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*Orson Scott Card has received backlash for expressing homophobic, racist views <ref>https://www.wired.com/2013/10/enders-game/</ref>, opposing same sex marriage, open support of interracial marriage, supporting Iranian Anti-semitic blabber, racial instigation, and writing essays that heavily imply whiteness and intelligence are synonymous. These are controversies that Orson Scott Card has expressed his whole life.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Homosexuality</ref>
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Revision as of 14:20, 12 March 2022

A War of Gifts
Cover of A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
Author(s) Orson Scott Card
Published October 30, 2007
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Age group Young Adult


A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card is a young adult science fiction novel, originally published on October 30, 2007. It is book 1.1 in the Ender's Saga series.

Trigger Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Homophobia
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Transphboic rhetoric
  • Violence

Representation

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Controversies

  • Orson Scott Card has received backlash for expressing homophobic and racist views, opposing same sex marriage, and writing essays that heavily imply whiteness and intelligence are synonymous.[1][2][3]

References