by Orson Scott Card · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440603685
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«Maestro cantor» is the science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Ediciones B in hardcover (358 pages, in Spanish).
Kidnapped as a child, Ansset is raised in the House of Song, where his voice develops a unique power: it reflects and amplifies the emotions of his audience, capable of healing or destroying. He is the voice awaited by the emperor of the galaxy, and Ansset is taken to the Imperial Palace on Old Earth, where his songs can save or condemn the emperor.
Originally published in English as «Songmaster» in 1980; the 1988 Spanish edition belongs to the Nova Ciencia Ficción collection. Edmond Hamilton-Leigh Brackett Memorial Award 1981.
For science fiction readers interested in coming-of-age stories and the power of music within a galactic framework.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is 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 coproduced, 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; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
