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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is 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 coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy…
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culture · American science fiction novelist (born 1951) · writer · novelist · science fiction writer · children's writer · screenwriter · also Orson Scott Card, Brian Green, Frederick Bliss, Byron Walley, Scott Richards, Dinah Kirkham
Born 24 August 1951 · Q217110
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I went to the Garden of Love,And saw what I never had seen:A chapel was built in the midst,Where I used to play on the green.And the gates of this chapel were shut,And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door,So I turned to the Garden of Love,That so many sweet flowers bore,And I saw it was filled with graves,And tomb-stones where flowers should be:And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,And binding with briars my joys and desires.
I put all my love for my wife into [Enchantment].
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“I went to the Garden of Love,And saw what I never had seen:A chapel was built in the midst,Where I used to play on the green.And the gates of this chapel were shut,And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door,So I turned to the Garden of Love,That so many sweet flowers bore,And I saw it was filled with graves,And tomb-stones where flowers should be:And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,And binding with briars my joys and desires.”
“I put all my love for my wife into [Enchantment].”
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“s Gift (2004), which was originally published under a pseudonym. A Town Divided by Christmas and a”
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Card wrote, produced, and co-created a television series called Extinct for BYU TV that ran for one season before it was canceled
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Followed the "hold your nose, vote Trump" hashtag and voted accordingly
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Card stated that Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury were conscious influences on his writing, along with Early Modern English from the King James Version of the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare
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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
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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
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It was announced that Summit Entertainment had picked up the film's distribution, and Digital Domain joined Odd Lot Entertainment in a co-production role
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Card suffered a mild stroke on January 1, 2011, and made a full recovery.
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Card joined the board of directors of the National Organization for Marriage, a group that campaigns against same-sex marriage
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Awarded Whitney Awards (2008).
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Awarded Margaret Edwards Award for Ender's Game (2008).
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“marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.”
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 a government wer
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For his contribution in writing for teenagers; his work was selected by a panel of YA librarians
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Card accepted a permanent appointment as "distinguished professor" at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia, a small liberal arts college
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“no interest in criminalizing homosexual acts”
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Shadow of the Hegemon was listed as ALA Best Books for Young Adults
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Awarded Geffen Award (2001).
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Awarded Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel for The Tales of Alvin Maker (2000).
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Card said he "believe[d] [that] government has a strong role to protect us from capitalism"
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In 2000, Card said he "believe[d] [that] government has a strong role to protect us from capitalism".
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“believe[d] [that] government has a strong role to protect us from capitalism”
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Card started a spin-off "shadow" series in the Ender's Game universe that is told from the point of view of other characters
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Alvin Journeyman (1996).
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Awarded Cosmos 2000 Award for Xenocide (1994).
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Awarded Julia-Verlanger Award for The Tales of Alvin Maker (1993).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Related Work (1991).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Collection for Maps in a Mirror (1991).
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“Meb jest bezmózgowcem – stwierdził Issib. – Po prostu chodzi tam, dokąd go prowadzi najbardziej wystająca część ciała. Czasem oznacza to, że podąża z swoim nosem, ale zwykle nie.”
“Ponieważ nigdy nie wiadomo, czym jest prawda, mądra kobieta uczy się doceniać kłamstwa. Wybiera tylko najlepsze i najbardziej satysfakcjonujące i tymi się właśnie otacza.”
“Jakby każda rozmowa z kobietą była egzaminem, któregomężczyzna nie może zdać, ponieważ nie ma klucza do szyfru i nigdy nie zrozumie, czego tak naprawdę dotyczy rozmowa. Gdyby zdołał zrozumieć, choćby jeden jedyny raz, idealny związek pomiędzy mężczyznami i kobietami stałby się możliwy.”
“Za dwa stulecia ludzie wreszcie osiągną to, czego zawsze tak bardzo pragnęli: niewolnictwo, którego nie trzeba się wstydzić. Przecież stale udoskonalają służace im zwierzęta.”
“Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth. (ang.)”
“Podobnie jak w wypadku pozostałych naczelnych, nietrudno przejrzeć ludzi i ich zamiary. Chodzi im jedynie o władzę i seks – władza ułatwia seks, a o wszystkim decydują geny, które każą im się rozmnażać.”
“Sny to tylko bezładne eksplozje wspomnień, które mózg później interpretuje po to, aby stworzyć przypadkowe powiązania, co z kolei jest źródłem powstawania opowieści z niczego.”
Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Prentice Alvin (1990).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Novelette for Dogwalker (1990).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Lost Boys (1990).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Red Prophet (1989).
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Awarded Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Seventh Son (1988).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Seventh Son (1988).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novella for Eye for Eye (1988).
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Awarded Cosmos 2000 Award for Speaker for the Dead (1988).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for Speaker for the Dead (1987).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novel for Speaker for the Dead (1987).
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Awarded World Fantasy Award for Best Novella for Hatrack River (1987).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Speaker for the Dead (1987).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for Ender's Game (1986).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novel for Ender's Game (1986).
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Card was reluctant to license film rights and artistic control for the novel
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Card completed his master's degree in English at the University of Utah where he studied with François Camoin and Norman Council
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And wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979
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Issue of Omni and was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards for a short story
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Awarded Astounding Award for Best New Writer (1978).
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For his stories published that year; the award helped Card's stories sell internationally
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And a Hugo finalist in 1979—both in the "novelette" category
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Card married Kristine Allen, who is the daughter of Mormon historian James B
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And began his career as a freelance writer in 1978
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Card became an assistant editor for the Ensign magazine produced by the LDS Church and moved to Salt Lake City
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And has on multiple occasions referred to himself as a Moynihan or Blue Dog Democrat, as recently as 2020
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And graduated from BYU in 1975, receiving a bachelor's degree with distinction in theater
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The family moved to Orem, Utah, where his father worked at Brigham Young University (BYU)
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Card and his family moved to Mesa, Arizona, where he participated in mock debates in junior high school
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Born 1951-08-24.
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“s workshops at Writers of the Future. Card”
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