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Product Identifiers
PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-100765324148
ISBN-139780765324146
eBay Product ID (ePID)77193598
Product Key Features
Book TitleKeeper of Dreams : Short Fiction
Number of Pages656 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicFantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Science Fiction / General
GenreFiction
AuthorOrson Scott Card
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Multiple Hugo- and Nebula-winner Card offers short, revealing commentaries on these 22 compelling short stories, novelettes, and novellas, noting that short work has inspired some of his best and best-known long fiction... they provide significant examples of his perennial themes: morality, salvation and redemption." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentI. Science Fiction The Elephants of Poznan Atlantis Geriatric Ward Heal Thyself Space Boy Angels II. Fantasy Vessel Dust Homeless in Hell In the Dragon's House Inventing Lovers on the Phone Waterbaby Keeper of Lost Dreams Missed III. Literary 50 WPM Feed the Baby of Love IV. Hatrack River Grinning Man The Yazoo Queen V. Mormon Stories Christmas at Helaman's House Neighbors God Plays Fair Once Too Often Worthy to Be One of Us
SynopsisThis huge collection of short stories by one of science fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans. Keeper of Dreams contains 22 stories written since 1990. From the opening science fiction tale, "The Elephants of Poznan," we see the hand of a master at work making a familiar idea new, strange, and wonderful. "Angles" takes a sideways look at alternate universes. "Geriatric Ward" is published here for the first time; it was originally written for the legendary Last Dangerous Visions . Keeper of Dreams contains science fiction, fantasy, and several of Card's mainstream fiction works. Included are two tales from the Alvin Maker universe, "Grinning Man" and "The Yazoo Queen." In addition to the stories, this book features new introductions by Orson Scott Card for each story, with commentary on his life and work. With 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.", This huge new collection of the short stories of one of science fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans. The volume contains 22 stories originally published between 1990 and the present.
