Lost Boys: A Novel

by Orson Scott Card

Kindle Edition

Published April 2, 2013

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Julie Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read the short story, although quite a while ago, but I don’t remember what I thought about then. I decided to listen to the audiobook during my drive to and from work. I remembered the premise of the story, but didn’t remember exactly how it went. I know some reviews I have seen say it slow, not much of a story until the end, and many other things. However, I enjoyed the story, and in the audiobook form, enjoyed the narration. I really like Orson Scott Cards books, and from what he has said this is at the very least a semi autobiographical book. It’s a little bit different story from him, but I still enjoyed going through the story.

[Miles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super niche - suburban Mormon horror? But the ending is pretty great if you stick through it.

[Deborah Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the heck out of this book! Well written, believable dialogue. The ending is Chef's Kiss!