Unaccompanied Sonata
by Orson Scott Card
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From the the bestselling and world-renowned Orson Scott Card comes this collection of science fiction stories - each destined to inspire and remain with the reader for years to come. The collection includes the short story Ender's Game, upon which the subsequent world-famous novel was based. Ender's Game - Why are the wars of the future fought by children? Because they alone are free from all moral restraints. Eumedines - What was the flippered monstrosity that had taken up residence in his show more WC? Unaccompanied Sonata - It's not easy to be a musical genius when society makes it a crime to listen to Bach And many more ... show lessTags
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Card's first short story collection, this book features a retrospectively-hilarious and extremely patronizing introduction by Ben Bova giving this "bright new writer" fatherly advice. (I love reading 'historical documents' like that...
Also includes the original short story that 'Ender's Game,' was based on, several other quite excellent short stories, and an afterword where Card briefly discusses his inspiration for each piece.
Quite good, overall - not at all 'juvenilia.'
Also includes the original short story that 'Ender's Game,' was based on, several other quite excellent short stories, and an afterword where Card briefly discusses his inspiration for each piece.
Quite good, overall - not at all 'juvenilia.'
This is a collection of Orson Scott Card's short stories. It is very interesting as many of these are early works. You can really see his style and creativity developing.
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Orson Scott Byron Walley Card, was born in 1951 and studied theater at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. in 1975 and his M.A. in English in 1981. He wrote plays during that time, including Stone Tables (1973) and the musical, Father, Mother, Mother and Mom (1974). A Mormon, Scott served a two-year mission in Brazil before starting show more work as a journalist in Utah. He also designed games at Lucas Film Games, 1989-92. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including the popular Ender series. Well known titles include A Planet Called Treason (1979), Treasure Box (1996), and Heartfire (1998). He has also written the guide called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990). His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, both won Hugo and Nebula awards, making Card the only author to win both prizes in consecutive years. His titles Shadows in Flight, Ruins and Ender's Game made The New York Times Best Seller List. He is also the author of The First Formic War Series, which includes the titles Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Science Fiction Book Club (2683)
Présence du futur (349)
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- Canonical title
- Unaccompanied Sonata
- Original publication date
- 1981
- Dedication
- To François Camoin,
the good teacher,
who removed the guilt
from Eumenides - First words
- "Whatever your gravity is when you get to the door, remember—the enemy's gate is down."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was a frenzied song, and Christian thought he recognized his voice.
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- Languages
- English, French, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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