The Changed Man

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Eleven chilling tales, including the author's introductions and afterword comments, provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination.

5 • Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory • (1979) • novelette by Orson Scott Card (variant of Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory)
26 • Quietus • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card
44 • Deep Breathing Exercises • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card (variant of Deep-Breathing Exercises)
54 • Fat Farm • (1980) • short story by Orson Scott Card
69 • Closing the Timelid • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card
87 • Freeway Games • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card
103 • A Sepulchre of Songs • (1981) • novelette by Orson Scott Card (variant of A Sepulcher of Songs)
134 • Prior Restraint • (1986) • short story by Orson Scott Card
149 • The Changed Man and the King of Words • (1982) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
191 • Memories of My Head • (1990) • short story by Orson Scott Card
200 • Lost Boys • (1989) • short story by Orson Scott Card
225 • Afterword (The Changed Man) • essay by Orson Scott Card (variant of Afterword (Book 1: The Hanged Man, Tales of Dread) 1990)

Genres science fictionshort storiesfantasyfictionhorrorscience fiction fantasyaudiobookspeculative fictionadultcollections

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1,1990

Series

Maps in a Mirror

This edition

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: April 15, 1992 by Tor
ISBN: 9780812533651
ASIN: 0812533658
Language: English

About the author

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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is (as of 2023) the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.