This is accomplished with the assistance of human-like machines known as expendables.Ī select few of the colonists have gained unusual abilities, such as the ability to slow down time or the ability to jump forward into time.

People from Earth have colonized a new planet, giving it the name 'Garden'. It is the first book in the completed Pathfinder series, and is followed by Ruins and Visitors. The novel tells the story of Rigg and his unusual ability to perceive the 'paths' of living things throughout time. Pathfinder is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Pathfinder (Pathfinder, #1), Orson Scott Card He recently began a long-term position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University.Ĭard currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and their youngest child, Zina Margaret.įor further details, see the author's Wikipedia page.įor an ordered list of the author's works, see Wikipedia's List of works by Orson Scott Card.

Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.īesides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy ( Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels ( Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry ( An Open Book), and many plays and scripts.Ĭard was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah.

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