false 40304 9 It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever, then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful--they lived their lives at the rate of one year every ten. Somec created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal span and died, and those who slept away the decades, skipping over the intervening years and events. It allowed great plans to be put in motion. It allowed interstellar Empires to be built.It came near to destroying humanity.After a long, long time of decadence and stagnation, a few seed ships were sent out to save our species. They carried human embryos and supplies, and teaching robots, and one man. The Worthing Saga is the story of one of these men, Jason WOrthing, and the world he found for the seed he carried.Orson Scott Card is "a master of the art of storytelling" (Booklist), and The Worthing Saga is a story that only he could have written. 979095 1978 The Worthing Saga total:1810|5:450|4:614|3:571|2:148|1:27| 1810 6742 2179 79 5 0 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 16:03:16 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 16:10:01 -0800 2008
...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 27 15:09:49 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 15:09:49 -0700 2008 A book about near immortality and its consequences. Ideas somewhat reminiscent of Asimov's Naked Sun, but explored in a way that only Card could pull off. Excellent! ]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 28 06:44:44 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 23:01:23 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 06:44:44 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 29 10:22:50 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 10:22:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Nov 21 07:02:46 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 05:20:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 21:02:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 09:34:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 17:40:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 13:58:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 07 22:08:50 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 22:15:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:06:22 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:04:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 29 06:38:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 06:43:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 14:09:34 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 14:26:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 07:10:51 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 06:23:27 -0700 2009 This volume contains the excellent novel "The Worthing Chronicle" (which I reviewed separately), along with a collection of short stories. Thus, as a complete volume, I have to give the entire collection a more subdued score. I'd break it down by section like this:

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