The Worthing Saga

mass market paperback, 480 pages

English language

Published Dec. 15, 1992 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-8125-3331-6
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OCLC Number:
22702527

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This book needs it’s own blog post, or two. As a writer – just reading this book you learn so much abut the writing process and how to see other characters through one character’s eyes. You can also learn how to weave, I think it was 20,000 years of history into a story, and literally thousands of characters as well, and the story still makes perfect sense. Not only that, he also picked a current time, and wove the telling of the ancient story within the current storyline in an excellent manner.
Also, a bit Tolkeinish – he kept his originals of some of the stories of characters and included expanded versions of their stories as separate stories at the end of the book. By the end, you really know the minor characters much better, and are glad to get to know them. The last two short stories, didn’t match …

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Subjects

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  • Science Fiction - General
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