Orson Scott Card's Life And Accomplishments

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An American Novelist known as Orson Scott Card is an amazing writer and writes in many genres. He is mostly known for his Science Fiction and one of his most famous books is Enders Game, which is the the book I am reading. This essay will be talking about the details of Orson Scott Card's books, his life, and his beliefs in general. Orson Scott Card was born August 24, 1951 in a small city called Richland, Washington. He is the son of Peggy Jane and Willard Richards Card and was the third of six children, he is also the older brother of Arlen Card who is a famous American Composer. Growing up Card was a missionary for the LDS (Mormon) Church in Brazil. He then graduated from BYU and The University of Utah, he also spent a year in the …show more content…

Card has 12 different series and they are The Ender saga, The Shadow saga, The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Homecoming Saga, The"Women of Genesis" series, The Pastwatch series, The Mithermages series, The Mayflower trilogy, The Worthing series, The Empire series, The Pathfinder series, and The Laddertop series. These are the Series, Sagas, and Trilogies only, Card has published 61 books, and his most famous works include PastWatch, Ender’s Game, Xenocide, and Seventh Son. Card also has written many plays, many books that are non-fictional, many columns, books on writing, a movie, video games, and some childrens books. I guess you could say that this guy is a pretty successful …show more content…

So the man dug in that spot and found them and thats how Mormonism was started. If the information I have is correct then it would make sense that Orson Scott Card writes a lot of his books about Aliens. I believe that his religion affected his writing to turn into Science Fiction Novels and give him an interest in these things. In the book I noticed that Card uses a swear word to describe someone. I believe that “Bastard” is a curse word and I do not understand that part because, wiki says how serious Card is about his religion, but who would publish a book with things against your religion in it? This I do not

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