The Worthing Saga

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author = Orson Scott Card
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction
publisher = Tor Books
pub_date = 1990
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 488 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-812-50927-7
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"The Worthing Saga" (1990) is a science fiction book by Orson Scott Card. It is made up of the novel "The Worthing Chronicle" (1982) and nine related stories. Six of them are from Card’s short story collection "Capitol" (1979) and the other three are early works, two of them previously unpublished.

Story list

The stories in this book are:

*"The Worthing Chronicle" (1982) - novel
*"Skipping Stones" (1979) - appeared in "Capitol"
*"Second Chance" (1979) - appeared in "Capitol"
*"Lifeloop" (1979) - appeared in "Capitol"
*"Breaking the Game" (1979) - appeared in "Capitol"
*"Killing Children" (1979) - appeared in "Capitol"
*"And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" (1979) - appeared in "Capitol"
*"Worthing Farm" (1990) - previously unpublished
*"Worthing Inn" (1990) - previously unpublished
*"The Tinker" (1980) - first published in "Eternity SF"

Character list

"Ordered from oldest to youngest by non-relative age"
* Mother
* Herman Nuber
* Abner Doon
* Grey Glamorgan
* Jason Worthing
* Justice
* Lared

Related Works

*"Capitol"
*"Hot Sleep"
*"The Worthing Chronicle"

ee also

*List of works by Orson Scott Card
*Orson Scott Card

External links

* [http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/worthingsaga.shtml About the book "The Worthing Saga" from Card's website]