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Available
Collection
Publication
Dial Press (1980), Edition: First Edition/First Printing, 272 pages
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LibraryThing member Crewman_Number_6
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.
LibraryThing member AltheaAnn
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 (I love reading 'historical documents' like that...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
Quite good, overall - not at all 'juvenilia.'
Also includes the original short story that 'Ender's Game,' was
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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.'
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