21 hours ago by torforge

By Susan Chang, Senior Editor When we were choosing the books that would launch our Starscape imprint for middle grade readers in January of 2002, the number one pick on our list was the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. The protagonist is a brilliant child character, A ...

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1 day ago by torforge

By Jake Black It was 2006, I believe, when I was first approached about writing an encyclopedia of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game Universe. I thought the prospect was extremely exciting. I had done some smaller encyclopedic works for other properties, but nothing like this would be. At the time, I ...

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2 days ago by Axl.Pol.

Cheater – în marea şi înnebunitoarea căutare a unor tineri salvatori care să extermine rasa extraterestră a gândacilor, Flota Internaţională organizează teste de recrutare. Tatăl lui Han Tzu îşi pregăteşte temeinic fiul pentru aceste teste, atât de temeinic încât face rost de „magicele întrebări” şi ...

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2 days ago by Shikimi

"—¡Hipócritas! —dijo Jasón—. Os atrevéis a despojar a la humanidad de su dolor, pero atesoráis vuestras agonías. ¿Quién os Observa a vosotros? (...) Nadie, respondieron. Si alguna vez olvidáramos nuestro dolor, ¿cómo podríamos preocuparnos de protegerlos de sí mismos? —¿Alguna vez pensasteis que, po ...

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3 days ago by Shannon

Cover of Earth Abides Between the movie 2012 and the actual year 2012 looming on the horizon, global warming summits and Viggo Mortensen heading down The Road, the apocalypse has been on a lot of minds lately. But if you’re one of the (un)lucky ones to survive the actual big event, then what should ...

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3 days ago by caelesti

Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card (1 of Tales of Alvin Maker) The book is set in an alternate colonial America, where practitioners of magic have been exiled. Alvin Miller is born the seventh son of a seventh son- and thus his family & community expects him to be destined for greatness- that is if he ...

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4 days ago by Pere

Ahir diumenge, a la nit, vaig acabar de llegir-me aquest llibre, el primer recull de contes d’un dels meus autors predilectes de ficció i el primer llibre seu que es publica en català (quin plaer poder llegir-lo en la meva llengua materna!). De fet, és estrany que es publiqui tant poca ciència ficci ...

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6 days ago by Shaddock Delaforge

You know, did you ever have a question, or a vague idea all your life, but could never figure out why, then suddenly. BAM it hits you like a 2x4 upside the head? I had another one of those. Since I started writing, back in high school, I always had an interesting style. Or a way of writing. I couldn ...

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7 days ago by Mornatur

Cuando vi el libro en la biblioteca de una amiga, y ante la insistencia sobre la calidad del autor por parte de ciertos CienciaFiccionarios, decidí tomar el ejemplar prestado – así eso sea piratería – y dedicarme a su lectura. Los primeros tres capítulos me abrieron el apetito… después descubrí que ...

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7 days ago by Axl.Pol.

Plăcerea lui Orson Scott Card de a reveni la subiectele cele mai pline de tâlc ale sagăi lui Ender nu are comparaţie. Mă aşteptam la o continuare a vieţii lui Bean, când de fapt acţiunea revine la anii imediat următori războiului cu gândacii. Ender este exilat pe planeta-colonie Shakespeare, cândva ...

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