American Library Association “Best Books for Young Adults”From the author of Ender’s Game, an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift …
エンダー・ウィッギンが死者の代弁者として植民惑星のルジタニアにやってきてから、30年が過ぎた。原住種族ピギーに殺された異類学者のために代弁をしたあと、エンダーは現地の女性と結婚し、そのままルジタニアにとどまっていたのだ。だが、人類に致命的な病気をもたらすデスコラーダ・ウィルスの蔓延を怖れるスターウェイズ議会が、ウィルスを惑星ごと殲滅しようと粛清艦隊を派遣。その到着が目前に迫っていた……! …
Wyrms is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. The story examines desire, wisdom, and human will. Card describes a version of the tri-partite soul, similar to that articulated by Plato in The Republic.
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Orson Scott Card. Although not purely science fiction and definitely not hard science fiction, the book contains stories that have a futuristic angle or are purely works of fantasy set in current times. All the stories except “The Porcelain …