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famous american authors, who is known the best for science fiction novels. Ender’s Game is a military science fiction novel, published in the August 1977. The novel is one of the most famous novel of Orson Scott Card, and won the 1985 Nebula Award for the best novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for best novel. Through Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card tells the story about Ender, who is born to be a weapon of war, saves humanity from an alien menace. In this novel, author demonstrates his understanding

Table of Contents Page 1. A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH OCTAVIA E. BUTLER Page 2 - 4. Biography Page 5 - 9. Synopsis Page 9 - 14. Analysis of Criticism Page 14 – 15. Influences on Society Page 16. Footnotes Page 17. Bibliography A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH OCTAVIA E. BUTLER 1. Who is Octavia E. Butler? Where is she headed? Where has she been? Who am I? I'm a 51-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old

Stephen King is one of the most influential authors of today. His award-winning novels and short stories are known world -wide. His many awards and nominations have created a space for him in the literary world. King is a true “Horror King”, for his books, turned movies, have scared millions world- wide. Stephen King has helped bring America to prominence through his many books, essays and short stories. Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 at the Maine General Hospital in Portland

subdivisions of fantastic literature, the other two being fantasy fiction and supernatural horror. Although definitions vary and some individual works may blur the distinction between one branch and another, most fantastic or speculative stories and novels can—by general consensus—be placed in one of the three categories. Science fiction is the youngest of the three, but since the late 1940s it has been by far the most popular, and the total number of science fiction titles published in book form presently

“The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe.” Orson Scott Card. Known as one of the best fictional writers to exist, Card brings people into a whole new world with his novels (Enders). Card’s life is full of ups and downs and he experiences a broad range of different experiences. Card’s life includes many different aspects via his biography, the time of which he lives in, and what impact he has left on the world. Card grew up in Richland

Ender's Game is a novel written in 1977, earning its author Orton Scott Card, earning a Campbell Award in 1978, a Nebula Award in 1985 and Hugo Award in 1986. Ender's Game is a novel of science fiction, where the reader feels he is in a game with the story protagonist Ender, and the other characters, enjoying and living every moment. The book talks about the story of a child who was admitted at recruitment academy with the purpose of becoming the leading man who can save the planet from a third

Butler(1947-2006), who is one of the African-American women writers in science fiction circles. She has twice won the Hugo Award and Nebula Award,and she is also the first science fiction writer who wins the Genius award given by MacArthur Foundation. Butler has created 12 novels,including”Parable of the Sower”is one of the fable novels.From the perspective of genre,the science fiction novel belongs to the narrative of new slaves, describing a story how the hero Lauren reappears the state of America in 2024

space as preparation for going to war with an alien race, known as the Buggers, that has threatened mankind. It is set in the future. Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, written by Orson Scott Card, were both awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. The series continues with Xenocide, Children of the Mind, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, "First Meetings in the Enderverse", Shadow of the Giant, Shadows in Flight, A War of Gifts, and Ender in Exile. Ender in Exile

Oryx and Crake Biography Author/Author Background: Personal: Margaret Atwood, the proud writer of numerous award-winning novels including The Blind Assassin, The Tent, or Oryx and Crake, originated in Ottawa, Canada on November 18th, 1939. She pursued writing at a young age and stuck with it. Education: Margaret graduated from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1961 and worked toward her master’s degree over the course of the following year. Also, throughout her line of employment

Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, was born on August 30, 1797, in London England. Mary Shelley married young in life. She soon became Mrs. Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816. Two years after she was married, she officially published her most famous novel, Frankenstein. Mary wrote several other books. Some of these include: Valperga in 1823, The Last Man, and Mathilde. Mrs. Shelley died of brain cancer on February 1st, 1851, in London, England. Mary Shelley’s life played a huge role on the impact of