Capitol (short story collection)


Capitol 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 and one of them in Maps in a Mirror.

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"