Maps in a Mirror

Maps in a Mirror

Author	Orson Scott Card
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, Fantasy
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1990
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	675 pp
ISBN	0-312-85047-6
OCLC	21759561
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3553.A655 M37 1990

Maps in a Mirror (1990) is a collection of short stories by American writer Orson Scott Card.^[1] Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme. Some of the stories, such as "Ender's Game", "Lost Boys", and "Mikal's Songbird" were later expanded into novels. Each of the smaller volumes that make up the larger collection as a whole are centered on a theme or genre. For instance, Volume 1, The Changed Man, reprints several of Card's horror stories. The collection won the Locus Award in 1991.^[2]

Publication history

Most of the stories appearing in the book are reprints of stories which were first published in science fiction and fantasy periodicals.

The book has been published as a single large volume, as a two volume set and as a four volume set. However, only the single volume editions contain: “Book 5: Lost Songs, The Hidden Stories”.

Single volume

Maps in a Mirror (1990) Tor Books ISBN 0-312-85047-6
Maps in a Mirror (1991) Legend Books ISBN 0-7126-4854-2

Two volume set

Maps in a Mirror Volume 1 (1992) Legend Books ISBN 0-09-988470-4
Maps in a Mirror Volume 2 (1992) Legend Books ISBN 0-09-988480-1

Four volume set

The Changed Man (1992) Tor Books ISBN 0-8125-3365-8
Flux (1992) Tor Books ISBN 0-8125-1685-0
Monkey Sonatas (1993) Tor Books ISBN 0-8125-2367-9
Cruel Miracles (1992) Tor Books ISBN 0-8125-2304-0

Story list

The short stories in this book are:

Book 1 - The Changed Man: Tales of Dread

"Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory"
"Quietus"
"Deep Breathing Exercises"
"Fat Farm"
"Closing the Timelid"
"Freeway Games"
"A Sepulchre of Songs"
"Prior Restraint"
"The Changed Man and the King of Words"
"Memories of My Head"
"Lost Boys"

Book 2 - Flux: Tales of Human Futures

"A Thousand Deaths"
"Clap Hands and Sing"
"Dogwalker"
"But We Try Not to Act Like It"
"I Put My Blue Genes On"
"In the Doghouse"
"The Originist"

Book 3 - Monkey Sonatas: Fables and Fantasies

In the one-volume editions, this section is titled "Maps in a Mirror: Fables and Fantasies".

"Unaccompanied Sonata"
"A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon"
"The Porcelain Salamander"
"Middle Woman"
"The Bully and the Beast"
"The Princess and the Bear"
"Sandmagic"
"The Best Day"
"A Plague of Butterflies"
"The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun"

Book 4 - Cruel Miracles: Tales of Death, Hope, and Holiness

Book 5 - Lost Songs: The Hidden Stories

"Ender's Game"
"Mikal's Songbird"
"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow"
"Malpractice"
"Follower"
"Hitching"
"Damn Fine Novel"
"Billy's Box"
"The Best Family Home Evening Ever"
"Bicicleta (short story)|Bicicleta"
"I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy, Jerry"
"Gert Fram"

References

↑ Maps in a Mirror on Orson Scott Card's site, accessed 14 June 2013
↑ http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByCategory.html

External links

About the book Maps in a Mirror from Card's website

Works by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Books	Ender's Game (1985) Speaker for the Dead (1986) Xenocide (1991) Children of the Mind (1996) Ender's Shadow (1999) Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) Shadow Puppets (2002) First Meetings (2002) Shadow of the Giant (2005) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007) Ender in Exile (2008) Shadows in Flight (2012) Earth Unaware (2012) Earth Afire (2013) Earth Awakens (2014) The Swarm (2016) Shadows Alive (TBA)

Short stories	"Ender's Game" (1977) "Gloriously Bright" (1991) "Investment Counselor" "The Polish Boy" "Teacher's Pest" "Mazer in Prison" "Pretty Boy" "Cheater" "A Young Man with Prospects" "The Gold Bug" "Ender's Stocking" "Ender's Homecoming" "Ender in Flight"

Other media	Comics Film

Characters	Ender Wiggin Formics Jane

Concepts	Organizations Planets

The Tales of Alvin Maker

Books	Seventh Son (1987) Red Prophet (1988) Prentice Alvin (1989) Alvin Journeyman (1995) Heartfire (1998) The Crystal City (2003) Master Alvin (TBA)

Short stories	"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" (poem, 1989) "The Grinning Man" (1998) "The Yazoo Queen" (2003) "Alvin and the Apple Tree" (2014)

Other media	Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker (comic book, 2006)

Other works

Homecoming Saga

The Memory of Earth (1992)
The Call of Earth (1992)
The Ships of Earth (1994)
Earthfall (1995)
Earthborn (1995)

Women of Genesis

Sarah (2000)
Rebekah (2001)
Rachel and Leah (2004)
The Wives of Israel (TBA)
The Sons of Rachel (TBA)

Mithermages series

Books	The Lost Gate (2011) The Gate Thief (2013)

Short stories	"Sandmagic" (1979) "Stonefather" (2008)

Mayflower series

Lovelock (1994)
Rasputin (TBA)

The Worthing series

Books	Capitol (1979) Hot Sleep (1979) The Worthing Chronicle (1983) The Worthing Saga (1990)

Short stories	"A Sleep and a Forgetting" "A Thousand Deaths" "Skipping Stones" " Second Chance" "Lifeloop" "Breaking the Game" "Burning" "Killing Children" "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" "When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?" "The Stars That Blink" "Worthing Farm" "Worthing Inn" "The Tinker"

The Empire duet

Empire (2006)
Hidden Empire (2009)

The Pathfinder series

Pathfinder (2010)
Ruins (2012)
Visitors (2014)

Standalone novels

A Planet Called Treason (1979)
Songmaster (1980)
Hart's Hope (1983)
Saints (1983)
Wyrms (1987)
Treason (1988)
The Abyss (1989)
Lost Boys (1992)
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
Treasure Box (1996)
Stone Tables (1997)
Homebody (1998)
Enchantment (1999)
Magic Street (2005)
Invasive Procedures (2007)
Bully and the Beast (TBA)

Story collections

Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1980)
Cardography (1987)
The Folk of the Fringe (1989)
Maps in a Mirror (1990)
Waterbaby (2001)
Doorways (2002)
Keeper of Dreams (2008)