The Worthing Saga
- 463
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Worthing Saga” brings together Orson Scott Card’s early space fiction in one substantial volume. It pairs the novel “The Worthing Chronicle” with nine linked stories, six of them from the collection “Capitol” and three early pieces, two never published before. The joins between the pieces seem surprisingly smooth to some readers, if not everywhere. Anyone curious about how Card’s ideas took shape will find it instructive.
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About the book
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are from Card's short story collection Capitol (1979) and the other three are early works, two of them previously unpublished.
Reading order · The Worthing tetralogy
Full order & progress →- CapitolStart hereCapitol–Not ranked yet
- Hot SleepHot Sleep–Not ranked yet
- The Worthing ChronicleThe Worthing Chronicle–Not ranked yet
- The Worthing SagaThis book
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 59 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 7 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 52 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Worthing Saga?
It has 463 pages — longer than 56% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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