Table of Contents

Preface; guidelines for the critickal reader - some backgrounds to the fiction of Orson Scott Card; "To See the World the Poet's Way"; "Farther In and Farther Up" - mormonism, science fiction, and Orson Scott Card, Imago Christo - penetrating to the gentle heart; the child-god with life and death in his hands - characterization, heroism, and the hero monomyth; time and vast eternities - landscape, community, and intimations of immortality; "The King's House Is All the World" - building the crystal city. Bibliography; index.

About the Author

MICHAEL R. COLLINGS is Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Pepperdine University. His publications include studies of Stephen King, Brian W. Aldiss, and Piers Anthony, together with poetry collections and numerous articles and contributed chapters.

Reviews

?This is the first full-length treatment of science fiction writer Orson Scott Card's works, and is an essential biographical literary reference for any avid follower of Card's writings. Examinations include Card's spiritual themes and major novels, his poetry and critical writings, and his psychological and literary choices.?-The Bookwatch

"This is the first full-length treatment of science fiction writer Orson Scott Card's works, and is an essential biographical literary reference for any avid follower of Card's writings. Examinations include Card's spiritual themes and major novels, his poetry and critical writings, and his psychological and literary choices."-The Bookwatch