Unaccompanied Sonata Author:Orson Scott Card Collection of eleven short stories from early in the career of Orson Scott Card, who went on to gain a legacy as a brilliant science fiction writer in his many successful novels, best known for the classic Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and other Although not purely science fiction and definitely not hard science fiction, the stories have ... more »a futuristic angle or are purely works of fantasy set in current times. All eleven of these stories were later published in Maps in a Mirror.
Contents:
Introduction: An Open Letter to the Author • (1981) • essay by Ben Bova
Ender's Game [Ender Wiggin] (1977) / novelette by Orson Scott Card
Tin Men [The Apocalypse Poems] (1980) • poem by Orson Scott Card
Kingsmeat (1978) / short story by Orson Scott Card
Deep Breathing Exercises (1979) / short story by Orson Scott Card
Closing the Timelid (1979) / short story by Orson Scott Card
I Put My Blue Genes On (1978) / short story by Orson Scott Card
Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory (1979) / novelette by Orson Scott Card
Mortal Gods (1979) / short story by Orson Scott Card
Quietus (1979) / short story by Orson Scott Card
The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun (1979) / novelette by Orson Scott Card
The Porcelain Salamander (1981) / short story by Orson Scott Card
Unaccompanied Sonata (1979) / short story by Orson Scott Card
Afterword: On Origins (1981) • essay by Orson Scott Card