Capitol (short story collection)

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Capitol (1979) was Orson Scott Card's second published book, and first foray into science fiction. This collection of eleven short stories set in the Worthing series is no longer in print. However six of the stories have been reprinted in The Worthing Saga (1990) and one of them in Maps in a Mirror (1990).

Capitol
First edition
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Cover artistVicente Segrelles
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Worthing series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherAce Books
Publication date
1979
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages278 pp
ISBN0-441-09136-9
OCLC11730353

Contents

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The short stories in this book are:

  • "A Sleep and a Forgetting"
  • "A Thousand Deaths" - Reprinted in Maps in a Mirror
  • "Skipping Stones" - Reprinted in The Worthing Saga
  • "Second Chance" - Reprinted in The Worthing Saga
  • "Breaking the Game" - Reprinted in The Worthing Saga
  • "Lifeloop" - Reprinted in The Worthing Saga
  • "Burning"
  • "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" - Reprinted in The Worthing Saga
  • "Killing Children" - Reprinted in The Worthing Saga
  • "When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?"
  • "The Stars That Blink"

See also

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