Keeper of Dreams, Volume 1: Atlantis and Other Stories
Written by Orson Scott Card
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Keeper of Dreams is a huge collection of the short fiction of New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender's Game. Divided into three volumes for the audiobook edition, Keeper of Dreams brings together 22 short stories published between 1990 and 2008—nearly every short story Card has written since the publication of Maps in A Mirror.
The first volume of the audiobook presents the five science fiction stories from the collection, Card's new introductions for each, and commentary on his life and work.
Contents:
The Elephants of Poznan
Geriatric Ward
Heal Thyself
Atlantis
Angles
Like the earlier Maps in A Mirror, this collection is a definitive retrospective of the short fiction career of the writer that The Houston Post called "the best writer science fiction has to offer."
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Saga, which chronicles the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, which follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and is set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, which tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977--the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University. He is the author many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), and stand-alone novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's work also includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.
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Reviews for Keeper of Dreams, Volume 1
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Listen, like the ending when he would explain how he came up with the stories.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lots of short stories, some straight SF, some fantasy, some religious (and some a mixture.) Also, some wonderful, and some not so wonderful. But all in all, I think very highly of Orson Scott Card. One of my favorites is "Homeless in Hell."