I just got done reading Enchantment, Treasure Box, and Homebody. I have really enjoyed theses modern-day fantasies. Are there any more that Card has written?
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I think if you liked those, you would also probably enjoy Lost Boys and Pastwatch.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Lost Boys is a big yes from this patron. I'd also check out the Alvin Maker Series.
Hobbes Posted by Hazen (Member # 161) on :
Cards short story collection The Changed Man is full of modern day fantasy stories. It is out of print now, but Maps in a Mirror, which contains its stories, is being reprinted soon, so you might want to look out for it.
Lost Boys is a modern day fantasy, with a fairly light fantastic emphasis. It is also a very good book.
Pastwatch is science fiction and Alvin Maker is a fantasy, both of which are probably better called alternative history, but since they both take place fairly close to the modern era, you might like them. Plus they are really good. Posted by Grandma Edie (Member # 5771) on :
For present-day fantasy, try Card's story in the collection STARS (advertised on the home page.) It will give you a variation on the theme of "what you pretend might come true!" Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Thanks for all the suggestions. I have read everything suggested except for Lost Boys (I did read the short story in Maps in a Mirror) and the short story in STARS. I was just hoping that somehow I had missed one along the way.
I guess I'll just have to wait for new books just like everybody else Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
The short story Lost Boys and the novelization are very very different. I highly suggest picking up a copy of the novel.
Hobbes Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
<Echoes people who recommended Lost Boys>
However, I would classify Lost Boys as a horror story written from a very personal point of view rather than a fantasy. It's an intense read.
Posted by Grandma Edie (Member # 5771) on :
ATTENTION: If you like Card's contemporary fantasy:
THE DRAGON QUINTET (with Card's story, "In The Dragon's House") is available at walmart.com.
You DON'T have to join the Science Fiction Book Club to get it.
While you are there, you can also get MY book, at a slightly lower price (still too much!)without the autographs.
Grandma Edie, also known as Edith S. Tyson, author of ORSON SCOTT CARD: Writer of the Terrible Choice.
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I'd also check out the Alvin Maker Series. ![[Hat]](graemlins/hat.gif)
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