alien overlords. The violence of removing parts of people is like the violence of repentance. Collings states part of this story "could serve as an epigram of all Card's fictions; trapped within

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3200-419: Is the daughter of Mormon historian James B. Allen . The two met when Kristine was in the chorus of a roadshow Card directed before his mission. They courted after Card's mission, and Card was impressed with her intellectual rigor. After their marriage, they had five children; their son Charles had cerebral palsy and died aged 17; their daughter Erin died the day she was born. Card's short story Lost Boys

3300-571: Is the genre best suited to exploring theological and moral issues. Also in the Homecoming Saga , Card imagines backstories and explanations for "anomalies" in the Book of Mormon, making the fictional work function as a work of Mormon apologetics . While women are not prominent in the Book of Mormon, Card makes them prominent in his retelling. One non-LDS critic described the saga as "readable" but lacking in new ideas. Unaware of its relation to

3400-401: Is the third of six children and the older brother of composer and arranger Arlen Card . Card's family has Mormon pioneer heritage. His ancestors include Brigham Young , Charles Ora Card , Zina P. Young Card , Zina Young Card Brown , and Hugh B. Brown . When Card was one month old, his family moved to San Mateo, California , so Willard Card could begin a sign-painting business. When he

3500-673: Is titled "Hatrack River". From 2008 to 2015, Card wrote a column of Latter-day Saint devotional and cultural commentary for the Nauvoo Times , which was published through Hatrack River. During his childhood, Card read widely. He read children's classics and popular novels. His favorite book was Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper , and he read his family's World Book Encyclopedia in its entirety. He read science fiction stories in anthologies and science fiction novels. He especially credits Tunesmith by Lloyd Biggle Jr . as having

3600-740: Is unusual. His characters feel "real" and must grow and take on responsibilities and often sacrifice themselves to improve their own societies. This sacrifice is a difficult choice in which none of the options are obviously good. These protagonists have unusual abilities that are both a blessing and a curse. The protagonists, who are isolated from family and friends, relate better to adults than to other young people; when they grow up, they often mentor other precocious youths. Alvin Maker follows this pattern; his magical abilities are very unusual and he uses them to redeem his people. According to Collings, Card's protagonists are "lonely and manipulative Messiah-figures" who make sacrifices that can be interpreted as

3700-466: The Ender series invoke a number of philosophical topics, including the rules of war, embodiment psychology , the ethics of anthropology and xenology , and the morality of manipulating children. Though Card described Happy Head (1978) as an embarrassment, it anticipated cyberpunk fiction with an investigator judge who can experience memories with witnesses. Both A Thousand Deaths (1978) and Unaccompanied Sonata feature protagonists who rebel against

3800-621: The John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories. Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University ; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as

3900-491: The Joseph Smith story. In the alternate history novel, Alvin Maker, the seventh son of a seventh son, is born with unusual magical abilities that make him a "Maker". Alvin has many similarities to Joseph Smith. Following Seventh Son , he wrote Red Prophet and Prentice Alvin , which focus on settlers' interactions with indigenous peoples and slaves, respectively. The series has sustainable environmental ethics as

4000-724: The King James Version of the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare . As a college student, Card read classic literature, science fiction, and fantasy. Spenser's poetry inspired the original Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow . Influences from Portuguese and Brazilian Catholicism, which Card learned about during his LDS mission to Brazil, are evident in his Shadow and Speaker novels. Card stated his writing improved after teaching writing workshops with Jay Wentworth and from Algis Budrys 's workshops at Writers of

4100-736: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) resented his receiving of the Nebula award while editing the Nebula Awards Report . Subsequently, Card left the SFWA. Card attended many science fiction conventions in the late 1980s. He held several "Secular Humanist Revival Meetings" at the conventions, satirizing Evangelical revival meetings. Card continued to write short stories and columns and published two short story collections: Cardography (1987) and The Folk of

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4200-487: The "hold your nose, vote Trump" hashtag and voted accordingly. According to Salon , Card's views are close to neoconservative . Card has described himself as a moral conservative, Card was a vocal supporter of the U.S.'s War on Terror . In a 2020 interview with Ben Shapiro , Card stated that he was not a conservative because he has beliefs that do not align with typical conservative platforms, including desiring liberal immigration laws, gun control, and abolishing

4300-447: The "homophobic subtext" of characters in four of Card's books. In Songmaster , a man falls in love with a 15-year-old castrato in a pederastic society. Their sexual union has "creepy overtones" that makes the teenager "unable to have sex again". On the topic of Songmaster , Card wrote that he was not trying to show homosexual sex as beautiful. Romano wrote that the book's "main plot point revolve[d] around punishing homosexual sex". In

4400-432: The 1990s, including many books and the short story omnibus Maps in a Mirror (1990). Card continued the Ender's Game series with Xenocide (1991) and Children of the Mind (1996), which focus on Jane, an artificial intelligence that develops self-awareness. These books were considered inferior to their predecessors and were, according to science fiction critic Gary Westfahl , "overly prolonged". While Children of

4500-746: The 2000s; Space Boy (2007) is a children's story, Hamlet's Father (2008) is a retelling of Shakespeare 's Hamlet , and Stonefather (2008) is the first story set in the Mithermages universe. The Crystal City (2003) is the sixth book in The Alvin Maker series. Card wrote two young-adult fantasy trilogies in the 2010s. Mithermages is about a teenager growing up on a magical estate in rural Virginia; it includes The Lost Gate (2011), The Gate Thief (2013), and Gatefather (2015). The Pathfinder trilogy consists of Pathfinder (2010), Ruins (2012), and Visitors (2014), and follows

4600-491: The Book of Mormon as an important influence on his writing; his habit of beginning sentences with conjunctions comes from the book. Literary devices in Hot Sleep parallel those of the Book of Mormon. Collings said Hot Sleep 's mimicry of Book of Mormon language makes it an "inherently" Mormon novel. Card combined several Worthing stories and revised Hot Sleep to create The Worthing Chronicle , which does not mirror

4700-433: The Book of Mormon, another critic said it is similar to the Bible. Because Card began his writing career in screenplays, his early work is considered accessible and fast-paced with good characters but stylistically unremarkable. According to biographer Richard Bleiler, a number of critics described his tone as emotionless or conversely, as nonjudgmental, leaving readers to come to their own conclusions about how to feel about

4800-990: The City by China Miéville (2010) Kraken by China Miéville (2011) A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin (2012) The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross (2013) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2014) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (2015) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016) All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2017) The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (2019) 2020s Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (2020) The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (2021) Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (2022) Babel, or

4900-1531: The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1983 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1984 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1985 Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein 1986 Trumps of Doom Roger Zelazny 1987 Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe 1988 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card 1989 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1990 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1991 Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1992 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1993 Last Call Tim Powers 1994 The Innkeeper's Song Peter S. Beagle 1995 Brittle Innings Michael Bishop 1996 Alvin Journeyman Orson Scott Card 1997 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1998 Earthquake Weather Tim Powers 1999 A Clash of Kings George R. R. Martin 2000 Harry Potter and

5000-567: The Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game , which Card coproduced, 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. Card, who

5100-502: The Dead . Marvel published two Ender's Game miniseries, which were collected in the graphic novel version of Ender's Game ; Christ Yost wrote the script and Pasqual Ferry was the artist. Two sets of comic miniseries were adapted by Mike Carey for Ender's Shadow and the comics collected in Ender's Shadow Ultimate Collection . A series of one-shots, some of which are based on Card's Enderverse short stories, were collected in Ender's Game: War of Gifts . Since Ender's Game

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5200-787: The End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2015 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2016 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2017 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2018 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2019 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2020 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2021 The City We Became N. K. Jemisin 2022 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2023 Babel, or

5300-630: The Fringe (1989). The novella Eye for Eye was republished with another novella by Tor and won the Hugo Award for best novella in 1988. Between 1987 and 1989, Card edited and published a short science fiction review magazine called Short Form . He also wrote Characters & Viewpoint (1988) and How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990). Card also offered advice about writing in an interview in Leading Edge #23 in 1991. He wrote

5400-399: The Future . Card's membership of the LDS Church has been an important influence on his writing, though he initially tried to keep his religious beliefs separate from his fiction. Susanne Reid, a science fiction scholar, stated Card's religious background is evident in his frequent messiah protagonists and the "moral seriousness" in his works. Card's science-fiction books do not reference

5500-510: The Homecoming series, a gay male character, Zdorab, marries and procreates for the good of society. Romano notes that Zdorab does not stop being gay after his marriage, but that procreation is paramount in the book's society. Eugene England defends Zdorab, arguing that he is a sympathetic character who discovered that his homosexuality was determined by his mother's hormone levels during pregnancy. Therefore, Card does not depict homosexuality as

5600-503: The LDS religion directly but "offer careful readers insights that are compelling and moving in their religious intensity". Non-LDS readers of A Planet Called Treason did not remark on religious themes; however, LDS reviewer Sandy Straubhaar disliked the novel's explicit violence and sex and stated LDS connections were "gratuitous". Dick Butler criticized A Planet Called Treason for its lack of Gospel themes and ideas, and two other LDS reviewers defended Card. According to Michael Collings,

5700-539: The Mind concluded the initial Ender's Game series, Card started another series of books and continued writing in The Tales of Alvin Maker series. The Homecoming Saga is a science-fiction adaptation of The Book of Mormon . The series' volumes; The Memory of Earth , The Call of Earth , The Ships of Earth , Earthfall , and Earthborn were published between 1992 and 1995. Alvin Journeyman (1995),

5800-734: The Mist by Gene Wolfe (1987) Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card (1988) Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card (1989) 1990s Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card (1990) Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991) Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper (1992) Last Call by Tim Powers (1993) The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle (1994) Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop (1995) Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card (1996) A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (1997) Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (1998) A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (1999) 2000s Harry Potter and

5900-493: The Necessity of Violence R. F. Kuang 2024 Witch King Martha Wells References [ edit ] ^ "Awards: Locus; John W. Campbell; Frank O'Connor Shortlist" . Shelf Awareness . 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02 . Retrieved 2024-04-17 . ^ "Awards: Trillium Book Awards; Locus Awards" . Shelf Awareness . 2010-06-28. Archived from

6000-1031: The Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2023) Witch King by Martha Wells (2024) Best Novel (1971–1981) Best SF Novel (1980–present) Best Fantasy Novel (1978–present) Best First Novel (1981–present) Best Horror Novel (1989–1997, 1999, 2017–present) Best Young Adult Book (2003–present) Best Novella (1973–present) Best Novelette (1975–present) Best Short Story (1971–present) v t e Locus Award Novels Novel Science Fiction Novel Fantasy Novel Horror Novel First Novel Young Adult Book Other Novella Novelette Short Story Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Locus_Award_for_Best_Fantasy_Novel&oldid=1231298564 " Categories : Lists of award winners Lists of Locus Award winners Novel awards Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

6100-561: The Oracle , by Dean appears in the 2007 ebook anthology Her Magical Pet: Benefit F/F Story Collection , edited by Rachel Manija Brown Rikiki and the Wizard appears in the 1996 collection Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede. In 2012, Pamela Dean posted on her blog about working on a Liavek novel she had begun some time earlier, but it does not seem to have been published. In 2017, Shetterly announced that he and Bull were allowing

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6200-530: The Orson Scott Card papers, which include Card's works, writing notes, and letters. The collection was formally opened in 2007. Stephenie Meyer , Brandon Sanderson , and Dave Wolverton have cited Card's works as a major influence. In addition, Card inspired Lindsay Ellis 's novel Axiom's End . Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Literary award for fantasy The Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

6300-507: The Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 2001 A Storm of Swords George R. R. Martin 2002 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2003 The Scar China Miéville 2004 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2005 Iron Council China Miéville 2006 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman 2007 The Privilege of

6400-587: The Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2000) A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (2001) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002) The Scar by China Miéville (2003) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004) Iron Council by China Miéville (2005) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006) The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (2007) Making Money by Terry Pratchett (2008) Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009) 2010s The City &

6500-592: The Sword Ellen Kushner 2008 Making Money Terry Pratchett 2009 Lavinia Ursula K. Le Guin 2010 The City & the City China Miéville 2011 Kraken China Miéville 2012 A Dance with Dragons George R. R. Martin 2013 The Apocalypse Codex Charles Stross 2014 The Ocean at

6600-568: The Wind by Patricia A. McKillip (1980) Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg (1981) The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (1983) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1984) Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein (1985) Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny (1986) Soldier of

6700-406: The book editor of Compute! magazine that was based in Greensboro, North Carolina, for nine months in 1983. In October of that year, Tom Doherty offered a contract for Card's proposed Alvin Maker series, which allowed him to return to creative writing full-time. Card's 1977 novella Ender's Game is about a young boy who undergoes military training for space war. Card expanded the story into

6800-472: The book, Ender's Game still manages to offer a commendable number of well-acted, solidly written sci-fi thrills." Since 2001, Card's commentary includes the political columns "War Watch", "World Watch", and "Uncle Orson Reviews Everything", which were published in the Greensboro Rhinoceros Times until 2019. "Uncle Orson Reviews Everything" features personal reviews of films and commentary on other topics. The column also appears on Card's website, which

6900-468: The community theatre's expenses, Card took part-time employment as a proofreader at BYU Press , moving on to full-time employment as a copy editor. In 1981, Card completed his master's degree in English at the University of Utah where he studied with François Camoin and Norman Council. He began a doctoral program at the University of Notre Dame but dropped out to pursue his more lucrative writing projects. In 1977, Card married Kristine Allen, who

7000-407: The death penalty. In 2000, Card said he believed government has a duty to protect citizens from capitalism. Card has publicly declared his support of laws against homosexual activity and same-sex marriage . Card's 1990 essay "A Changed Man: The Hypocrites of Homosexuality" was first published in Sunstone and republished in his collection of non-fiction essays, A Storyteller in Zion . In

7100-492: The dystopias they inhabit. In a May 2013 essay called "Unlikely Events", which Card presented as an experiment in fiction writing, Card described an alternative future in which President Barack Obama ruled as a " Hitler - or Stalin -style dictator" with his own national police force of young unemployed men; Obama and his wife Michelle would have amended the U.S. Constitution to allow presidents to remain in power for life, as in Nigeria , Zimbabwe , and Nazi Germany . In

7200-437: The early 1980s, Card focused on writing longer works, only publishing ten short stories between 1980 and 1985. He published a few non-fiction works that were aimed at an LDS audience; these include a satirical dictionary called Saintspeak , which resulted in him being temporarily banned from publishing in church magazines. Card wrote the fantasy-epic Hart's Hope (1983) and a historical novel, A Woman of Destiny (1984), which

7300-485: The editor of Analog , rejected a rewrite of the story but asked Card to submit a science fiction piece. In response, Card wrote the short story " Ender's Game ," which Ben Bova published in the August 1977 issue of Analog . Card left Ensign in 1977 and began his career as a freelance writer in 1978. Ben Bova continued to work with Card to publish his stories, and Bova's wife, Barbara Bova, became Card's literary agent,

7400-595: The essay, first published in The Rhinoceros Times , Card attributed Obama's success to being a "black man who talks like a white man (that's what they mean by calling him "articulate" and a "great speaker")." The essay drew criticism from journalists for its allusions to Obama's race and its reference to "urban gangs". Vice author Dave Schilling featured the article in his "This Week in Racism" roundup several months after its publication. Empire (2006)

7500-513: The essay, he argued that laws against homosexual behavior should not be "indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but [used only] when necessary to send a clear message [to] those who flagrantly violate society's regulation". Card also questioned in a 2004 column the notion that homosexuality was a purely innate or genetic trait and asserted that a range of environmental factors also contributed to its development, including abuse. However, in an introduction to

7600-433: The fourth book in The Tales of Alvin Maker series, won a Locus Award, and Heartfire (1998) was a nominee for the same award. Card wrote several stand-alone novels in the 1990s. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996) examines time travel and Christopher Columbus . Card collaborated with Star Wars artist Doug Chiang on Robota and with Kathryn H. Kidd on Lovelock . Lost Boys (1992)

7700-402: The good of a community. Individuals making sacrifices for their community is a theme in his work. Card's Homecoming Saga is a dramatization of Book of Mormon . Eugene England called the first five novels "good literature". Card received criticism from members of the LDS church for "plagiarizing" the Book of Mormon and using it irreverently. He defended his choices and said speculative fiction

7800-489: The language of the Book of Mormon as much as Hot Sleep does. One theme in Card's works is that of a precocious child who is isolated from others but is uniquely positioned to help or save their community. These characters with exceptional abilities achieve their destiny "through discipline and suffering". Often, his gifted protagonists are introspective children. Card's work features children and adults working together, which

7900-486: The last stage of their development. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead deal with religious themes common in LDS theology but without many surface references to the religion. The Alvin Maker series does not try to explain Mormon history but uses it to examine his characters' relationships with God. Card stated that his church membership influences his communitarian values, specifically, making personal sacrifices for

8000-578: The novels in the series between 2012 and 2019; these are Earth Unaware , Earth Afire , Earth Awakens , The Swarm , and The Hive . Children of the Fleet is the first novel in a new sequel series, called Fleet School . While Card was writing books in the Shadow series, he also wrote novellas, novels, and a series of books focused on women in the Bible. Card's The Women of Genesis series includes Sarah (2000), Rebekah (2002), and Rachel and Leah (2004). Card wrote three novellas in

8100-413: The original Liavek anthologies, as well as two new short stories: Of Fish and Fools by Wrede, and Shards , a collaboration by Wrede and Dean. Moore's Liavek story was adapted into comic book format and published as Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard in 2005 . Cousins , by Dean appears in the 2006 anthology from Firebird Books , Firebirds Rising , edited by Sharyn November Five Quests and

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8400-562: The pseudonym Byron Walley. Between 1978 and 1988, Card wrote over 300 half-hour audioplays on LDS Church history , the New Testament , and other subjects for Living Scriptures in Ogden, Utah. Card started writing science fiction short stories because he felt he could sell short stories in that genre more easily than others. His first short story, The Tinker , was initially rejected by Analog Science Fiction and Fact . Ben Bova ,

8500-526: The same-sex marriage issue is moot because of the Supreme Court's decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Card's views have had professional repercussions. In 2013, he was selected as a guest author for DC Comics ' new Adventures of Superman comic book series, but controversy over his views on homosexuality led illustrator Chris Sprouse to leave the project. An online petition to drop

8600-559: The schools". In 2009, Card joined the board of directors of the National Organization for Marriage , a group that campaigns against same-sex marriage. Card resigned from the board in mid-2013. In July 2013, one week after the U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings in two cases that were widely interpreted as favoring recognition of same-sex marriages, Card published in Entertainment Weekly a statement saying

8700-474: The script for an updated Hill Cumorah Pageant in 1988. Inspired by Spenser's Faerie Queene , Card composed the long poem Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow , which uses colloquial language and diction common to Joseph Smith's time. The poem, along with the novelette "Hatrack River", became the basis for Seventh Son (1987), the first book in The Tales of Alvin Maker series, a fantasy retelling of

8800-430: The series brings up questions about what, exactly, the mission of a religious prophet is. The series also questions the difference between a prophet and magician, religion and magic. In the 1980s, Card also wrote Wyrms (1987), a novel about colonizing a planet, and revised A Planet Called Treason , which was published as Treason . He also novelized James Cameron 's film The Abyss . Card wrote prolifically in

8900-559: The stage in Posing as People . Card suffered a mild stroke on January 1, 2011, and made a full recovery. In 1976, Card became an assistant editor for the Ensign magazine produced by the LDS Church and moved to Salt Lake City . While working at Ensign , Card published his first piece of fiction, a short story called Gert Fram , which appeared in the July 1977 issue of Ensign under

9000-588: The story for Shadow Complex , a prequel to the events in his novels Empire and Hidden Empire . The novels and game are about a near-future civil war in the United States that occurs after civilians resist a left-wing coup in the White House . Card has written scripts for the two-volume comic-book series Ultimate Iron Man . He collaborated with his daughters Emily and Zina on the graphic novel Laddertop , and with Aaron Johnston to write

9100-511: The story received over 16,000 signatures, and DC Comics put Card's story on hold indefinitely. A few months later, an LGBT non-profit organization Geeks OUT proposed a boycott of the movie adaptation of Ender's Game , calling Card's views "anti-gay" and causing the movie studio Lionsgate to publicly distance itself from Card's opinions. Card won the ALA Margaret Edwards Award , which recognizes one writer and

9200-441: The use of the Liavek setting at no cost, for works earning less than $ 3000, subject to certain conditions. 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 2024) 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

9300-859: Was about an intelligent child who is assaulted by bullies and sustains brain damage . Ender's confrontation with Stilson in Ender's Game is based on this story. In 1964, Card and his family moved to Mesa, Arizona , where he participated in mock debates in junior high school. In 1967, the family moved to Orem, Utah , where his father worked at Brigham Young University (BYU). Card attended BYU's laboratory school, where he took both high school and early college-level classes before graduating in one year. When beginning his college studies he intended to major in archeology, but after becoming increasingly more interested in theater, he began script-writing, writing ten original plays and rewriting other students' plays. Most of his plays were based on Mormon history and scriptures; one

9400-456: Was announced that Summit Entertainment had picked up the film's distribution, and Digital Domain joined Odd Lot Entertainment in a co-production role. Card wrote many versions of the script for the movie, but ultimately director Gavin Hood wrote the screenplay. Card was a co-producer of the film. On Rotten Tomatoes , the critical consensus states: "If it isn't quite as thought-provoking as

9500-435: Was controversial; frequent appearances of naked men and boys raised "questions about homoerotic imagery", according to Westfahl. Collings stated that the early stories are "essential steps in the development of Card's fiction". Card uses a technique common in pulp fiction when he refers to characters by a quirk of their appearance or personality. Card's fantasy stories also use tropes that are common to fantasy. Card cites

9600-505: Was later republished as Saints and won the 1985 award from the Association for Mormon Letters for best novel. He rewrote the narrative of Hot Sleep and published it as The Worthing Chronicle (1983), which replaced Hot Sleep and the short-story collection set in the same universe, Capitol (1979). The recession of the early 1980s made it difficult to get contracts for new books, so Card returned to full-time employment as

9700-468: Was published in 1985, Card was reluctant to license film rights and artistic control for the novel. He had two opportunities to sell the rights of Ender's Game to Hollywood studios, but refused when creative differences became an issue. Card announced in February 2009 that he had completed a script for Odd Lot Entertainment , and that they had begun assembling a production team. On April 28, 2011, it

9800-711: Was science fiction. By watching the body language of an audience, he could tell when an audience was interested in his scripts. During his studies as a theater major, he began doctoring scripts, adapting fiction for reader's theater production, and writing one-act and full-length plays, several of which were produced by faculty directors at BYU. Charles W. Whitman , Card's play-writing professor, encouraged his students to write plays with LDS themes. Card studied poetry with Clinton F. Larson at BYU. He also wrote short stories, which were later published together in The Worthing Saga . Before graduating, Card served as

9900-573: Was three years old, the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah , so his father could finish his bachelor's degree. The family moved to Santa Clara, California , when Card was six; they stayed there for seven years while his father completed his master's degree and worked as a professor at San Jose State College . In school, Card took classes for gifted students, but he was more interested in studying music—he played clarinet and French horn. He read widely, including historical fiction, nonfiction, and literary classics. At age ten, he wrote his first story, which

10000-539: Was to attempt to link homosexuality with pedophilia. Card responded that he did not link homosexuality with pedophilia, stating that in his book, Hamlet's father was a pedophile that shows no sexual attraction to adults of either sex. Card became a member of the U.S. Democratic Party in 1976 and has on multiple occasions referred to himself as a Moynihan or Blue Dog Democrat, as recently as 2020. Card supported Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 and Newt Gingrich in 2012. In 2016, he followed

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