Lost Songs
- Author Orson Scott Card
- Narrator David Birney, others others, Richard Powers, Grover Gardner, G. Valmont Thomas, Eddie Lopez, various
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 31 December 2009
- Run Time 7 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Anthologies: general, Science fiction.
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What to expect
This final collection in Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short works features the "hidden stories", including his first published piece, some tales about Mormon family life and other stylistic departures, and several stories that were later developed into acclaimed novels such asEnder's Game,Songmaster,Invasive Procedures, and the Tales of Alvin Maker series. Listen as Card crafts a paranoid thriller, a spoof of "serious" contemporary literature, an epic narrative poem, and much more. Card includes background commentaries for each story in his afterwords. Stories include:Ender's Game;Mikal's Songbird;Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow;Malpractice;Follower;Hitching;Damn Fine Novel;Billy's Box;The Best Family Home Evening Ever;Bicicleta;I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy, Jerry; andGert Fram.
Critics Review
“Definitive…A series of introductions and afterwords offering Card’s thoughts on his life and his writing are as absorbing as the stories.”
u201cThe award-winning author of Enderu2019s Game, Speaker for the Dead, and the Alvin Maker series demonstrates his talent for shorter fiction in this collection of 46 stories that range from fantasy and sf to horror and theological speculationu2026Detailed introductions and afterwords reveal insights into the thought processes of one of the genreu2019s most convincing storytellers. An important volume; for most libraries.u201d
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