“And when we diverge, it will be impossible for the expendables and the ship's computers on all the ships to know which… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We spend our lives guessing at what's going on inside everybody else, and when we happen to get lucky and guess right,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Computers were a kind of magery in themselves, or might as well be - to people who didn't understand them, they were… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The computers of the Hundred Worlds were hands and feet, eyes and ears to her. She spoke every language that had ever… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“It had to be a trick or you couldn’t have done it. It’s the bind we were in. We had to have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The little bitch. She didn't have her files in another computer. She kept everything she knew inside her head.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“If you have people do some magic, impossible thing by stroking a talisman or praying to a tree, it's fantasy; if they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Our great civilizations are nothing more than social machines to create the ideal female setting, where a woman can count on stability;… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“So our reliance on the computers caused the failure of the mission?" asked the expendable. "The mission didn't fail," said Ram. "It… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
