{"product_id":"future-on-ice-paperback","title":"Future on Ice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card's companion anthology to \u003ci\u003eFuture on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, a compendium of exciting stories by the hottest writers of the 1980s and 1990s. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo my mind, fiction that tastes like medicine is no damn good. If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how 'important' it is? - Orson Scott Card\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of stories that will freeze you in your tracks---and change the way you think. Here are early stories from widely varied and immensely talented authors who have since shattered the face of science fiction: George R. R. Martin, Octavia E. Butler, Isaac Asimov, Nancy Kress, Lisa Goldstein, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Zindell, John Crowley, Andrew Weiner, C. J. Cherryh, John Varley, Walter Jon Williams, Karen Joy Fowler, Lewis Siner, Rockabye Baby, and John Kessel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA widely varied, immensely enjoyable, and historically important anthology, \u003ci\u003eFuture on Ice \u003c\/i\u003eis a showcase for the hottest stories by the coolest SF writers of the 1980s. Complete with a preface, introduction, and story notes by Card himself, here are early stories from eighteen incredibly talented authors who have since shattered the face of science fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnder's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win these two top prizes in consecutive years. There are seven other novels to date in The Ender Universe series. Card has also written fantasy: \u003ci\u003eThe Tales of Alvin Maker\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of fantasy novels set in frontier America;\u003ci\u003e The Lost Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, is a contemporary magical fantasy. Card has written many other stand-alone sf and fantasy novels, as well as movie tie-ins and games, and publishes an internet-based science fiction and fantasy magazine, \u003ci\u003eOrson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show\u003c\/i\u003e. Card was born in Washington 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, Card directs plays and teaches writing and literature at Southern Virginia University. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and youngest daughter, Zina Margaret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 8.24 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134454009991,"sku":"9780312872960","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/38b4aa87618cd55cfe6bc47d5d2ad25b.webp?v=1732641956","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/future-on-ice-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}