St. Amy's Tale
by Orson Scott Card
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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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- Canonical title*
- St. Amys Erzählung [Erzählung]
- Original title
- St. Amy's Tale [novelette]
- Original publication date
- 1980-12
- People/Characters*
- Elouise; St. Amy; Charlie; Bill; Ugly-Bugly; Heather (show all 9); Michael; Avram; Jack Woods
- First words*
- Mutter konnte mit den Händen töten.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Alle Werke des Menschen werden zu Staub, aber aus Staub erschafft Gott Menschen, und aus Menschen, Männern und Frauen, Engel.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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