The Worthing Saga

The Worthing Saga

First edition
Author	Orson Scott Card
Cover artist	Wayne Barlowe
Language	English
Series	The Worthing series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	488 pp
ISBN	0-8125-0927-7
OCLC	22702527

The Worthing Saga (1990) is a science fiction book by American writer Orson Scott Card, set in the Worthing series. It is made up of the novel The Worthing Chronicle (1982) and nine related stories. Six of the stories are from Card's short story collection Capitol (1979) and the other three are early works, two of them previously unpublished.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
• Tales of Capitol (1979)
  • "Skipping Stones" (1979)
  • "Second Chance" (1979)
  • "Lifeloop" (1979)
  • "Breaking the Game" (1979)
  • "Killing Children" (1979)
  • "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" (1979)
• Tales from the Forest of Waters
  • "Worthing Farm" (1990) - previously unpublished
  • "Worthing Inn" (1990) - previously unpublished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
• Jason Worthing
• Justice
• Lared

See also

• Hot Sleep
• Orson Scott Card bibliography

External links

• About the book The Worthing Saga from Card's website