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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card.

Who is Orson Scott Card?
Orson Scott Card (from now on OSC) is a comtempory writer from the USA. He is a prolific writer of numerous genres but best known for his sci-fi novel "Ender´s game" and the sequel "Speaker for the Dead", on which he won two of the most prestigious awards, the Nebula and the Hugo awards, in consecutive years.

OSC writing is dominated moral issues and the relationship between characters. A devoted Mormon, he believes that all fiction has a strong moral message. He believes that the message should be positive. Nevertheless, his choice of subject matter and the amount of violence in his books have led raised eyebrows in the Mormon church. Card's characters are usually put in a position of having to make difficult and interesting moral choices. Card believes that it is the character's interaction with other people which makes him interesting. Family is also an important theme in his work.

Background.
OSC was born in Richland,......


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