genre dragons of darkness
Maps in a Mirror ( 1990 ) is a collection of short stories by American writer Orson Scott Card . Like Card ' s novels , most of the stories have a ___MASK19___ or ___MASK80___ theme . Some of the stories , such as " Ender ' s Game ", " Lost Boys ", and " Mikal ' s Songbird " were later expanded into novels . Each of the smaller volumes that make up the larger collection as a whole are centered on a theme or genre . For instance , Volume 1 , " The Changed Man ", reprints several of Card ' s horror stories . The collection won the Locus Award in 1991 . Dragons of Darkness ( 1981 ) is an ___MASK67___ edited by Orson Scott Card . It contains fifteen stories , two of which were written by Card himself . The two stories by Card are `` Middle Woman '' and `` A Plague of Butterflies '' . Both of them were later published in Card ' s collection Maps in a Mirror . " A Plague of Butterflies " is a ___MASK85___ by American writer Orson Scott Card . It was originally published in an ___MASK67___ , edited by Card , entitled " Dragons of Darkness ". His ___MASK85___ " Middle Woman " appeared in the same book under the pseudonym Byron Walley . " A Plague of Butterflies " was later reprinted in his ___MASK85___ collection " Maps in a Mirror ". Ender ' s ___MASK31___ is a 1985 military ___MASK19___ novel by American author Orson Scott Card . Set in Earth ' s future , the novel presents an imperiled mankind after two conflicts with the " buggers ", an insectoid alien species . In preparation for an anticipated third invasion , children , including the novel ' s protagonist , Ender Wiggin , are trained from a very young age through increasingly difficult games including some in zero gravity , where Ender ' s tactical genius is revealed . The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of ___MASK19___ or ___MASK80___ published in the United States during the previous year . The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and ___MASK80___ Writers of America ( SFWA ), a nonprofit association of professional ___MASK19___ and ___MASK80___ writers . They were first given in 1966 at a ceremony created for the awards , and are given in four categories for different lengths of literary works . A fifth category for film and television episode scripts was given 1974  78 and 2000  09 . The rules governing the Nebula Awards have changed several times during the awards ' history , most recently in 2010 . Cardography ( 1987 ) is a ___MASK85___ collection by Orson Scott Card . It contains five stories and an introduction by David Hartwell . All five of these stories were later published in " Maps in a Mirror ___MASK19___ ( often shortened to SF , sci - fi or scifi ) is a ___MASK97___ of ___MASK27___ , typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology , space travel , time travel , faster than light travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . ___MASK19___ often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations , and has been called a " literature of ideas ." It usually avoids the supernatural , and unlike the related ___MASK97___ of ___MASK80___ , historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science - based fact or theory at the time the story was created , but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction . Orson Scott Card ( born August 24 , 1951 ) is an American novelist , critic , public speaker , ___MASK39___ and columnist . He writes in several genres but is known best for ___MASK19___ . His novel " Ender ' s Game " ( 1985 ) and its sequel " Speaker for the Dead " ( 1986 ) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards , making Card the only author to win both ___MASK19___ ' s top U . S . prizes in consecutive years . A feature film adaptation of " Ender ' s Game ", which Card co - produced , was released in late October 2013 in Europe and on November 1 , 2013 , in North America . " Middle Woman " is a ___MASK85___ by Orson Scott Card . It appears in his ___MASK85___ collections " Cardography " and " Maps in a Mirror ". Card originally published this in an ___MASK67___ he was editing called " Dragons of Darkness " under the name Byron Walley . Speaker for the Dead is a 1986 ___MASK19___ novel by Orson Scott Card and an indirect sequel to the novel " Ender ' s Game ". The book takes place around the year 5270 , some 3 , 000 years after the events in " Ender ' s Game ". However , because of relativistic ___MASK98___ travel , Ender himself is only about 35 years old . The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the ___MASK19___ and ___MASK80___ magazine " Locus ", a monthly based in Oakland , California , United States . The award winners are selected by poll of magazine readers .