http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Orson Scott Card en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 23 May 2013 20:12:50 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579353/Its-the-end-of-the-world-according-to-Hollywood.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579353/Its-the-end-of-the-world-according-to-Hollywood.html End-of-the-world movies have been on the rise in recent years, and 2013 is no exception. Thu, 02 May 2013 15:42:31 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579026/Book-review-Promise-of-Blood-includes-military-coup-sorcery-suspense.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579026/Book-review-Promise-of-Blood-includes-military-coup-sorcery-suspense.html "Promise of Blood" is a suspenseful fantasy about a coup to dethrone a king. Warfare is intensified by the use of sorcery,... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575270/Book-review-Orson-Scott-Cards-The-Gate-Thief-tells-gripping-dark-story.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575270/Book-review-Orson-Scott-Cards-The-Gate-Thief-tells-gripping-dark-story.html As the second book in Orson Scott Card's Mither Mages series, “The Gate Thief” continues the action but may not... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:30:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575199/Comic-books-becoming-a-battleground-for-gay-rights.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575199/Comic-books-becoming-a-battleground-for-gay-rights.html The recent controversy involving DC's hiring of Mormon author Orson Scott Card points to the changing perceptions of gay... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:55:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575144/The-21st-century-blacklist-focused-on-conservatives.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575144/The-21st-century-blacklist-focused-on-conservatives.html In the 1950s, the targets of McCarthyism were Hollywood liberals. The same thing is now happening all over again, only this... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:25:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865573710/The-Atlantic-is-super-wrong-for-using-fascist-label-in-Superman-story.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865573710/The-Atlantic-is-super-wrong-for-using-fascist-label-in-Superman-story.html The Atlantic's article calling DC Comic's new Superman writer Orson Scott Card a bigot and fascist is wrong. Why? They use... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:30:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865566949/Book-review-Ruins-features-new-characters-intriguing-dialogues-and-exciting-plot-twists.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865566949/Book-review-Ruins-features-new-characters-intriguing-dialogues-and-exciting-plot-twists.html “Ruins” by Orson Scott Card is the second book in the “Pathfinders” series. Full of new characters,... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:55:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865559016/Book-review-Earth-Unaware-a-promising-prequel-set-up-for-Formic-War-series.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865559016/Book-review-Earth-Unaware-a-promising-prequel-set-up-for-Formic-War-series.html Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston team up to give the details of earth's initial encounter with the ant-like aliens that... Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705398911/Whitney-Award-finalists-announced.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705398911/Whitney-Award-finalists-announced.html Thirty-five Mormon novelists have been nominated as finalists in seven categories for the 2011 Whitney Awards. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700221920/Tom-Cruise-movie-headed-for-Louisiana.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700221920/Tom-Cruise-movie-headed-for-Louisiana.html Universal Pictures is returning to the Bayou State next month for its next big project — an action thriller with sci-fi... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:24 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700221772/Tom-Cruise-movie-headed-for-Louisiana.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700221772/Tom-Cruise-movie-headed-for-Louisiana.html Universal Pictures has had such a good run making movies in Louisiana that the studio is returning to the Bayou State next... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:59:24 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705397841/Enders-Game-hitting-big-screen-with-big-names.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705397841/Enders-Game-hitting-big-screen-with-big-names.html After more than 20 years of speculation, "Ender's Game" is finally coming to the big screen, and some popular Hollywood... Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:54:06 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705397572/Book-review-Shadows-in-Flight-is-a-welcome-addition-to-Ender-series.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705397572/Book-review-Shadows-in-Flight-is-a-welcome-addition-to-Ender-series.html Orson Scott Card takes his popular Ender series back into space with "Shadows in Flight." And while the story takes place on... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:38:55 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700207001/Guessing-can-harm-marriages.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700207001/Guessing-can-harm-marriages.html Why do marriages break up? Arguments about the children, about money, about religion, about sex; all these things are true,... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:46:58 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700202759/What-to-do-about-the-FOG.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700202759/What-to-do-about-the-FOG.html We're heading into the Christmas season, so all around us are images of that red-suited Figure of Giving (FOG), who shall... Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700198491/Grateful-for-hard-times-Wealth-is-not-the-reward-for-righteousness.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700198491/Grateful-for-hard-times-Wealth-is-not-the-reward-for-righteousness.html In my last column, I mentioned that there's a stanza in Emily H. Woodmansee's poem "As Sisters in Zion" that I wish we could... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700198248/A-devotional-memoir-offers-big-life-lessons.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700198248/A-devotional-memoir-offers-big-life-lessons.html "The best preacher," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, "deals his life to the people; life passed through the fire of thought." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700193946/Singing-together-is-inspirational-2-and-aspirational.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700193946/Singing-together-is-inspirational-2-and-aspirational.html I was visiting in the Westwood 2nd Ward in Los Angeles a few weeks ago, a Mormon village I have been visiting off and on for... Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700189566/Magical-thinking-is-not-the-plan.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700189566/Magical-thinking-is-not-the-plan.html The grief you can understand. When a spouse breaks the marriage, when a grownup child repudiates the gospel, it comes as a... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392647/Book-review-Orson-Scott-Card-teams-up-with-his-daughter-to-create-Laddertop.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392647/Book-review-Orson-Scott-Card-teams-up-with-his-daughter-to-create-Laddertop.html Orson Scott Card and his daughter Emily visit one of his common themes about extraordinary children in extraordinary... Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:32:57 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392553/Nominations-open-Whitney-Awards-for-LDS-authors.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392553/Nominations-open-Whitney-Awards-for-LDS-authors.html Nominations are now open for your favorite novel of 2011. Learn how to submit your nomination online. You are welcome to... Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700171495/Here-are-some-of-my-cool-ideas.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700171495/Here-are-some-of-my-cool-ideas.html I have opinions on everything, whether I have any information on the subject or not. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:57:04 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705388763/Book-review-The-Unremembered-is-a-captivating-read.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705388763/Book-review-The-Unremembered-is-a-captivating-read.html In the beginning a council of the Gods took place. From that council worlds were created and the progression of humanity... Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700166085/DC-Temple-graffiti-prank-wont-die.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700166085/DC-Temple-graffiti-prank-wont-die.html Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:55:17 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700164626/Ideas-and-inspiration-at-church.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700164626/Ideas-and-inspiration-at-church.html I earn my living by making up stories — which means making up people, relationships, families, communities, cultures,... Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:31:50 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705375836/Gods-foreknowledge-This-life-shows-who-we-are.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705375836/Gods-foreknowledge-This-life-shows-who-we-are.html In recent years, I've reached the conclusion that while I cannot, from scripture or by reason, determine the truth of the... Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705374594/In-the-Village-Teaching-practical-prophecy.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705374594/In-the-Village-Teaching-practical-prophecy.html It occurs to me that half the commandments, warnings and prophecies in the scriptures and in conference talks are really the... Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373733/In-the-Village-Analyzing-a-quarrel-over-nothing.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373733/In-the-Village-Analyzing-a-quarrel-over-nothing.html I just saw a rerun of an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond," in which the husband and wife have a quarrel about a new can... Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705372952/In-the-Village-Defining-declaring-our-faith.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705372952/In-the-Village-Defining-declaring-our-faith.html It's strange what fear can sometimes do to our convictions. Those lightly held are easily denied; and when we have... Thu, 19 May 2011 05:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700115619/2-new-Orson-Scott-Card-novels-hit-the-shelves.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700115619/2-new-Orson-Scott-Card-novels-hit-the-shelves.html GREENSBORO, North Carolina — 'Twas a Merry Christmas for Orson Scott Card fans. Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700115615/Cards-new-book-has-makings-of-a-great-series.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700115615/Cards-new-book-has-makings-of-a-great-series.html Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705368044/Pathfinder-an-engaging-different-kind-of-journey.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705368044/Pathfinder-an-engaging-different-kind-of-journey.html "Pathfinder" takes readers back to the flavor and joy found in Card's first successful novel, "Ender's Game." Dealing with... Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363369/Relief-Society-binder-passing-etiquette.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363369/Relief-Society-binder-passing-etiquette.html More fun with graphing Mormon use, plus Steven Harper scholarly testifies. And Mormon Artist 13 is decked out in... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:30:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705362967/Non-Christmas-Bloggernacle-posts-from-History-of-Jell-O-and-Mormons-to-the-FamilySearch-Bloginar.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705362967/Non-Christmas-Bloggernacle-posts-from-History-of-Jell-O-and-Mormons-to-the-FamilySearch-Bloginar.html Can you recognize a Mormon by his/her face? One new study says yes. And when did Jell-O first start in Mormon cuisine? Plus... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:00:00 MST