Jamie and Deaver Teague are unforgettable--so honest, so perceptive, so true--and so real. But there, on the fringes, brave, hardworking pioneers are making the desert bloom again.A civilization cannot be reclaimed by powerful organizations, or even by great men alone. The first story about a group of Mormons fleeing Greensboro to go to Utah reminded me a lot of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, only not as gritty (dangerous freeways, weird pockets of people, and necessary street smarts). And that's the theme of the book. 1 Summary 2 Lore 3 Concerning the Gek EO 4 On the Fringes The following information provides vital background information in regards to the Free Folk of the Fringe community. The Great Salt Lake has filled up to prehistoric levels. Even though it’s post-apocalyptic fiction, only the first story in Folk of the Fringe is anything like Mad Max. Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels, “It's called civilization. Scruffy loner helps clueless group of Mormons get to Utah. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. View all covers for The Folk of the Fringe (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page) Reviews Review by Faren Miller (1989) in Locus, #340 May 1989 Card's recent work includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. The first time was when I was younger, and still saw much of the world as good or bad, black or white, clean or dirty. Indeed, if a "Christian" is hating on you, they aren't a Christian). I love the way Card immerses the reader into his reality of America. I loved the Ender's Game stuff... this is a totally different beast, like a collection of short stories tied together in a future where Utah has been wiped out by war and humanity is barely surviving. It's open for everyone to join regardless of race, origin or religious belief. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Be the first to ask a question about The Folk of the Fringe. Nippy O'Gek, Lead Journalist of the Ivjapendy Fringe editorial Free Folk of the Fringe - Lore is a history page. Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins. The first was particular disappointing as it starts off interesting (what most would expect of a post-apocalyptic world) and then has this happy ending. Orson Scott Card. i saw this at a library book sale and got so excited over the cover, thinking it was going to be some science fiction story about some conspiracy theorists living in the desert, or maybe on another planet, or perhaps some area 51 stuff. Picked this up randomly from the library shelf because I like the author. Only a few nuclear weapons fell in America-the weapons that destroyed our nation were biological and, ultimately, cultural. In Orson Scott Card's classic apocalyptic science fiction novel The Folk of the Fringe, only a few nuclear weapons fell in America—the weapons that destroyed the nation were biological and, ultimately, cultural. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He has a very long last. I went into it blind knowing nothing, I wasn't even quite sure I knew the author, I now of course know Card from Ender's Game. The eerie image of the flooded Temple--the painful truth of human failings magnified by the breakdown of civililization--the fringe a symbol of the tenuous hold thereon--and a very compelling and startling ending, albeit controversial. I confess I started that last chapter but didn't bother finishing it. We're Mormon and everything is okay and everything in Utah is good because that's where the Mormons are. The one part about Baptists killing Mormans on the East coast was kind of funny/ridiculous and sad (because it could happen with extremists out there. Overall it was a good read, but not nearly as intriguing as the Alvin Maker tales. Folk Of The Fringe by Card, Orson Scott Paperback Book The Fast Free Shipping. The climate has changed. I do tend to like post-apocalyptic type stories, so that may be part of my enjoyment. This book started out good but then got slow and relatively boring in my opinion. America as we know it has been destroyed by a combination of nuclear and biological weapons. Some of the book disturbed me then. The folk of the fringe. The strongest of them was the state of Deseret, formed from the vestiges of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. These stories were written at different times and places and were collected and connected in. With Christians murdering en masse large groups of Mormons, the survivors band together and with very little to sustain them except their faith, they strike out on their own from the east coast to the west, where Salt Lake City and the promise of safety should be. But in the chaos, the famine, the plague, there exited a few pockets of order. To see what your friends thought of this book. Red cloth slipcase ("box" as referred to by the publisher) Edition First Edition. The folk of the fringe Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Mercurial gods are trapped on Earth in The Lost Gate, a new fantasy from a science fiction master. See all titles available at Audible.com. I liked all of the stories, but none were spectacular. Scruffy loner helps clueless group of Mormons get to Utah. Didn’t know what I was picking up was a book of short stories. Oh well. The strongest of them was the state of Deseret, formed from the vestiges of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. Mormonism is Big in this book. Written in the mid 1980s, this book is really a group of short stories with the thinnest of threads connecting them together. This 200+ page book contains 5 stories set in a future in which the world has experienced limited nuclear war. Welcome back. In the first story, there's been some kind of war, bombs dropped on American cities, creating chaos, and a total breakdown of society, commerce, decency. but i was imagining something along those lines. I never knew that he wrote like 40 published short stories before Ender’s Game and so many other novels. His series about Alvin is based on the Joseph Smith story. Free shipping. New Zealand’s Flight of the Conchords were the sweeter gems of last year’s Fringe, the folk parody group you could tell your friends about without ruining your credibility.