{"product_id":"maps-in-a-mirror-the-short-fiction-of-orson-scott-card","title":"Maps In a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e6W Orson Scott Card. New York: Tor Publishing, 1990. First Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eOrson Scott Card \u003c\/span\u003eis an internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling master of speculative fiction. He holds a permanent place in science fiction history as the only author to claim both the Hugo and Nebula awards in consecutive years for his masterpieces \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e. Highly regarded for his profound insight into the psychological and moral development of his characters, Card specializes in high-stakes space opera, urban fantasy, and philosophical thought experiments. Over a career spanning several decades, his deeply human approach to systemic socio-politics, religious subtext, and institutional systems has earned him a devoted global fanbase and established his works as essential cornerstones of contemporary literature.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eWinner of the prestigious Locus Award for Best Collection, this massive, 675-page omnibus serves as the definitive retrospective of Card’s short fiction career. Bringing together forty-six stories written between 1977 and 1990, the volume spans five distinct, thematic sub-sections covering dread, fables, and theological speculation. Crucially for collectors, the anthology preserves the original, unexpanded magazine versions of short stories that famously seeded his later universes—including the 1977 \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eAnalog\u003c\/em\u003e novelette version of \"Ender’s Game\" and \"Mikal's Songbird,\" which grew into \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eSongmaster\u003c\/em\u003e. Interspersed with ten deeply candid autobiographical essays and afterwords explaining his creative motivations. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eNavy cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. Original pictorial dustwrapper. Foxing to edges. Fine condition. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57488415162534,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/maps-in-a-mirror-the-short-fiction-of-orson-scott-card","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}