Orson Scott Card (placeholder)

I had breakfast with him. We discussed current political events.

He was very witty and opinionated.

I listened to his lecture on a tour and he signed his book for me. He’s brilliant! He gave me this advice about naming your child Orson (which we almost did): “Orson is a hard name for a young person; if you must use it, give them an easier middle name so they have a choice.” From his bios, I learned that as an adolescent and through college, he went by “Scott”.

He seems to be a really good, interesting and inteligent person! and I love his writing! I’ve read 12 of his books!

I’ve seen him give talks about 3 times now… he’s a humorous and engaging speaker for the most part.

He’s one of the more interesting and open-minded Mormons I’ve read. But his non-fictional essays surprise me and remind me that he’s still a reasonably conservative Mormon.

I love all his books.

I saw him at a book reading in Lexington, KY, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. I awkwardly told him, as he was signing my Ender’s books, that I had introduced my mom to his books and gotten him another reader. I don’t know what I was expecting as a reply, but I don’t think he said anything. Now, when I look back on the experience, I am saddened because I could have said just about anything else and looked cooler than I did. If Orson Scott Card remembers me at all, it’s only as a small dorky blip in the back of his mind, associated forever with another small, dorky blip named “dorky blip’s mom.”

for shame.

Scott used to do these “Secular Humanist Revivals” in the style of old-time southern tent meetings. Totally hilarious sendup of the point where religion and science meet. The latter ones were to crowds of hundreds of people under big tents.

I almost got the chance to meet him as he did a booksigning in my town. However, I was foiled. The end.