''Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories'' (1980) is a collection of short stories by American writer
Orson Scott Card. Although not purely
science fiction and definitely not
hard science fiction, the book contains stories that have a futuristic angle or are purely works of
fantasy set in current times. All the stories except “The Porcelain Salamander” were first published elsewhere before appearing in the ''Unaccompanied Sonata'' collection. All eleven of these stories were later published in ''
Maps in a Mirror''.
Story list
The short stories in this book are:
* "
Ender’s Game"
* "Kingsmeat"
* "Deep Breathing Exercises"
* "Closing the Timelid"
* "
I Put My Blue Genes On"
* "Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory"
* "Mortal Gods"
* "Quietus"
* "
The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun"
* "The Porcelain Salamander"
* "
Unaccompanied Sonata
"Unaccompanied Sonata" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card, first published in the March, 1979 issue of '' Omni'' magazine. It appears in his short story collections '' Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories'' and '' Maps in a Mir ...
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See also
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List of works by Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
External links
Publication information for ''Unaccompanied Sonata'' available from Card’s website
1980 short story collections
Short story collections by Orson Scott Card
Science fiction short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
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