The Worthing Saga
by Orson Scott Card · first published 1990
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If you would like to read some sci-fi that plays with the idea of skipping through life via cryosleep, try The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card. It's one of his earliest works, so it isn't as well-produced as some of his later stuff, but it explores some very interesting ideas. (This story began life as a different novel…
on “The fusion energy dream is inching toward planet-saving reality” ↗…this question 15 years ago, I would have answered without hesitation, The Hobbit and Ender's Game. Today, it's a bit less clear, but here is what comes to mind. Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke Worthing Saga - Orson Scott Card
on “Ask HN: What's your favourite sci-fi/fantasy book?” ↗…Jonathan Haidt * 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey * The Emperor of all Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee * The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho * Getting Things Done - David Allen * The Worthing Saga - Orson Scott Card * The 4-Hour Work Week - Timothy Ferriss * The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman * The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗…people really disagree with, I still think almost all his fiction works are great. So if you liked Ender's Game, be sure to pick up other fiction books by him. I especially recommend "Songmaster" and "The Worthing Saga".
on “Ask HN: Summer Reading Recommendations?” ↗I hadn’t read that, but I added it to my list. Sounds interesting. There have been compound interest sci-fi for a while. I remember the Lazarus Long stories by Heinlein and Orson Scott Card wrote Worthing Saga.
on “A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”” ↗The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worthing_Saga https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40304.The_Worthing_Saga ) > It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live,…
on “NASA engineers make progress toward understanding Voyager 1 issue” ↗