Orson Scott Card

Card, Orson Scott: Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus, TOR February 15, 1997 ISBN: 0812508645
,,Anyone who's read Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong knows about the devastating consequences that Columbus's voyage and ensuing colonization had on the native people of the Americas and Africa. In a thought-provoking work that is part science fiction, part historical drama, Orson Scott Card writes about scientists in a fearful future who study that tragic past, then attempt to actually intervene and change it into something better. \n\nTagiri and Hassan are members of Pastwatch, an academic organization that uses machines to see into the past and record it. Their project focuses on slavery and its dreadful effects, and gradually evolves into a study of Christopher Columbus. They eventually marry and their daughter Diko joins them in their quest to discover what drove Columbus west. \n\nColumbus, with whom readers become acquainted through both images in the Pastwatch machines and personal narrative, is portrayed as a religious man with both strengths and weaknesses, a charismatic leader who sometimes rose above but often fell beneath the mores of his times. As usual, Orson Scott Card uses his formidable writing skills to create likable, complex characters who face gripping problems; he also provides an entertaining and thoughtful history lesson in Pastwatch. --Bonnie Bouman

Condition;Very Good ,Paperback ,Anyone who's read Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong knows about the devastating consequences that Columbus's voyage and ensuing colonization had on the native people of the Americas and Africa. In a thought-provoking work that is part science fiction, part historical drama, Orson Scott Card writes about scientists in a fearful future who study that tragic past, then attempt to actually intervene and change it into something better. \n\nTagiri and Hassan are members of Pastwatch, an academic organization that uses machines to see into the past and record it. Their project focuses on slavery and its dreadful effects, and gradually evolves into a study of Christopher Columbus. They eventually marry and their daughter Diko joins them in their quest to discover what drove Columbus west. \n\nColumbus, with whom readers become acquainted through both images in the Pastwatch machines and personal narrative, is portrayed as a religious man with both strengths and weaknesses, a charismatic leader who sometimes rose above but often fell beneath the mores of his times. As usual, Orson Scott Card uses his formidable writing skills to create likable, complex characters who face gripping problems; he also provides an entertaining and thoughtful history lesson in Pastwatch. --Bonnie Bouman

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Bova, Ben (ed) - Joan D. Vinge, Vonda McIntyre, George R. R. Martin, Orson Scot Card, Donald Kingsbury, Wilson Tucker, Bob Buckley, George W. Olney, Michael McCollum, Gary D. Douglass, Larry Matthews, John Gribbin, Kevin O'Donnell Jr., Kennedy P. Maize +: Analog Science Fiction - Science Fact, February, March & April 1978, featuring "The Outcasts of Heaven Belt" (in three parts) by Joan D. Vinge + The Serpent's Death, Call Him Moses, Quinera, Follower, The Broken Dome, Shipwright, Publish and Perish, ++ New York Conde Nast 1978
Very Good Vincent di Fate, Paul Lehr, Rick Sternbach

-----All three (3) issues are tight clean and square, minor edge wear. Contents include: The Outcasts of Heaven Belt (in three parts) by Joan D. Vinge / The Serpent's Death by Vonda McIntyre / Call Him Moses by George R. R. Martin / Follower by Orson Scott Card / Quinera 3 by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. / Update: The Lord's Prayer by Kennedy P. Maize / Moontrack by George W. Olney / The Broken Dome by Vonda N. McIntyre / Too Much At Steak by Gary D. Douglass / To Keep and Bear Arms by Larry Matthews / Shipwright by Donald Kingsbury / Happy Head by Orson Scott Card / The Near-Zero Crime Rate On JJ Avenue by Wilson Tucker / Publish and Perish by Paul Nahin / The Runners by Bob Buckley. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual mags and not a stock photo First Editions First Printings Soft Covers 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

[SW: Bova, Ben (ed) Analog Science Fiction - Science Fact, February, March & April 1978, featuring "The Outcasts of Heaven Belt" by Joan D. Vinge + The Serpent's Death, Call Him Moses, Quinera, Follower, The Broken Dome, Shipwright, Happy Head, Publish and Perish, Vincent di Fate, Paul Lehr, Rick Sternbach , -----All three (3) issues are tight clean and square, minor edge wear. Contents include: The Outcasts of Heaven Belt (in three parts) by Joan D. Vinge / The Serpent's Death by Vonda McIntyre / Call Him Moses by George R. R. Martin / Follower by Orson Scott Card / Quinera 3 by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. / Update: The Lord's Prayer by Kennedy P. Maize / Moontrack by George W. Olney / The Broken Dome by Vonda N. McIntyre / Too Much At Steak by Gary D. Douglass / To Keep and Bear Arms by Larry Matthews / Shipwright by Donald Kingsbury / Happy Head by Orson Scott Card / The Near-Zero Crime Rate On JJ Avenue by Wilson Tucker / Publish and Perish by Paul Nahin / The Runners by Bob Buckley. Fantasy and Science Fiction]

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Ferman, Edward L. (ed) - Christopher Priest, Robert Aickman, Orson Scott Card, Edward Wellen, Stephen R. Donaldson, John Kessel, William Rotsler, Gahan Wilson, Isaac Asimov, +: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1979, Mortal Gods, Mythological Beast, Paleyly Loitering, Hand in Glove, Parental Guidance Suggested, While-You-Wait, Just Like a Cretin Dog, Proxima, + New York Mercury Press 1979
Very Good Plus Ron Walotsky

---Tight square and clean, minor edge wear. Contents include: Mythological Beast by Stephen R. Donaldson / Just Like A Cretin Dog by John Kessel / While-You-Wait by Edward Wellen / Mortal Gods by Orson Scott Card / Parental Guidance Suggested by William Rotsler (aka William Arrow, John Ryder Hall) / Hand In Glove by Robert Aickman / Palely Loitering by Christopher Priest / Science: Proxima by Isaac Asimov / cartoon by Gahan Wilson. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo First Edition First Printing Soft Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

[SW: Ferman, Edward L. (ed) - Christopher Priest, Robert Aickman, Orson Scott Card, Edward Wellen, Stephen R. Donaldson, John Kessel, William Rotsler, Gahan Wilson, Isaac Asimov, + The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1979, Mortal Gods, Mythological Beast, Paleyly Loitering, Hand in Glove, Parental Guidance Suggested, While-You-Wait, Just Like a Cretin Dog, Proxima, + Ron Walotsky ---Tight square and clean, minor edge wear. Contents include: Mythological Beast by Stephen R. Donaldson / Just Like A Cretin Dog by John Kessel / While-You-Wait by Edward Wellen / Mortal Gods by Orson Scott Card / Parental Guidance Suggested by William Rotsler (aka William Arrow, John Ryder Hall) / Hand In Glove by Robert Aickman / Palely Loitering by Christopher Priest / Science: Proxima by Isaac Asimov / cartoon by Gahan Wilson. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock PhotoFantasy and Science Fiction]

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Card, Orson Scott: Dragon Quintet: Five Original Short Novels, Tor Books 2005
0-7653-1136-4 New

Trade Paperback book is in new, never been read condition. No dust jacket. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean. Pictorial cover. No creasing on binding edge. Minor shelf wear on edges of paperback cover. ISBN# 0765311364. 2005 edition. Publisher: Tor Books. 302 pages long. Approx: 9 by 6 by 1. Additional pictures of condition are always available. Book Description: There be dragons of all spots and stripes in this solid anthology from editor Kaye (The Vampire Sextette), showcasing original fantasy novellas by five of the biggest names in the genre. In Orson Scott Card's uneven "In the Dragon's House," a Bradburyesque gingerbread gothic, a lonely orphan named Michael discovers a magical but somewhat sinister "dragon" in the old mansion he lives in with other disenfranchised children. Elizabeth Moon's "Judgment" is a wise, Tolkien-toned piece, complete with dwarves and stolen eggs that contain powerful "pretties" capable of turning villagers into dragons. Tanith Lee's gorgeous "Love in a Time of Dragons," the volume's single erotic entry, tells the tale of an abused servant who falls in love with a dragon ring. Kaye, editor of many notable anthologies, presents five dazzling new long stories by well-known fantasy authors. In Orson Scott Card's gothic "In the Dragon's House," an old dragon with its own mysterious agenda nurtures a lonely boy. In "Judgment" by Elizabeth Moon, a dragon sits in judgment on a boy shunned by his village and on those who would abuse or use him. Tanith Lee's "Love in a Time of Dragons" is a sensual fable about an ill-used tavern wench, who, through sheer determination and a murder, becomes a dragonwife. Mercedes Lackey's "Joust," about a serf requisitioned to become a dragon boy, is the basis of her fine novel Joust [BKL Mr 15 03] and its recent sequel, Alta [BKL Mr 15 04]. Rounding out the book is "King Dragon," Michael Swanwick's grim tale of a sinister bionic dragon that takes over a small village and its inhabitants. None of the stories ever falters, and each puts forth a very different, entirely compelling view of dragons. None Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: Dragon, Quintet, Five, Short Novels, Card, Orson, Scott, Tor Books, Fantasy and Magic]

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