The Worthing Saga Explained

The Worthing Saga
Author:	Orson Scott Card
Cover Artist:	Wayne Barlowe
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Series:	The Worthing series
Genre:	Science fiction
Publisher:	Tor Books
Pub Date:	1990
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are from Card's short story collection Capitol (1979) and the other three are early works, two of them previously unpublished.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  • "Worthing Farm" (1990) - previously unpublished
  • "Worthing Inn" (1990) - previously unpublished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