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Maps in a Mirror
First edition
Author	Orson Scott Card
Cover artist	Carol Russo
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	675
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. 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.

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

In the one-volume editions, this section is titled "The Hanged 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

"Mortal Gods"
"Saving Grace"
"Eye for Eye"
"St. Amy's Tale"
"Kingsmeat"
"Holy"

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"
"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
"The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Awards Winners by Category". Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2009-01-06.

External links

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

v t e Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card
Book 1:	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:	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 (short story) The Originist
Book 3:	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:	Mortal Gods Saving Grace Eye for Eye St. Amy's Tale Kingsmeat Holy
Book 5:	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 I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy, Jerry Gert Fram

Works by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game series

Books

Ender Series	Ender's Game (1985) Speaker for the Dead (1986) Xenocide (1991) Children of the Mind (1996) Ender in Exile (2008)
Shadow Saga	Ender's Shadow (1999) Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) Shadow Puppets (2002) Shadow of the Giant (2005) Shadows in Flight (2012) The Last Shadow (2021)
Formic Wars	Earth Unaware (2012) Earth Afire (2013) Earth Awakens (2014) The Swarm (2016) The Hive (2019) The Queens (TBA)
First Meetings (2002) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007) Children of the Fleet (2017)

Short stories

Other media

Comics
Film

Characters

The Tales of Alvin Maker
Books	Seventh Son (1987) Red Prophet (1988) Prentice Alvin (1989) Alvin Journeyman (1995) Heartfire (1998) The Crystal City (2003)
Other media	"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" (poem, 1989) Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker (comic book, 2006)

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

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)
Mithermages series	Sandmagic (1979) Stonefather (2008) The Lost Gate (2011) The Gate Thief (2013) Gatefather (2015)
Mayflower series	Lovelock (1994) Rasputin (TBA)
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 (1984) 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) Keeper of Dreams (2008)
Other works	Listen, Mom and Dad (1977) Ainge (1981) Saintspeak (1981) Eye for Eye (1987) Loom (1990) The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) The Dig (1995) NeoHunter (1996) Magic Mirror (1999) Robota (2003) An Open Book (2004) Ultimate Iron Man (2005) Advent Rising (2005) InterGalactic Medicine Show (2005) Hamlet's Father (2011) Firefall (2014)

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