Keeper of Dreams Short Fiction [Hardcover]

This huge collection of short stories by one of science fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans.Keeper of Dreamscontains 22 stories written since 1990.

From the opening science fiction tale, The Elephants of Poznan, we see the hand of a master at work making a familiar idea new, strange, and wonderful. Angles takes a sideways look at alternate universes. Geriatric Ward is published here for the first time; it was originally written for the legendaryLast Dangerous Visions.

Keeper of Dreamscontains science fiction, fantasy, and several of Card's mainstream fiction works. Included are two tales from the Alvin Maker universe, Grinning Man and The Yazoo Queen.

In addition to the stories, this book features new introductions by Orson Scott Card for each story, with commentary on his life and work. With the earlierMaps in a Mirror, this collection is a definitive retrospective of the short fiction career of the writer that the Houston Post called the best writer science fiction has to offer.

This hefty, definitive collection contains all of Card's short fiction& A series of introductions and afterwords offering Card's thoughts on his life and his writing are as absorbing as the stories. Publishers Weekly on Maps In A Mirror

The award-winning author ofEnder's Game,Speaker for the Dead, and the Alvin Maker series demonstrates his talent for shorter fiction in this collection of 46 stories that range from fantasy and sf to horror and theological speculation...Detailed introductions and afterwords reveal insights into the thought processes of one of the genre's most convincing storytellers. An impolÃÒ