The Worthing Saga

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are from Card's short story collection Capitol (1979) and the other three are early works, two of them previously unpublished.

The Worthing Saga
First edition
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Cover artistWayne Barlowe
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Worthing series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
1990
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages488 pp
ISBN0-8125-0927-7
OCLC22702527

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

Character list

Ordered from oldest to youngest by non-relative age

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

See also


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