Keeper of Dreams, Volume 1
Atlantis and Other Stories

Name: Keeper of Dreams, Volume 1
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Orson Scott Card
ISBN: 9781427205926

Author: Orson Scott Card

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 04/15/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Collections & Anthologies

Synopsis

Keeper of Dreams is a huge collection of the short fiction of New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender's Game. Divided into three volumes for the audiobook edition, Keeper of Dreams brings together 22 short stories published between 1990 and 2008—nearly every short story Card has written since the publication of Maps in A Mirror.

The first volume of the audiobook presents the five science fiction stories from the collection, Card's new introductions for each, and commentary on his life and work.

Contents:
The Elephants of Poznan
Geriatric Ward
Heal Thyself
Atlantis
Angles

Like the earlier Maps 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."

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Saga, which chronicles the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, which follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and is set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, which tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977--the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, 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, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.He is the author many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), and stand-alone novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's work also includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received AudioFile’s award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Card’s Ender's Game, Publishers Weekly stated, "Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take." Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on October 28, 2019

Disappointing. I read Maps in a Mirror years ago and remember the stories to be consistently above average and as enjoyable as his novels were at the time. This book, not so much. Angles is wonderful, but several of the others seemed to be unfinished or otherwise didn’t go anywhere. Too bad.......more

Goodreads review by Carmelo on October 02, 2020

Card se mete en el terreno de Gaimman (Fantasía urbana) y le sale una novela muy muy decente, con una trama que engancha y nos personajes que saliendose de sus típicos estereotipos, corona muy acertadamente. Como siempre, un autor de emociones.......more

Goodreads review by Tim on September 22, 2020

The author is known for his science fiction, but I thought the science fiction stories were the weakest part of the collection. The fantasy stories were better, and -- surprisingly -- the "literature" selections were the best.......more

Goodreads review by Natalia on August 29, 2017

My rating for this book is 4.4 stars. Un día entre a la biblioteca de mi universidad y me decidí por escoger un libro al azar, bueno no tan al azar, trate de escoger un libro que fuera de lo común que nunca hubiera leído, que fuera un tipo de literatura diferente a la que estoy acostumbrada y me enco......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on November 25, 2018

*I could only get my hands on the first volume of this collection (I think that's like the first 5 stories) so I'm only reviewing that until I find the other books. Orson Scott Card is such a legend. He's one of the most versatile writers I know of, and I've always enjoyed his approach to storytellin......more

Quotes

“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 of Ender'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 important volume.” —Library Journal on Maps In A Mirror