Capitol (short story collection)

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
Author	Orson Scott Card
Cover artist	Vicente Segrelles
Language	English
Series	The Worthing series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1979
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	278 pp
ISBN	0-441-09136-9
OCLC	11730353

Contents

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

• Novels portal

• Orson Scott Card bibliography

External links

• Publication information for Capitol available from Card’s website