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The Worthing Saga

Orson Scott Card

First published 1990
Publisher Tor
Format Paperback
Type Omnibus
Cover art Wayne Barlowe
Pages xiv+463
Price $4.95
ISBN 0812509277

Notes

This is both an omnibus and a collection. It contains

  • Introduction
  • The Worthing Chronicle - Reprints the novel The Worthing Chronicle (1982) which has named chapters much like a collection.
    1. The Day of Pain 2. The Making of Parchment and Ink 3. A Book of Old Memories 4. The Devil Himself 5. The End of Sleep 6. Waking the Children 7. Winter Tales 8. Getting Home 9. Worthing Farm 10. In the Image of God 11. Acts of Mercy 12. The Day of Justice
  • Tales of Capitol - Reprints selected stories from the collection Capitol (1979)
    13. Skipping Stones (1979) 14. Second Chance (1979) 15. Lifeloop (1978) 16. Breaking the Game (1979) 17. Killing Children (1978) 18. And What Will We Do Tomorrow? (1979)
  • Tales from the Forest of Waters
    19. Worthing Farm (1990) - New story, not previously published. 20. Worthing Inn (1990) - New story, not previously published. 21. The Tinker (1980) - Previously published as Tinker in Eternity SF #2)
  • Afterword by Michael R. Collings

  • "First Edition: December 1990" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
  • "Cover art by Wayne Barlowe" stated on the copyright page, no visible signature on the artwork.
  • $5.95 in Canada

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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Worthing Saga Cover 1991 Legend Trade Paperback Omnibus Nick Rogers xiii+396
The Worthing Saga Cover 1991 Legend Hardcover Omnibus Nick Rogers xiii+396
The Worthing Saga 1992 Legend Paperback Omnibus Nick Rogers [xv]+493
The Worthing Saga Cover 2005 Blackstone Audiobooks audio MP3 CD Omnibus
The Worthing Saga Cover 2005 Blackstone Audio digital audio download Omnibus
The Worthing Saga Cover 2012 Tor Paperback Omnibus Wayne Barlowe xiv+463

Year Reviewer Publication
1991 Leonard Rysdyk The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1991
1991 Jim England Vector 162
1992 Colin Steele SF Commentary, #71/72