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Orson Scott Card is an American author, working in numerous genres. He is best known for his novel Ender's Game and its many sequels. Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead were both awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, making Card the only author (as of 2007) to win both of Science Fiction's top prizes in consecutive years.

His writing is dominated by detailed characterization and moral issues. As Card says, "We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity, in fiction."

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the LDS or Mormon Church), he draws stories for some of his novels directly from scripture or church history. His religious and political beliefs have drawn the ire of some science fiction fans, making him a provocative figure within the genre.

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[48 books listed]

Homecoming	Volume	Year	Rating
The Memory of Earth	1	1993	9/10
The Call of Earth	2	1994	9/10
The Ships of Earth	3	1994	8/10
Earthfall	4	1999	8/10
Earthborn	5	2000	8/10

Maps in a Mirror	Volume	Year	Rating
Maps in a Mirror	1	1992	8/10
Maps in a Mirror 2	2	1992	7/10

Mayflower Trilogy	Volume	Year	Rating
Lovelock with Kathryn H. Kidd	1	2001	8/10

Misc	Volume	Year	Rating
Lost Boys	n/a	n/a	n/a
Songmaster	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle	n/a	1979	9/10
Dragons of Light	n/a	1980	8/10
Hart's Hope	n/a	1983	6/10
Wyrms	n/a	1987	4/10
'Treason', or 'A Planet Called Treason'	n/a	1988	8/10
The Abyss	n/a	1989	7/10
The Folk Of The Fringe	n/a	1991	n/a
The Worthing Saga	n/a	1991	9/10
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus	n/a	1996	8/10
Treasure Box	n/a	1996	8/10
Enchantment	n/a	1999	8/10
Homebody	n/a	1999	n/a
First Meetings : In the Enderverse	n/a	2003	6/10
Robota	n/a	2003	5/10
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century	n/a	2004	n/a
Magic Street	n/a	2005	4/10
Empire	n/a	2006	10/10
Future on Ice	n/a	2006	n/a
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story	n/a	2007	n/a
Pathfinder	n/a	2010	n/a

Mither Mages	Volume	Year	Rating
Stonefather	n/a	2008	n/a
The Lost Gate	n/a	2011	n/a

The Ender Saga	Volume	Year	Rating
Ender's Game	1	1985	9/10
Speaker for the Dead	2	1987	9/10
Xenocide	3	1992	7/10
Children of the Mind	4	1999	8/10
Ender in Exile	5	2008	9/10

The Shadow Saga	Volume	Year	Rating
Ender's Shadow	1	2000	9/10
Shadow of the Hegemon	2	2000	9/10
Shadow Puppets	3	2002	8/10
Shadow of the Giant	4	2005	8/10

The Tales of Alvin Maker	Volume	Year	Rating
Seventh Son	1	1991	9/10
Red Prophet	2	1991	8/10
Prentice Alvin	3	1991	7/10
Alvin Journeyman	4	2001	5/10
Heartfire	5	2001	8/10
The Crystal City	6	2003	10/10
Master Alvin	7	n/a	10/10

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