The Worthing Saga is a science fiction book by American writer Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...

, set in the Worthing series

The Worthing series

The Worthing series is the series of books by Orson Scott Card. It consists of two anthologies and two novels. The first three books in this series are currently out of print.-Books in the series:*Capitol - out of print*Hot Sleep - out of print...

. It is made up of the novel The Worthing Chronicle

The Worthing Chronicle

The Worthing Chronicle is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card set in the Worthing series. This book by itself is out of print having been published along with nine short stories in the collection The Worthing Saga .-Plot summary:...

 (1982) and nine related stories. Six of the stories are from Card’s short story collection Capitol

Capitol (collection)

Capitol was Orson Scott Card's second published book. This collection of eleven short stories set in the Worthing series is no longer in print...

 (1979) and the other three are early works, two of them previously unpublished.

Story list

The stories in this book are:

• The Worthing Chronicle
  The Worthing Chronicle
  The Worthing Chronicle is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card set in the Worthing series. This book by itself is out of print having been published along with nine short stories in the collection The Worthing Saga .-Plot summary:...
  
   (1982) - novel

• Tales of Capitol
  Capitol (collection)
  Capitol was Orson Scott Card's second published book. This collection of eleven short stories set in the Worthing series is no longer in print...
  
   (1979)
  • "Skipping Stones
    Skipping Stones
    "Skipping Stones" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in his short story collection Capitol and then later in The Worthing Saga.-Plot summary:...
    
    " (1979)
  • "Second Chance
    Second Chance (short story)
    "Second Chance" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections Capitol and The Worthing Saga. Card first published it in the anthology Destinies .-Plot summary:...
    
    " (1979)
  • "Lifeloop
    Lifeloop
    "Lifeloop" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections Capitol and The Worthing Saga. Card first published it in the October 1978 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.-Plot summary:...
    
    " (1979)
  • "Breaking the Game
    Breaking the Game
    "Breaking the Game" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections Capitol and The Worthing Saga...
    
    " (1979)
  • "Killing Children
    Killing Children
    "Killing Children" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections Capitol and The Worthing Saga. Card first published it in the November 1978 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.-Plot summary:...
    
    " (1979)
  • "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?
    And What Will We Do Tomorrow?
    "And What Will We Do Tomorrow" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in his short story collection Capitol and then later in The Worthing Saga.-Plot summary:...
    
    " (1979)

• Tales from the Forest of Waters
  • "Worthing Farm
    Worthing Farm
    "Worthing Farm" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It only appears in his short story collection The Worthing Saga.-Plot summary:One of Jason Worthing’s decedents Elijah lives on the Worthing Farm with his wife and two sons. Because there is a severe drought and nothing will grow Elijah’s wife...
    
    " (1990) - previously unpublished
  • "Worthing Inn
    Worthing Inn
    "Worthing Inn" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It only appears in his short story collection The Worthing Saga.-Plot summary:Little Peter lives in the Worthing Inn with his immediate family and his uncle Elijah. While he was still a little boy he discovered that he could hear the thoughts...
    
    " (1990) - previously unpublished
  • "The Tinker
    The Tinker
    "The Tinker" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection The Worthing Saga. Card first published it in the Vol. 1, No. 2 issue of Eternity SF magazine.-Plot summary:...
    
    " (1980) - first published in Eternity SF
    Eternity SF
    Eternity SF, also known as Eternity Science Fiction and Eternity, was a semi-professional science fiction magazine published by Stephen Gregg out of Sandy Springs, South Carolina. The magazine was issued from 1972–1975 and was briefly revived from 1979-1980. It contained stories from famous...
    
    

Character list

Ordered from oldest to youngest by non-relative age

• Mother
• Herman Nuber
• Abner Doon
• Grey Glamorgan
• Jason Worthing
• Justice
• Lared

See also

• Capitol
  Capitol (collection)
  Capitol was Orson Scott Card's second published book. This collection of eleven short stories set in the Worthing series is no longer in print...
  
  
• Hot Sleep
  Hot Sleep
  Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card set in the Worthing series. Although it is currently out of print, Card's novel The Worthing Chronicle covers some of the same ground.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• The Worthing Chronicle
  The Worthing Chronicle
  The Worthing Chronicle is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card set in the Worthing series. This book by itself is out of print having been published along with nine short stories in the collection The Worthing Saga .-Plot summary:...
  
  

External links

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